List of German health insurance companies
The list German health insurance includes the insurance of the compulsory health insurance in Germany.
Development of the number of health insurance companies
| January 1st | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merger process | 1815 | 1319 | 1147 | 960 | 420 | 267 | 221 | 202 | 169 | 156 | 146 | 134 | 132 | 124 | 118 | 113 | 110 | 109 | 105 |
| 2020, quarter: | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | 105 |
The following graphics show the development of the number of health insurance companies since 1970:
The graphic shows the reduction in the number of German statutory health insurance funds from 1970 to 2008.
The graphic shows the reduction in the number of German statutory health insurance funds from 2008 to today.
List of existing health insurance companies
| Surname | Insured | Employee | Budget volume (million euros) |
Contribution rate 2020 (employee share) |
Integrated health insurance companies, former names |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General local health insurance funds (AOK) total | 27,068,621 | ||||
| AOK Baden-Württemberg | 4,267,552 | 10,287 | 16,600 | 15.5% (7.75%) | |
| AOK Bavaria | 4,520,877 | 10,000 | 17,500 | 15.7% (7.85%) | |
| AOK Bremen / Bremerhaven | 264,000 | 600 | 520 | 15.3% (7.65%) | |
| AOK Hessen | 1,556,276 | 3,733 | 4,100 | 15.5% (7.75%) | |
| AOK Lower Saxony | 2,670,000 | 6,900 | 7,600 | 15.4% (7.7%) | Guild Health Insurance Fund Lower Saxony (2010) |
| AOK Northeast | 1,800,000 | 5,610 | 7,600 | 15.5% (7.75%) | AOK Berlin-Brandenburg (2011), AOK Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (2011), AOK Berlin (2010), AOK Brandenburg (2010) |
| AOK Northwest | 2,800,000 | 7,400 | 9,500 | 15.5% (7.75%) | AOK Schleswig-Holstein (2010), AOK Westphalia-Lippe (2010) |
| AOK Plus | 3.106.029 | 6,800 | 11,086 | 15.2% (7.6%) | AOK Saxony (2008), AOK Thuringia (2008) |
| AOK Rhineland / Hamburg | 2,871,836 | 7,842 | 9,800 | 15.7% (7.85%) | AOK Rhineland (2006), AOK Hamburg (2006) |
| AOK Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland | 1,165,000 | 2,600 | 15.5% (7.75%) | AOK Saarland (2012), AOK Rhineland-Palatinate (2012) | |
| AOK Saxony-Anhalt | 733,500 | 1,940 | 14.6% (7.3%) | BKK Saxony-Anhalt (2009) | |
| Replacement funds (EK) total | 28.123.314 | ||||
| Barmer substitute fund | 9,100,000 | 14,910 | 39,200 | 15.7% (7.85%) |
Deutsche BKK (2017), Gmünder Ersatzkasse (2010) Former names: Barmer GEK (2010-2016) |
| DAK health | 5,700,000 | 10,700 | 23,400 | 16.1% (8.05%) |
BKK Beiersdorf AG (2016), Shell BKK / Life (2015), Saint-Gobain Betriebsskrankenkasse (2013), BKK Axel Springer (2012), BKK Gesundheit (2012), Hamburg Münchener Krankenkasse (2010), Braunschweiger Ersatzkasse (1997), Lichterfelder Substitute Fund (1951) Former names: German Employee Health Insurance (substitute fund) (until 2012) |
| Commercial Health Insurance Fund | 690,000 | 1,000 | 1,600 | 14.99% (7.495%) |
Guild Health Insurance Fund Weser-Ems (2008) Former names: hkk (2008–2014) |
| HEK - Hanseatic Health Insurance | 500,000 | 700 | 1,300 | 15.6% (7.8%) | |
