List of the 200 Largest Companies Berlin [2023 Update]

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Contains the 200 largest companies from Berlin from numerous sectors such as industry, chemicals, retail, logistics, consumer goods, services, etc. The list is an excerpt from our list of the 5,000 largest companies in Germany.

Excellent level of detail: industry and field of activity, turnover (2015 - 2021) if publicly available, number of employees (2018 - 2021) if publicly available, general contact details, names of management, etc.

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List of the 5 largest companies in Berlin

Berlin is not only the political and administrative center of Germany, but has always been an important business location. The German capital owed its rise to a metropolis of millions to the industrial revolution. These are the five largest companies headquartered in Berlin today:

1. Deutsche Bahn AG

Deutsche Bahn AG was created in the 1990s in the course of a railroad reform. In the process, Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Reichsbahn were merged, and Berlin became the company’s new headquarters. The company is 100 percent state-owned. In 2020, Deutsche Bahn carried around 2.9 billion passengers and over 213 million tons of freight. The rail group with its more than 322,000 employees is divided into numerous subsidiaries - including DB Fernverkehr, DB Regio, DB Cargo and DB Schenker.

2. Bayer Pharma AG

The business of the former Schering group continues under the name Bayer Pharma AG. Schering used to be an independent pharmaceutical company and was acquired by Bayer in 2006. Bayer Pharma AG was a subsidiary of Bayer HealthCare AG until 2016. At that time, the group was reorganized divisional. Today, Bayer Pharma is part of the Pharmaceuticals corporate division and operates in the Diagnostic Imaging, General Medicine, Special Medicine and Women’s Healthcare business areas. The name Bayer Pharma is no longer used in its external image.

3. Zalando SE

Zalando is a Berlin-based online mail order company for shoes, fashion and cosmetics. It has made Internet shoe sales respectable in Germany. Zalando was founded in 2008 with capital from the three Samwer brothers, who have “incubated” many Internet business models. Zalando founders David Schneider and Robert Gentz were former classmates of the Samwers. Zalando now operates online retailing of shoes and other items in 20 European markets. It is also trying to connect with brick-and-mortar retail. The company has more than 14,000 employees.

Update 2023: At the end of 2022, Zalando announced that David Schröder would be appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO). He takes over the duties of Jim Freeman, who will leave the company as Chief Business and Product Officer on March 31, 2023.

4. Dussmann Group

The Dussmann Group is a family-owned Berlin-based group of companies focusing on services. The most important company, Dussmann Service, focuses on facility services and accounts for approximately two-thirds of sales (2020: 1.4 billion euros). Other Dussmann companies: Dussmann Office (office services including office rental), Kursana (services in the area of care and support for senior citizens), Dussmann Technical Solutions. Dussmann also operates a bookstore, the Kulturkaufhaus Dussmann, directly adjacent to Berlin’s Friedrichstrasse train station. The Dussmann Group employs around 60,000 people.

5. KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft represents the German branch of the international auditing network KPMG. In Germany, the auditing company employs over 12,000 people at 26 locations. KPMG international is one of the so-called “Big Four” in the auditing business - the four networks that together generate around two-thirds of the world’s auditing revenues. KPMG Germany serves clients from all industries and of all sizes. The business comprises Audit, Tax, and Advisory (business and management consulting).