List of the largest companies in Germany in 1973

The list of the 100 largest employers in Germany in 1973 . The list includes both private and public companies .

rank	Companies	Employee	SIC code
1	German Federal Post Office	522.003	22nd
2	German Federal Railroad	429.891	22nd
3	Siemens	222,000	9
4th	Volkswagen factory	161,000	11
5	August Thyssen Hut (ATH Group)	154,325	6th
6th	AEG-Telefunken	150,000	9
7th	Ruhr coal	148.425	2
8th	Daimler Benz	134,375	11
9	GHH group	90,455	6th
10	Maximum	89,288	5
11	BASF	86,600	5
12	Mannesmann	85,800	6th
13	Robert Bosch GMBH	81,975	9
14th	Friedrich Krupp GmbH	76,100	6th
15th	Flick Group ( Friedrich Flick GmbH)	67,689	6th
16	Karstadt	65,316	23
17th	Bayer	63,692	5
18th	Hertie Waren- u. Department store GmbH	60,600	23
19th	Salzgitter	59,171	6th
20th	VEBA	58,776	21st
21st	Kaufhof	58,488	23
22nd	RWE	57,183	21st
23	Adam Opel	57,171	11
24	IT & T Germany	55.286	9
25th	Hoesch (Hoesch-Hoogovens)	50,800	6th
26th	Quandt Group	50,374	11
27	Ford Works	43.505	11
28	Brown Boveri & Cie.	40,500	9
29	German Unilever GmbH	38,880	3
30th	Deutsche Bank	35,287	24
31	German Philips GmbH	35,000	9
32	United Industrial Companies (VIAG)	31,607	21st
33	Source Schickedanz KG	31,416	23
34	Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz	31,122	7th
35	C. & A. Brenninkmeyer	30,000	23
36	Hoard	29,269	23
37	Metal company	29.004	5, 12
38	German Babcock & Wilcox	28,917	7th
39	Saarberg	28,562	2
40	Puffer fisherman Georg Schäfer & Co.	25,800	7th
41	Klöckner-Werke AG	25,507	6th
42	Carl Zeiss Foundation	25,334	8, 16
43	Freudenberg & Co.	25,200	14, 13
44	Dresdner Bank	25,188	24
45	Enka gloss fabric	24,436	5, 13
46	Mute	24,300	6th
47	German Lufthansa	23,761	22nd
48	ARBED	23,348	6th
49	IBM Germany GmbH	23,328	9
50	Grundig	23,100	9
51	Continental rubber works	22,946	19th
52	Stahlwerke Röchling-Burbach GmbH	22,365	6th
53	Henkel GmbH	22,000	5
54	Telefonbau & Normalzeit Lehner & Co. KG	21,663	9
55	Emil Tengelmann	20,500	23
56	Preussag AG	20,236	5, 6, 21
57	AG for Industry and Transportation (AGIV)	20,000	7, 20
58	Metzeler AG Holding	20,000	19th
59	Demag	19,500	7th
60	Neckermann Versand KgaA	19,254	23
61	Philipp Holzmann	18,700	20th
62	Messerschmidt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH	18,697	11
63	High Low	18,220	20th
64	Commerzbank	17,807	24
65	Allianz Insurance AG	17.191	24
66	VFW-Fokker GmbH	17,120	11
67	Dr. August Oetker	16,953	3
68	ZF Friedrichshafen	16,690	7th
69	HF & Ph.F.Reemtsma GmbH	16,208	3
70	Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH	16,200	9
71	Linden tree	15,605	7th
72	SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH	15,581	7th
73	Steelworks South Westphalia	15,095	6th
74	Bergmann Elektricitäts-Werke	14,886	9
75	Gelsenberg	14,579	21.22.5
76	German Nestlé GmbH	14,174	3
77	German Bundesbank	14,154	24
78	Chemical works in Hüls	14,121	5
79	Strabag Bau-AG	13,900	20th
80	BayWa AG Munich	13,815	23, 3
81	Osram GmbH	13,813	9
82	G. Bauknecht GmbH	13,500	9
83	Glöggler group	13,413	13
84	Degussa	13,345	5
85	Dyckerhoff & Widmann	13,123	20th
86	Bertelsmann	12,764	18th
87	Schmalbach-Lubeca GmbH	12,711	12
88	PWA paper mills Waldhof-Aschaffenburg	12,466	18th
89	Axel Springer Verlag	12,359	18th
90	Felten & Guilleaume	12.303	9
91	Fichtel & Sachs	12,193	7th
92	Rütgerswerke	11,852	5
93	CHBoehringer Sohn, Ingelheim	11,758	5
94	Diehl Group	11,771	7th
95	Victoria Life Insurance AG	11,470	24
96	Coop headquarters	11,396	23
97	Flachglas AG Delog-Detag	11,320	16
98	Villeroy & Boch Ceramic Works KG	11,200	16
99	Dortmund Union-Schultheiss brewery	11.097	3
100	Bayerische Hypotheken- u. Exchange bank	11,088	24

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 .