| Commercial health insurance - KKH | 1,700,000 | 3,900 | 6,000 | 16.1% (8.05%) | Metro AG Kaufhof BKK (2009), Allianz companies' health insurance fund (2009) Former names: KKH-Allianz (2009–2012) |
| Techniker Krankenkasse | 10,500,000 | 14.002 | 37,900 | 15.3% (7.65%) | IKK-Direkt (2009), Gärtner-Krankenkasse (2000), occupational health insurance of the foremen (substitute fund ) (1965) |
| Guild health insurance funds (IKK) total | 5,080,992 | ||||
| Bundesinnungskrankenkasse Health - BIG | 414.343 | 700 | 15.9% (7.95%) | Company health insurance of the Victoria and DAS insurance companies (2015) | |
| IKK classic | 3,300,000 | 7,000 | 10,500 | 15.6% (7.8%) | United IKK (2011), IKK Baden-Württemberg and Hesse (2010), IKK Hamburg (2010), IKK Saxony (2010), IKK Thuringia (2010) |
| IKK healthy plus | 454607 | 15.6% (7.8%) | |||
| IKK southwest | 641.948 | 1,400 | 16.1% (8.05%) | IKK Südwest-Direkt (2009), IKK Südwest-Plus (2009) | |
| Guild health insurance fund for Brandenburg and Berlin | 246.024 | 429 | 405 | 16.09% (8.045%) | |
| Guild Health Insurance Fund North | 230.005 | 15.9% (7.95%) | IKK Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (2006), IKK Schleswig-Holstein (2006) | ||
| Company health insurance funds (BKK) total | 10,972,061 | ||||
| Actimonda BKK | 120.019 | 202 | 250 | 16.0% (8.0%) |
Company health insurance fund Heimbach (2014), BKK Pfeifer & Langen (2012), Anker-Lynen-Prym (2008), BKK Vorwerk & Co. KG (2004), BKK Zanders Feinpapiere AG (2004) Former names: BKK ALP plus (until 2012) |
| Atlas BKK Ahlmann | 58,500 | 130 | 16.3% (8.15%) | Atlas BKK (2010), BKK Ahlmann (2010) | |
| Audi BKK | 717,000 | 650 | 15.3% (7.65%) | BKK MAN and MTU Munich (2012), BKK FTE (2010), BKK Riedel-de Haën (2007), BKK Alcan Singen (2006), BKK Eberle (2004), BKK Hosokawa Alpine (2003) Former names: Audi company health insurance fund (up to 2010) |
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| Railway BKK | 575,500 | 1,157 | 2.168 | 15.8% (7.9%) | |
| Bertelsmann BKK | 47,530 | 78 | 82.2 | 15.85% (7.925%) | |
| Company health insurance company BPW Bergischeachsen KG - company-related | 6,550 | 9 | 15.7% (7.85%) | ||
| Company health insurance fund of BMW AG - company-related | 178,800 | 15.4% (7.7%) | |||
| Company health insurance fund of GM Pfaff AG Kaiserslautern | 35,776 | 40 | 15.0% (7.5%) | ||
| Siemag's company health insurance fund | 19,445 | 16.0% (8.0%) | BKK of Waldrich Siegen Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH (2008) | ||
| Company health insurance fund EVM - company-related | 2,000 | 15.6% (7.8%) | Former names: BKK Kevag Koblenz (until 2014) | ||
| BKK EWE - company-related | 13,532 | 15.5% (7.75%) | |||
| Company health insurance company Groz-Beckert - company-related | 6,300 | 15.5% (7.75%) | |||
| Company health insurance company Krones - company-related | 16,000 | 15.3% (7.65%) | |||
| Company health insurance company Mahle - company-related | 12,300 | 15.3% (7.65%) | |||
| Company health insurance company Miele - company-related | 32,600 | 15.6% (7.8%) | |||
| Company health insurance company Mobil Oil | 1,063,700 | 1,700 | 1.9 | 15.7% (7.85%) | Hypovereinsbank Company Health Insurance Fund (2014), KEH Replacement Fund (2008) |
| BKK PwC | 19.001 | 30th | 15.58% (7.79%) | ||
