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.

2019 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 2018.[1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.

Rank Fortune 500
rank
Name Industry Revenue
(USD millions)
Profits
(USD millions)
Employees Headquarters
1 9 Volkswagen Automotive 278,342 14,322 664,496 Wolfsburg
2 18 Daimler AG Automotive 197,515 8,555 298,683 Stuttgart
3 45 Allianz Insurance 170,930 13,140 142,460 Munich
4 53 BMW Automotive 115,042 8,399 134,682 Munich
5 70 Siemens Conglomerate 98,802 6,909 379,000 Munich / Berlin
6 77 Robert Bosch GmbH Automotive parts 92,602 3,596 409,881 Stuttgart
7 78 Uniper Electric utility 92,260 −533 11,828 Düsseldorf
8 90 Deutsche Telekom Telecommunications 89,286 2,556 215,675 Bonn
9 115 BASF Chemicals 78,799 5,555 122,404 Ludwigshafen
10 124 Deutsche Post Transportation 75,001 2,449 499,018 Bonn
11 145 Munich Re Insurance 67,226 2,726 41,410 Munich
12 183 RWE Electric utility 56,017 465 58,441 Essen
13 205 Continental AG Automotive parts 52,404 3,419 243,226 Hanover
14 208 Deutsche Bahn Transportation 52,004 623 318,528 Berlin
15 215 ThyssenKrupp Conglomerate 50,856 9 161,096 Essen
16 239 Deutsche Bank Banking 46,969 315 91,737 Frankfurt
17 240 Bayer Pharmaceuticals 46,718 2,000 116,998 Leverkusen
18 266 ZF Friedrichshafen Automotive parts 43,582 1,065 148,969 Friedrichshafen
19 267 Metro AG Retail 43,467 409 132,229 Düsseldorf
20 282 Talanx Insurance 42,391 830 20,780 Hanover
21 284 Lufthansa Airline 42,302 2,553 115,882 Cologne
22 313 Fresenius Healthcare 39,571 2,392 276,750 Bad Homburg
23 348 E.ON Electric utility 35,703 3,803 43,302 Essen
24 392 DZ Bank Banking 31,975 973 28,682 Frankfurt
25 412 Phoenix Pharmahandel Retail 30,296 −175 29,631 Mannheim
26 427 SAP SE Technology 29,159 4,819 96,498 Walldorf
27 477 Ceconomy Retail 26,129 −252 53,954 Düsseldorf
28 481 Adidas Apparel 25,920 2,009 57,016 Herzogenaurach

2019 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 2018. All 53 companies in the Forbes 2000 from Germany are listed.[2]

