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Succession and Transfer

Founder led companies approaching retirement

Long established limited liability companies managed by a single person who is approaching retirement.

The occasion

In companies that have been led by the same person for decades, that person's retirement provision is frequently anchored in the company itself. Such pension commitments weigh on the balance sheet and stand in the way of any later sale; they have to be settled, transferred or restructured before a handover.

The selection comprises those companies in which this constellation is to be expected from their structure.

Who works with this list

  • Occupational pension specialists
  • Insurers and pension institutions
  • Tax advisory firms focused on succession
  • Succession advisers

What each row contains

Company Legal form Street Postcode City Federal state Industry Register court Register number Incorporated Share capital Management Oldest member of management Year of birth Age Website Telephone Distance (km)

The report on this theme

The generational question in the German Mittelstand. How old the management of German companies is, where the handover is most pressing and in which businesses a next generation is already in place.

Further themes in this field.

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 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