List of the largest companies in Germany 1995

The list of the 100 largest employers in Germany in 1995 includes both private and public companies .

rank	Companies	Employee	SIC code
1	Deutsche Bahn	312,579	22nd
2	German postal service	307,388	22nd
3	Daimler Benz	242.086	11
4th	Deutsche Telekom	220,000	22nd
5	Siemens	211,000	9
6th	metro	160,000	23
7th	Volkswagen	138,000	11
8th	RWE	125.344	21st
9	Rewe group	117,617	23
10	Karstadt	105.129	23
11	Ruhr coal	102.090	2
12	Veba	100.228	21, 22, 5,
13	Thyssen	96.907	6, 7, 22
14th	Tengelmann	92,800	23
15th	Robert Bosch	92,000	9
16	Viag Bayernwerk	83,770	21, 12 22,
17th	Mannesmann	81.004	7, 6, 22
18th	Bayer	68,550	5
19th	BMW automobiles	62,911	11
20th	BASF	62,511	5
21st	Maximum	58,412	5
22nd	Preussag	55,517	7, 6, 21, 22, 2
23	Deutsche Bank	51,957	24
24	Edeka group	51,720	23
25th	Friedrich Krupp Hoesch-Krupp	49.112	6, 7
26th	German Lufthansa	47,800	22nd
27	Adam Opel	45,562	11
28	MAN	45,089	11, 7
29	Walter Holding GmbH	42,570	20th
30th	Dresdner Bank	40.505	24
31	C. & A. Mode & Co.	40,000	23
32	McDonald's Germany Inc.	37,500	3
33	Allianz AG Holding	34,938	24
34	Lidl & Schwarz Foundation & Co. KG	34,000	23
35	AGIV (AG for industry and transport)	33,200	7, 9, 20, 22
36	Asea Brown Boveri (ABB Germany)	32,770	9
37	Ford Works	31,518	11
38	Commerzbank	27,441	24
39	AVA (general trading company for consumers)	26,198	23
40	Otto Group	26,000	23
41	Röchling Brothers Group	25,680	7, 9
42	Philipp Holzmann	25,570	20th
43	Anton Schlecker, Ehingen	25,328	23
44	ZF Friedrichshafen	24,483	7th
45	German Babcock	24,464	7th
46	Bertelsmann Group	24,281	18, 26
47	Bremer Vulkan Verbund	24,100	10
48	Source Schickedanz group of companies	23,800	23
49	German Unilever GmbH	23,223	3
50	Spar Handels-AG Group	23.001	23
51	Bayerische Vereinsbank	22,188	24
52	Carl Zeiss Foundation	21,777	8, 16
53	IBM Germany	21,347	26th
54	Philips GmbH	21,300	9
55	ITT Gesellschaft für Beteiligungen mbH	20,251	9, 26
56	Continental	20.163	19th
57	Aldi GmbH & Co. KG	20,000	23
58	P. Dussmann GmbH & Co.KG	19,800	26th
59	Saar mines	19,375	2
60	Bavarian Mortgage and Exchange Bank	18,982	24
61	Metal company	18,571	5, 7, 12
62	AMB Aachener & Münchener Beteiligungs-AG	17,753	24
63	Bosch-Siemens home appliances	17,600	9
64	Linden tree	17,422	7th
65	Bankgesellschaft Berlin	16,860	24
66	German Bundesbank	16,373	24
67	Deutsche Postbank	16,200	24
68	Degussa	15,854	5
69	Accor Group Germany	15,800	26th
70	German SGE group	15,500	20th
71	Alcatel SEL	15,000	9
72	handle	14,954	5
73	Bilfinger & Berger Construction	14,886	20th
74	Strabag	14,649	20th
75	FWWoolworth Co. Ltd.	14,323	23
76	Miele & Cie. GmbH & Co.	14,170	9
77	Douglas Holding	14.009	23
78	Coca-Cola GmbH	14,000	3
79	Tchibo Holding	13,609	3
80	Globus Handelshof Group	13,600	23
81	Nestlé Germany	13,342	3
82	VEW (United Electricity Works Westphalia)	12,737	21, 26
83	Axel Springer Verlag	12,646	18th
84	Diehl Group (Diehl GmbH & Co.)	12,611	7th
85	Frankfurt / Main Airport AG	12,500	22nd
86	Benteler	12,274	7th
87	Oetker Group	12,159	3
88	Freudenberg Group	12.097	14, 13
89	BayWa AG Munich	12,050	23
90	Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH	11,830	22, 26
91	VEAG United Energy Works	11,788	21st
92	Südzucker	11,500	3
93	Colonia-Nordstern Group	11,372	24
94	Allkauf SB-Warenhaus GmbH & Co.KG	11,360	23
95	Victoria Holding	11,224	24
96	German Saint-Gobain	10,985	16
97	Ruhrgas	10,956	21st
98	DG Bank	10,646	24
99	Buderus	10,486	7, 6
100	Berlin Power & Light (Bewag)	10,215	21st

Legend:

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 .