Company signals · Germany

The occasion decides.
We name it.

More than 1.1 million German companies, arranged by the moments in which a need arises: an approaching handover, opened proceedings, a recent formation, a new group affiliation, a statutory deadline. You choose the occasion and the region, and we deliver the companies together with their management.

1,158,810Companies in the database
1,689,615People in management and with power of attorney
37Signal themes in six fields
651Industries

HDH Group Research

Reports on the German Mittelstand

From our database of more than one million companies, we publish empirical studies on the questions that move the Mittelstand: how old its management is and where handovers are due, where insolvencies cluster, how much is newly formed, how densely groups are interlinked and who runs the businesses. Calculated on the complete population, as of a fixed reference date, with a disclosed methodology.

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  1. Where the holding companies are based
  2. Managed from abroad
  3. The new waves of incorporation
  4. The companies of the energy transition
  5. Hospitals, medical care centres and care services
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Six fields

The occasions, arranged by field.

Each field brings together themes that share an underlying need. The figures show how many companies or people carry the characteristic today.

8 themes

Succession and Transfer

Companies in which the handover to a next generation is imminent or already under way.

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4 themes

Risk and Continuity

Companies whose continuity is affected: by insolvency proceedings, by liquidation or by a management without deputy.

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9 themes

Growth and Capital

Companies at formation, in financing and in restructuring, and companies held by financial investors.

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8 themes

Leadership and People

The people in management and representation, by industry, age and place of residence, and entrepreneurs who hold several mandates.

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5 themes

Market and Sales

Buyers of a product, acquirers of a company and customer relationships that are open to new suppliers.

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3 themes

Industry and Regulation

Sectors in which legislation or subsidy law sets a deadline: companies within the scope of the NIS 2 Directive, renewable energy installations and the healthcare sector.

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Process

From occasion to list.

Choose a theme

You determine which occasion is decisive for your offering.

Refine

Industry, federal state, radius around a location and the specific characteristics of the theme. The number of matches updates with every entry.

Receive

Once payment has been received, you obtain the list as a workbook: company, address, register entry, industry and management, together with website and telephone number where available.

Companies without successor management All details fictitious
Company
Muster Präzisionsteile GmbH
Address
Am Werkhof 12, 00000 Musterstadt
Register
Local Court of Musterstadt, HRB 0000
Industry
25.62 · Machining
Incorporated
14 March 1979
Share capital
EUR 102,258.38
Management
Gerhard Muster, Ilse Muster
Oldest member of management
Gerhard Muster, aged 77
Website
muster-praezision.example
Telephone
00000 000000

For whom

Who works with signals.

Our lists serve everyone whose offering is tied to a particular moment in the life of a company.

Succession advisers and M&A boutiques

Companies ahead of a handover, circles of potential acquirers, successors from the second tier of management.

Banks and savings banks

Handovers, acquisition finance, entrepreneurs with capital available.

Tax advisers and valuation experts

Transfers within the family, founder led companies, capital still denominated in Deutsche Mark.

Insurers and brokers

Management without deputy, recent formations, retirement provision in mid career.

Executive search

Executives by industry, age and place of residence.

Credit insurers and factoring

Proceedings, liquidations and conspicuous addresses.

Private equity investors

Add on targets, platforms held by other investors, consolidating industries.

Manufacturers and sales

Buyers of a product and the customers of suppliers that have dropped out.

See your occasion in figures. Choose a theme, refine it, and the number of matches is fixed before you order.

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