| Company health insurance fund RWE - company-related | 59,159 | 16.0% (8.0%) | |||
| Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg company health insurance fund | 20,767 | 15.3% (7.65%) | |||
| Company health insurance United German Nickel Works | 33,600 | 15.9% (7.95%) | |||
| Company health insurance fund WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG | 22,345 | 16.2% (8.1%) | |||
| BKK24 | 131,267 | 139 (obsolete) | 15.6% (7.8%) | BKK advita (2017), Nürnberger BKK (2003), BKK Nienburger Glas (2002), BKK Heye (1999), BKK Svedala (1999) | |
| BKK Achenbach Buschhütten | 33,000 | 50 | 16.0% (8.0%) | ||
| BKK B. Braun Aesculap - company-related | 29,000 | 20 (obsolete) | 15.7% (7.85%) | Company health insurance fund B. Braun Melsungen AG (2020) | |
| BKK Akzo Nobel Bavaria | 40.131 | 53 | 15.1% (7.55%) | ||
| BKK Deutsche Bank AG - business-related | 80.998 | 242 | 15.9% (7.95%) | ||
| BKK Diakonie | 25,883 | 57.62 | 15.7% (7.85%) | ||
| BKK Dürkopp Adler | 23,622 | 15.8% (7.9%) | |||
| BKK Euregio | 60,900 | 14.95% (7.475%) | |||
| BKK exclusive | 26,500 | 15.59% (7.795%) | BKK Brewery Beck & Co. (2004) | ||
| BKK Faber-Castell & Partner | 67,000 | 15.25% (7.625%) | |||
| BKK firmus | 86,000 | 103 | 15.04% (7.52%) | ||
| BKK Freudenberg | 23,789 | 15.3% (7.65%) | |||
| BKK Gildemeister Seidensticker | 183.297 | 370 | 870 | 15.8% (7.9%) | BKK BJB GmbH & Co. KG (2015) |
| BKK Grillo-Werke AG - business-related | 1,150 | 15.3% (7.65%) | |||
| Herford Minden Ravensberg company health insurance fund | 20,000 | 35 | 50 | 15.95% (7.975%) | BKK Lafarge roof systems (2009) |
| BKK Hercules | 33,086 | 16.8% (8.4%) | Former names: BKK Wegmann (until 1999) | ||
| Karl Mayer Company Health Insurance Fund - company-related | 3,700 | 10 | 16.5% (8.25%) | ||
| BKK Linde | 89,540 | 122 | 15.7% (7.85%) | HEAG BKK - company-related (2016) | |
| BKK Melitta Plus | 49,709 | 56 | 15.5% (7.75%) | BKK OWL / Drabert-Direkt (2009) | |
| BKK MTU - business-related | 16,500 | 16.2% (8.1%) | |||
| BKK Pfalz | 180,000 | 385 | 16.0% (8.0%) | BKK Vital (2018), G + H BKK (2009) | |
| BKK Provita | 121,312 | 15.9% (7.95%) |
BKK family (2016), company health insurance fund of the Munich Sisterhood of the Bavarian Red Cross (2013), BKK Schott-Rohrglas (2012), personal health insurance fund (PBK) (2009), enercity | BKK Stadtwerke Hannover AG (2009) Former names: BKK ATU (until 2014) |
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| BKK Public | 4,448 | 15.7% (7.85%) | |||
| BKK Rieker Ricosta Weisser - business related | 3,000 | 15.5% (7.75%) | |||
| BKK Salzgitter - operationally related | 65,561 | 15.5% (7.75%) | |||
| BKK Scheufelen | 65,000 | 15.5% (7.75%) | |||
| BKK Stadt Augsburg - company-related | 16,250 | 29 | 17.3% (8.65%) | ||
| BKK Technoform | 14,504 | 16.5% (8.25%) | |||
| BKK Verbundplus | 81,108 | 15.1% (7.55%) | BKK Kassana (2015) | ||
| BKK Verkehrsbau Union | 498,000 | 850 | 1.04 | 15.9% (7.95%) | look here |
| BKK Voralb Heller Index Leuze - company-related | 11,000 | 15.1% (7.55%) | |||
| BKK Werra-Meissner | 40,000 | 16.1% (8.05%) | |||
| BKK Economy & Finances | 23,833 | 19th | 33 | 15.99% (7.995%) | |
| BKK Würth - company-related | 12,500 | 14.8% (7.4%) | |||
