List of the largest companies in Germany 1957

The list of the 100 largest employers in West Germany in 1957 . The list includes both private and public companies .

rank	Companies	Employee	SIC code
1	German Federal Railroad	532,796	22nd
2	German Federal Post Office	363,888	22nd
3	Siemens	174,000	9
4th	Fried. Croup	111,700	6th
5	AEG	105,600	9
6th	Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-AG	88,300	2
7th	Rheinstahl	85.853	6, 2, 5, 7
8th	VEBA	80.177	2, 21
9	Mannesmann	79,900	6, 7, 2
10	AG for mining and smelting operations (Salzgitter)	74,000	6, 2, 7
11	Gutehoffnungshütte (Haniel)	72,500	6, 7, 2
12	Saarberg	64,624	2
13	Hoesch	52,500	6, 2
14th	Robert Bosch GMBH	50,000	9
15th	Daimler Benz	49,188	11
16	Klöckner works	49,494	6, 2
17th	BASF	49.176	5, 2
18th	Paint factories Bayer	46,826	5
19th	Farbwerke Hoechst	43,300	5
20th	Volkswagen factory	41,290	11
21st	ARBED	40,422	6, 2, 9
22nd	German Unilever	33,617	3
23	Adam Opel AG	31,576	11
24	August Thyssen Hut	30.006	6, 2
25th	Phoenix Rhine pipe	30,549	6th
26th	Karstadt	29,253	23
27	Harpen mining	28,410	2, 5
28	Friedrich Flick KG	26,788	5, 6
29	Metal company	25,000	12, 5
30th	Quandt group	25,000	2,7,9,12
31	United gloss fabric	23,400	13, 5
32	Klöckner Humboldt Deutz (KHD)	23,307	7, 11
33	Coal mines Mathias Stinnes	23,187	2
34	General German Philips Industry	23,089	9
35	Demag	23,000	7th
36	Dortmund-Hörder Hüttenunion	22,950	6, 2, 7
37	Brown, Boveri & Cie.	20,141	9
38	Carl Zeiss Foundation	20,000	16
39	Kaufhof	19,300	23
40	Standard electrical system Lorenz (IT & T)	19,100	9
41	Rheinpreußen AG for mining and chemistry	18,977	2, 5
42	German Conti-Gas	18,900	21, 2, 9
43	Borgward Group	18,483	11
44	Continental AG	18,325	19th
45	Helmut Horten GmbH	18,100	23
46	Bochum Association	17,435	6th
47	German Petroleum AG (DEA)	17.304	2, 4
48	Deutsche Bank	17,000	24
49	Ilseder Hütte and Peiner rolling mill	16,900	6, 2
50	VIAG	15,974	12, 2, 5, 21, 24
51	salamander	15.002	14th
52	Roechling's iron and steel works	15,000	6th
53	De Wendel Group	14,381	2
54	RWE	13,500	21, 2
55	Allianz insurance	13,440	24
56	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)	13,000	22nd
57	Salzdetfurth	12,500	2
58	Hansa mining	11,571	2
59	Osram GmbH	11,500	9
60	GEG large purchasing company for German consumption	11,200	23
61	Auto Union	11,000	11
62	Triumph, Spieshofer & Braun OHG	11,000	13
63	Dresdner Bank	10,800	24
64	Ford Works	10,742	11
65	Philipp Holzmann	10,500	20th
66	Carl Freudenberg KG	10,500	14th
67	Dierig AG	10.198	13
68	Friedrich Thyssen mining	10,083	2
69	SKF (Svenska Kugellagerfabriken GmbH)	10,000	7th
70	Chemical works in Hüls	9,939	5
71	Linde's ice machines	9,923	7th
72	Siegerland ironworks	9,800	6th
73	Steelworks South Westphalia	9,800	6th
74	Otto Wolff KG	9,786	6th
75	Waldhof pulp factory	9,631	18th
76	Neunkirchen ironworks formerly Stumm	9,367	6th
77	German Babcock & Wilcox	9,337	7th
78	Schering	9,333	5, 2
79	Howaldtswerke Hamburg	9,317	10
80	Hamborner Mining	9,309	2
81	High Low	9.206	20th
82	Max Grundig	9,000	9
83	Orenstein & Koppel	8,690	7th
84	Degussa	8,369	5
85	Phrix works	8,100	13
86	Henschel GmbH	8,000	7th
87	BayWa Bavarian goods cooperative	7,883	23
88	Commerzbank	7,690	24
89	German Lufthansa	7,441	22nd
90	Henkel & Cie. GmbH	7,424	5
91	Fichtel & Sachs	7,419	7th
92	Phoenix Gummiwerke	7,315	19th
93	Südzucker	7,300	3
94	Didier works	7,298	16
95	Concrete & Monierbau	7.170	20th
96	Mining company Walsum mbH	7,078	2
97	Leonhard Monheim - Trumpf Works	7,000	3
98	HF & Philipp Reemtsma	7,000	3
99	Heinrich Lanz	6,899	11
100	German Shell	6,894	4th

The companies were classified according to the British Standard Industrial Classification of 1968. The following main categories are used: 1 Agriculture and forestry, fishing • 2 Mining and quarrying of stones and earth • 3 Food and beverages • 4 Coal and petroleum products • 5 Chemistry and related professions • 6 Metal production • 7 Mechanical engineering • 8 Appliance technology • 9 Electrical engineering • 10 shipbuilding and marine engineering • 11 vehicles • 12 other metal (metal goods not mentioned) • 13 textiles • 14 leather goods • 15 clothing and shoes • 16 bricks, pottery, glass and cement • 17 wood, furniture • 18 paper, printing and publishing • 19 Other Manufacturing • 20 Construction • 21 Gas, Electricity and Water • 22 Transportation and Communication • 23 Commerce • 24 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services • 25 Professional and Scientific Services • 26 Miscellaneous Services • 27 Public Administration and Defense

literature

• Martin Fiedler, Howard Gospel: The Top 100 Largest Employers in UK and Germany in the Twentieth Century. Data (ca.1907, 1935/38, 1955/57, 1972/73, 1992/95) . In: Carsten Burhop (Ed.): Cologne Economic History Paper . No. 3 (2010). online (PDF; 444 kB)

References and comments

1. ^ Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1968. In: UK SIC: Archive. Central Statistical Office, 1968, accessed December 5, 2017 .