Rank Forbes
2000 rank
Name Headquarters Revenue
(billions
US$)
Profit
(billions
US$)
Assets
(billions
US$)
Value
(billions
US$)
Industry
1 18 Volkswagen Wolfsburg 278.2 14.0 553.5 92.0 Automotive
2 23 Allianz Munich 118.8 8.8 1,060.2 102.3 Insurance
3 37 Daimler AG Stuttgart 197.4 8.6 321.9 71.3 Automotive
4 57 BMW Munich 115.0 8.4 238.9 57.5 Automotive
5 64 Siemens Munich / Berlin 98.3 5.5 164.2 97.0 Conglomerate
6 99 BASF Ludwigshafen 76.2 5.6 103.8 76.6 Chemicals
7 116 Deutsche Telekom Bonn 89.3 2.6 176.5 79.4 Telecommunications
8 147 Munich Re Munich 62.9 2.7 311.6 36.3 Insurance
9 164 Bayer Leverkusen 46.7 2.0 150.3 64.1 Pharmaceuticals
10 176 SAP SE Walldorf 29.1 4.8 58.9 134.9 Technology
11 208 Deutsche Post Bonn 72.6 2.4 60.0 43.1 Transportation
12 239 Continental AG Hanover 52.4 3.4 47.4 35.0 Automotive parts
13 258 Fresenius Bad Homburg 39.6 2.4 64.8 30.6 Healthcare
14 263 E.ON Essen 35.1 3.8 64.6 24.0 Electric utility
15 322 Henkel Düsseldorf 23.5 2.7 34.3 43.1 Consumer goods
16 413 Lufthansa Cologne 42.3 2.6 44.4 12.1 Airline
17 430 Adidas Herzogenaurach 25.9 2.0 17.8 52.0 Apparel
18 482 HeidelbergCement Heidelberg 21.3 1.3 41.9 16.3 Building material
19 484 Talanx Hanover 41.6 0.8 179.1 10.3 Insurance
20 494 Commerzbank Frankfurt 15.0 1.0 528.6 11.4 Banking
21 547 Deutsche Bank Frankfurt 42.3 0.3 1,541.1 18.1 Banking
22 566 Merck Group Darmstadt 17.7 0.5 42.8 45.8 Pharmaceuticals
23 621 Vonovia Bochum 4.8 2.7 56.5 25.8 Real estate
24 624 Evonik Industries Essen 17.7 1.1 24.7 14.3 Chemicals
25 626 RWE Essen 24.8 0.4 98.3 15.8 Electric utility
26 667 Porsche SE Stuttgart 0.1 4.1 38.5 22.2 Automotive
27 672 Deutsche Börse Frankfurt 3.7 1.0 180.2 24.2 Finance
28 710 Uniper Düsseldorf 92.2 −0.5 65.9 11.2 Electric utility
29 761 Covestro Leverkusen 17.2 2.2 12.9 10.9 Chemicals
30 780 Infineon Technologies Munich 9.2 1.3 12.7 27.3 Technology
31 809 EnBW Karlsruhe 24.3 0.3 48.4 9.6 Electric utilities
32 820 Deutsche Wohnen Berlin 1.7 2.2 29.0 16.0 Real estate
33 847 ThyssenKrupp Essen 43.3 0.1 40.1 9.5 Conglomerate
34 960 Beiersdorf Hamburg 8.5 0.9 10.2 23.7 Consumer goods
35 992 TUI AG Hanover 23.2 0.8 16.3 6.5 Hospitality
36 1026 Schaeffler Group Herzogenaurach 16.8 1.0 14.6 6.3 Automotive parts
37 1113 Knorr-Bremse Munich 7.0 0.7 7.1 18.1 Technology
38 1252 Metro AG Düsseldorf 32.3 0.4 17.9 6.1 Retail
39 1260 Brenntag Essen 14.8 0.5 8.9 8.4 Chemicals
40 1312 Wüstenrot & Württembergische Stuttgart 7.5 0.3 82.0 2.0 Finances
41 1341 KION Group Frankfurt 9.4 0.5 14.8 8.1 Technology
42 1522 Ceconomy Düsseldorf 25.5 −0.3 12.5 2.2 Retail
43 1536 Hella Lippstadt 8.5 0.8 7.1 6.2 Automotive parts
44 1569 MTU Aero Engines Munich 5.4 0.5 8.2 11.9 Aerospace and defense
45 1571 LEG Immobilien Düsseldorf 0.9 1.0 12.9 7.4 Real estate
46 1679 Deutsche Pfandbriefbank Unterschleißheim 2.2 0.2 66.0 1.9 Banking
47 1709 BayWa Munich 19.6 0.0 8.6 1.1 Retail
48 1751 Wirecard Aschheim 2.3 0.4 6.0 16.7 Finance
49 1780 Aareal Bank Wiesbaden 1.4 0.4 48.8 2.1 Banking
50 1812 Nürnberger Versicherung Nuremberg 5.1 0.1 35.1 0.9 Insurance
51 1842 Zalando Berlin 6.4 0.1 3.7 11.6 E-commerce
52 1853 Fraport Frankfurt 4.1 0.6 13.3 7.6 Transportation
53 1982 Lanxess Cologne 9.4 0.4 10.3 5.6 Chemicals

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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