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Database

The database, in figures.

All figures on this page are calculated from the current database. Last evaluation on 01.11.2026.

1,158,810Companies
1,037,870of which with recorded management
1,689,615People in management and with power of attorney
1,150,939assigned to an industry
154,881with their own website
651Industries
14,717substantiated supply relationships

Distribution

By federal state.

Management data is not equally dense in every state. We state this openly so that you can interpret the figures for a region correctly.

Federal state Companies with recorded management
Nordrhein-Westfalen 251,251 226,021
Bayern 201,611 181,138
Baden-Württemberg 167,353 150,697
Hessen 94,630 85,077
Niedersachsen 92,319 82,980
Berlin 91,146 81,794
Hamburg 53,655 48,939
Sachsen 42,581 38,259
Rheinland-Pfalz 42,092 36,962
Brandenburg 28,981 24,383
Schleswig-Holstein 24,569 20,750
Sachsen-Anhalt 19,137 16,871
Thüringen 18,586 16,396
Saarland 10,745 9,269
Bremen 10,632 9,513
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 9,517 8,817

Themes

What each theme carries today.

In each case at the default settings of the theme. Every further refinement reduces the count.

Succession and Transfer

Companies ahead of succession Companies whose management is reaching the age at which the handover to a next generation becomes a matter for decision. 285,782 companies Handovers within the family Family run companies in which the next generation already holds responsibility and the transfer of shares is due. 36,731 companies Companies without successor management Companies in whose entire management and representation no younger generation is apparent that could carry the business forward. 195,125 companies Acquisition targets in consolidating industries Owner managed companies ahead of succession in those industries in which buyer groups have been acquiring systematically for years. 36,923 companies Property companies ahead of a handover Companies that hold and manage their own real estate and whose management faces the question of what is to become of the portfolio. 64,004 companies Founder led companies approaching retirement Long established limited liability companies managed by a single person who is approaching retirement. 120,279 companies Agricultural companies in eastern Germany Agricultural corporations in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony Anhalt and Thuringia whose management is approaching a change. 1,200 companies Dormant companies Companies in which nothing has changed for a long time, which no longer have a management or whose management is of advanced age. 130,079 companies

Risk and Continuity

Companies in insolvency or dissolution Companies over whose assets insolvency proceedings have been opened or which are in dissolution, with the date of the proceedings. 113,933 companies Companies in liquidation Companies being wound up outside insolvency, with the persons responsible for the liquidation. 79,931 companies Companies without a deputy Companies represented by a single person alone, without power of attorney and without a second authorised signatory. 162,672 companies Addresses with a high density of companies Companies with a business address at which an unusually large number of other companies is registered. 61,374 companies

Growth and Capital

Newly incorporated companies Companies in their first months, arranged by industry, region and capitalisation. 51,490 companies Owner managed start ups Young limited liability companies managed by a single person at the beginning of their entrepreneurial path. 6,537 companies Companies with financing rounds Young, growing companies whose capital structure suggests one or more financing rounds. 25,001 companies Companies owned by financial investors Companies held through an acquisition structure of financial investors, with the approximate date of acquisition. 1,068 companies Add on targets for investment platforms Owner managed companies ahead of succession in industries in which financial investors have already built platforms of their own. 235,710 companies Group companies and their parent companies Companies integrated into a group through a domination or profit transfer agreement, with the parent company and the date of the agreement. 7,212 companies Companies after a restructuring Companies involved in a merger, a division or a change of legal form. 45,618 companies Companies with capital in Deutsche Mark Companies whose share capital is still denominated in Deutsche Mark to this day. 7,282 companies Anniversaries in the coming year Companies that will look back on twenty five, fifty, seventy five or one hundred years of existence in the coming year. 16,425 companies

Leadership and People

Executives by industry, age and place of residence Managing directors and holders of registered power of attorney in an industry, refined by age and place of residence. 607,337 people Potential successors from the second tier of management Holders of registered power of attorney at the age of greatest entrepreneurial maturity, from the same industry as the companies seeking a successor. 125,554 people Entrepreneurs with several companies People who manage several companies at once, together with every company in which they hold a role. 72,360 people Entrepreneurs with their own holding company People who run their own holding company alongside an operating company. 85,427 people Management resident abroad People in the management of German companies whose place of residence is abroad, arranged by country. 60,737 people Companies after the change of generation Companies with a history of several decades whose management has already passed entirely into the hands of a young generation. 10,506 companies Shareholder managing directors in mid career Smaller companies managed by a single person who is at the stage of life in which retirement provision is built up systematically. 353,592 companies IT specialists with their own company Companies for IT consulting and software development behind which stands a single specialist working on a project basis. 33,412 companies

Market and Sales

Buyers of a product The companies that purchase the output of an industry as an input according to its supply relationships, with the rationale for each relationship. →Count for your selection Circle of potential acquirers for a company For a company of your choice, the obvious acquirers: competitors, customers and suppliers in the region, as well as investors in the same industry. →on request Customers of insolvent suppliers Companies that have recently entered insolvency proceedings, with the industries of their customers, who now need a new supplier. 7,827 companies Foreign companies in Germany Companies and branches of foreign enterprises in Germany, arranged by the jurisdiction of their legal form. 2,850 companies Companies with branch offices Companies that maintain further branches in addition to their registered office. 9,442 companies

Industry and Regulation

Wind and biogas plants at the end of their feed in tariff Operating companies of wind, biogas and solar installations from the period whose statutory guaranteed tariff is now expiring. 2,551 companies Companies within the scope of the NIS 2 Directive Companies in those sectors that have been subject to stricter information security obligations since December 2025, with indications of their size. 56,229 companies Healthcare providers Medical care centres, hospitals, care facilities and practice companies, optionally limited to those in group structures or with a management ahead of a handover. 19,287 companies
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