| BKK ZF & Partner | 91.085 | 16.1% (8.05%) | BKK ZF Getriebe GmbH (2009), BKK Rhein-Lahn (2008), ZF BKK (2004), BKK of the FH Werke Laucherthal (2004), BKK Müller Weingarten AG (2004) | ||
| Bosch BKK | 210,692 | 300 | 403 | 15.5% (7.75%) | |
| Continentale company health insurance fund | 50,000 | 2,400 | 15.9% (7.95%) | BKK Henschel Plus (2020), Logistik BKK (2009), BKK Sauerland (2009), BKK Philips (2009) | |
| Daimler company health insurance fund - company-related | 296,000 | 230 | 15.4% (7.7%) | BKK Evobus (2001), BKK Mercedes-Benz (2001), BKK Karl Kässbohrer, BKK Hanomag-Henschel Former names: Daimlerchrysler BKK (until 2007), Daimler-Benz BKK (until 2001) |
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| Debeka BKK | 79,229 | 15.3% (7.65%) | |||
| The Bergische Krankenkasse | 71,889 | 125 | 15.88% (7.94%) | ||
| Energy company health insurance fund | 97,200 | 154 | 16.06% (8.03%) | E.ON company health insurance fund (2017), BKK of HASTRA Hannover (1996), PESAG Paderborn (1996), PreussenElektra Hannover (1996), SCHLESWAG Rendsburg (1996) | |
| Ernst & Young BKK - company-related | 10.124 | 15.54% (7.77%) | |||
| Joint company health insurance fund for the companies in the Hof textile group | 5,400 | 15.5% (7.75%) | |||
| Joint company health insurance fund of Wieland-Werke AG - company-related | 12,300 | 15.7% (7.85%) | |||
| Home health insurance | 119,789 | 176 | 318 | 15.7% (7.85%) | BKK Dr. Aug. Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG (1997), BKK Chemische Fabrik Budenheim, RA Oetker KG (1997), BKK CA Delius & Söhne (1997) Former names: BKK Dr. Oetker (until 2012), BKK Oetker (until 2000) |
| Koenig & Bauer BKK - company-related | 12,329 | 16.04% (8.02%) | |||
| Merck BKK - business related | 28,000 | 16.0% (8.0%) | |||
| Mhplus company health insurance fund | 541,894 | 970 | 1,200 | 15.58% (7.79%) | Metzinger Company Health Insurance Fund (2019), GBK Cologne (2011), BKK of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (2008), BKK Hochrhein-Wiesental (2007), BKK Conzelmann (2006), BKK TE KA DE-FGF (2006), BKK PWA (2003) |
| Novitas BKK | 410.216 | 16.14% (8.07%) | ESSO Company Health Insurance Fund (2015 ), Company Health Insurance Fund Phoenix (2014), ktpBKK (2010) | ||
| Pronova BKK | 671.456 | 1,300 | 16.1% (8.05%) | Company health insurance company Braun-Gillette (2017), Vaillant BKK (2015), BKK der Partner (2010), BKK Ford & Rheinland (2010), BKK Goetze & Partner (2010), Bayer BKK (2007), FORTISNOVA BKK healthy & active (2007 ) | |
| R + V company health insurance fund | 157.614 | 400 | 15.8% (7.9%) | ||
| Salus BKK | 150,623 | 320 | 17.4 | 16.05% (8.025%) | BKK of Philipp Holzmann AG (2002) |
| Schwenninger company health insurance fund | 326.221 | 600 | 900 | 15.9% (7.95%) | BKK Ost-Hessen (2010), BKK BVM (2009), BKK J. Schlenker-Grusen (1997) Former names: BKK Kienzle Uhren Fabriken GmbH (until 1996) |
| Securvita BKK | 225,000 | 385.6 | 15.7% (7.85%) | ||
| Siemens company health insurance fund | 1,045,117 | 1,554 | 2,799 | 15.9% (7.95%) | Neue BKK (2010), UPM BKK (2009), BKK Rhein-Neckar (2009), Kaiser's BKK (2008), BKK Junghans und Partner (2004), BKK Iveco Magirus (2004), Voith & Partner BKK (2004), Benteler BKK (2001) |
