List of largest German companies

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This article lists the largest companies in Germany in terms of their revenue, net profit and total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes .

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2024 Fortune list

This list displays all 29 German companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2023. [1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.

RankFortune 500
rank
NameIndustryRevenue
(USD millions)
Profits
(USD millions)
EmployeesHeadquarters
111 Volkswagen Automotive 348,40917,945684,025 Wolfsburg
241 BMW Automotive168,10312,205154,950Munich
342 Mercedes-Benz Group Automotive165,63815,417166,056 Stuttgart
477 Deutsche Telekom Telecommunications 121,04619,239199,652 Bonn
579 Uniper Electric utility 116,6636,8196,863 Düsseldorf
682 Allianz Insurance 113,5189,233157,883 Munich
7101 E.ON Electric utility101,28055972,242Essen
8105 Robert Bosch GmbH Automotive parts 99,0212,271429,416Stuttgart
9103 DHL Group Transportation 88,3863,975551,233Bonn
10145 Siemens Conglomerate 82,9328,477320,000Munich / Berlin
11172 BASF Chemicals 74,487243111,991 Ludwigshafen
12205 Deutsche Bank Banking 65,9786,64590,130 Frankfurt
13215 Munich Re Insurance63,3534,97942,812Munich
14227 Daimler Truck Automotive60,4204,081102,946 Leinfelden-Echterdingen
15257 Edeka Zentrale Retail 54,455462410,700 Hamburg
16274 Deutsche Bahn Transportation53,198−2,566326,781 Berlin
17286 Bayer Pharmaceuticals 51,498−3,17999,723 Leverkusen
18290 Phoenix Pharmahandel Retail50,93523441,276 Mannheim
19295 ZF Friedrichshafen Automotive parts50,407−34165,938 Friedrichshafen
20312 Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Shipping 48,5671,08010,434Stuttgart
21316 EnBW Electric utility48,0321,66226,943 Karlsruhe
22327 Talanx Insurance46,1561,70927,863Hanover
23344 Continental AG Automotive parts44,7781,250202,763 Hanover
24374 Lufthansa Airline 40,4551,80779,759 Cologne
25377 ThyssenKrupp Conglomerate40,028−2,21099,981Essen
26404 DZ Bank Banking37,2212,30329,901 Bad Homburg
27450 SAP SE Technology 34,5426,637107,602 Walldorf
28478 Siemens Energy Energy technology 33,184−4,83394,000Munich
29494 Metro AG Retail32,57946881,834Düsseldorf

2024 Forbes list

This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies. The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2024. All 49 companies in the Forbes 2000 from Germany are listed. [2]

RankForbes
2000 rank
NameHeadquartersRevenue
(billions
US$)
Profit
(billions
US$)
Assets
(billions
US$)
Value
(billions
US$)
Industry
131 Allianz Munich148.29.71,056.8113.8Insurance
243 Volkswagen Wolfsburg348.616.3672.065.6Automotive
352 Mercedes-Benz Stuttgart164.314.4288.577.1Automotive
461 BMW Munich168.311.6274.765.8Automotive
562 Deutsche Telekom Bonn121.54.8318.8119.1Telecommunications
668 Siemens Munich / Berlin84.48.0156.3148.2Conglomerate
796 Munich Re Munich70.05.0298.965.1Insurance
8146 Deutsche Bank Frankfurt68.04.91,437.333.6Banking
9202 Deutsche Post Bonn87.93.874.251.3Transportation
10230 SAP SE Walldorf34.52.178.8244.7Technology
11238 Daimler Truck Leinfelden-Echterdingen 60.74.279.534.4Automotive
12279 E.ON Essen89.81.3123.136.1 Electric utility
13310 Merck Group Darmstadt 22.63.053.579.1Pharmaceuticals
14311 Commerzbank Frankfurt25.72.6596.119.9Banking
15318 Talanx Hanover54.01.9179.720.1Insurance
16337 RWE Essen28.01.9111.528.1Electric utility
17448 Infineon Technologies Munich16.92.831.452.2Technology
18500 Henkel Düsseldorf23.31.435.038.3 Consumer goods
19535 HeidelbergCement Heidelberg 22.92.140.219.0 Building material
20550 BASF Ludwigshafen72.10.088.347.5Chemicals
21558 Deutsche Börse Frankfurt6.61.9262.937.2 Finance
22583 Bayer Leverkusen51.9−3.4129.530.5Pharmaceuticals
23665 Lufthansa Cologne38.81.551.18.7Airline
24681 Continental AG Hanover 44.30.840.813.6Automotive parts
25714 EnBW Karlsruhe41.90.07.619.7Electric utilities
26723 Porsche SE Stuttgart5.75.568.916.5Automotive
27744 Siemens Energy Munich34.6−2.454.221.5Energy
28829 Fresenius Bad Homburg29.6−0.747.817.1Healthcare
29829 Adidas Herzogenaurach 23.40.119.944.5Apparel
301031 Beiersdorf Hamburg10.20.914.135.2Consumer goods
311077 Vonovia Bochum 5.3−4.3101.626.3 Real estate
321177 ThyssenKrupp Essen38.7−2.533.33.4Conglomerate
331225 Brenntag Essen17.70.711.510.9Chemicals
341328 Rheinmetall Düsseldorf8.00.612.524.2Aerospace and defense
351331 Evonik Industries Essen16.3−0.422.110.2Chemicals
361343 TUI AG Hanover23.50.617.53.6 Hospitality
371498 Knorr-Bremse Munich8.70.79.513.0Technology
381502 Schaeffler Group Herzogenaurach17.60.518.74.6Automotive parts
391595 Covestro Leverkusen15.3−0.214.89.9Chemicals
401671 BayWa Munich24.8−0.114.30.9Retail
411690 Wüstenrot & Württembergische Stuttgart5.80.373.81.3Finances
421695 Ceconomy Düsseldorf24.20.110.81.5Retail
431708 KION Group Frankfurt12.50.420.66.4Technology
441790 Südzucker Mannheim 11.10.611.43.1 Food processing
451813 Deutsche Pfandbriefbank Unterschleißheim 3,10.156.20.8Banking
461831 Diebold Nixdorf Hudson, Ohio 3.81.53.93.6Financial services
471856 Aurubis Hamburg17.90.18,33.7Mining
481873 Aareal Bank Wiesbaden 3.10.051.72.2Banking
491986 Delivery Hero Berlin10.7−2.511.99.8 Food delivery

References

  1. "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  2. "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-25.

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