| SKD BKK | 51,055 | 16.3% (8.15%) | |||
| Südzucker BKK - company-related | 9,300 | 15.7% (7.85%) | |||
| TUI BKK | 17,277 | 15.85% (7.925%) | |||
| Viactiv BKK | 694,000 | 1,500 | 2,300 | 15.8% (7.9%) |
see previous names here : BKK on site (until September 2015) |
| Deutsche Rentenversicherung Knappschaft-Bahn-See (KBS) total | 1,530,761 | ||||
| Miners | 1,530,761 | 6,700 | 15.7% (7.85%) | See-Krankenkasse (2008), Bundesknappschaft (2005) | |
| Total social insurance for agriculture, forestry and horticulture (SVLFG) | 582.113 | ||||
| Agricultural health insurance | 582.113 | 15.5% (7.79%) | Health insurance for horticulture (2013), LKK Baden-Württemberg (2013), LKK Franconia and Upper Bavaria (2013), LKK Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland (2013), LKK Central and Eastern Germany (2013), LKK Lower Bavaria / Upper Palatinate and Swabia (2013), LKK Lower Saxony-Bremen (2013), LKK North Rhine-Westphalia (2013), LKK Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg (2013) |
The data are based on various sources and can therefore vary over the survey period or the standards applied, which may limit comparability. An attempt is made to always use current data.
List of officially closed health insurance companies
| Surname | Insured | Employee | Budget volume (in € million) |
Integrated health insurance companies, former names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company health insurance for health professions | 127,684 | 240 | Closed on December 31, 2011 | |
| City BKK | 130,000 | 400 | Closed on June 30, 2011 BKK Bauknecht (2005), Benevita BKK (2005), BKK Berlin (2004), BKK Hamburg (2004), BKK Bau (2004), BKK Breuninger (1999), BKK Werner & Pfleiderer GmbH (1998 ), BKK Hochbau (1997), BKK Alfred Kunz & Co (1996), BKK Hermann Milke KG (1996), HTP GmbH Ost (1993) |
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| BKK Düsseldorf | ? | ? | Closed on December 31, 2001 BKK Stadt Düsseldorf (1994), BKK Rheinbahn (1994) |
Development of the types of health insurance from 1995 to 2019
Graphics showing the development of the various types of cash register
The following graphic shows the reduction in the number of AOKs from 1995 to 2019:
The following graphic shows the reduction in the number of BKKs from 1995 to 2019:
The following graphic shows the reduction in the number of guild health insurance funds from 1995 to 2019:
The following graphic shows the reduction in the number of LKKs from 1995 to 2019:
Individual evidence
- ^ Health insurance mergers: merger calendar. Retrieved August 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Figures and graphics , GKV-Spitzenverband. Accessed December 31, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d e f Statutory health insurance: members, co-insured relatives and sick leave: monthly values July 2020 (PDF; 3.83 MB)
- ↑ The statutory health insurance companies. In: gkv-spitzenverband.de. National Association of Health Insurance Funds , accessed on April 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Krankenkassenverzeichnis.de - All health insurance companies in Germany are clearly presented. Retrieved July 5, 2019 .