Berlin’s Top 200 - The largest employers in Berlin

Berlin remains attractive for skilled workers. The top 200 companies in the capital region increased their number of employees by 2.2% in 2023 compared to the previous year (increase in 2022: 1.8 percent). Over 500,000 people work for one of the 200 largest employers. Companies in the healthcare, mobility and industrial sectors, particularly in the automotive industry, have increased their workforce – this is the result of the Berliner Morgenpost’s current ranking of the city’s largest employers.

	Company name	Industry sector	Employees 2023
1	Deutsche Bahn (incl. S-Bahn Berlin)	Transport/Logistics	26,806
2	Charité	Health	23,479
3	Vivantes-Netzwerk für Gesundheit	Health	19,208
4	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)	Traffic	16,100
5	Tesla	Automotive industry	12,500	⁽¹
6	Deutsche Post DHL	Logistics	11,500	⁽¹
7	Rewe Markt	Retail	11,000
8	Mercedes-Benz	Automotive industry	10,374
9	Edeka (incl. Netto)	Retail	10,000	⁽¹
10	Johannesstift Diakonie	Health	8,773

Complete List of Berlin’s top 200 employers in 2023

11	Zalando	Digital economy	7,700
12	Apleona (formerly Gegenbauer)	Facility management	7,119
13	Helios Kliniken	Health	6,677
14	Kaufland	Retail	6,600
15	Deutsche Telekom	Telecommunications	6,380
16	Berliner Stadtreinigungsbetriebe BSR	Disposal	6,200
17	Deutsches Rotes Kreuz	Social issues	6,000
18	Axel Springer	Media	5,741
19	Deutsche Bank (incl. Postbank)	Bank	5,500
20	Siemens	Electrical engineering	5,000
	Bayer	Pharmaceutical industry	5,000
22	Volkswagen	Automotive industry	4,868
23	Berliner Wasserbetriebe	Water supplier	4,860
24	Lidl	Retail	4,800
	Siemens Energy	Energy	4,800
26	Alexianer	Health	4,770
27	Wisag Facility Service Holding	Facility management	4,740
28	Securitas	Security services	4,600
29	Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann	Health	4,049
30	Netto Marken-Discount	Retail	3,863
31	Dussmann Group	Facility management, plant engineering, technical service, care of the elderly, retail	3,800
32	Aldi	Retail	3,611
33	Bundesdruckerei-Gruppe	IT	3,519
34	Deutsche Kreditbank	Bank	3,500	⁽¹
35	Immanuel Albertinen Diakonie, Geschäftsstelle Berlin	Health and social services	3,420
36	Delivery Hero	Digital economy	3,414
37	Berliner Sparkasse	Bank	3,349
38	Caritas	Social issues	3,250	⁽¹
39	Unionhilfswerk Unternehmensverbund	Social issues	3,222
40	Amazon	Digital economy	3,200
41	Stephanus-Stiftung	Health	3,173
42	Fiege Logistik (incl. Joint Venture Berlin Last Mile)	Contract logistics	3,059
43	McDonald's	Catering	3,000
44	dm-drogerie Markt	Retail	2,972
45	BMW	Automotive industry	2,900
46	EJF	Social issues	2,871
47	Vattenfall	Energy supplier	2,800
48	BASF	Chemistry	2,750
49	KPMG	Auditing	2,644
50	Allianz	Insurance	2,575
51	GRG. Die Gebäudereiniger	Facility management	2,536
52	AOK Nordost	Health insurance	2,516
53	Alstom Transport Deutschland	Rail technology	2,500
54	Renafan	Social issues	2,484
55	3B Dienstleistungen Deutschland	Infrastructural building services	2,425
56	Rolls-Royce Deutschland	Development, assembly and maintenance of aircraft engines	2,405
57	Dirk Rossmann	Retail	2,375
58	Mosaik Unternehmensverbund	Social issues	2,372
59	Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin	Health	2,348
60	Bosch	Electrical engineering	2,300
	Biotronik	Medical technology	2,300
62	Lebenshilfe Berlin	Social issues, inclusion	2,213
63	Sana Kliniken Berlin-Brandenburg	Health	2,200
64	SAP	IT	2,195
65	Volkssolidarität Berlin	Social issues	2,178
66	AWO	Social issues	2,100
67	Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg	Airport	2,099
68	Oberlinhaus	Health, education, participation, rehabilitation	2,034
69	Hello Fresh	Digital economy	2,003
70	Concentrix Global Services	Callcenter	2,000
	Deutsche Lufthansa	Aviation	2,000
72	Ceva Logistics	Logistics	1,952
73	Alba	Disposal / recycling	1,938
74	Stromnetz Berlin	Energy / distribution network	1,932
75	Ikea Deutschland	Retail	1,930
76	Berliner Volksbank	Bank	1,912
77	Berliner Werkstätten für Menschen mit Behinderung BWB	Social issues	1,910
78	Piepenbrock Dienstleistungen	Facility management	1,842
79	Gasag-Gruppe	Energy supplier	1,822
80	ASML Berlin	Semiconductor industry	1,787
81	BT Berlin Transport	Traffic	1,744
82	IAV	Automotive supplier	1,728
83	Netto ApS & Co. KG	Retail	1,689
84	Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge	Health	1,652
85	PricewaterhouseCoopers	Auditing	1,647
86	Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof	Retail	1,600	⁽¹
87	Fröbel Bildung und Erziehung	Child day care	1,597
88	Degewo	Real estate	1,509
89	Berlin-Chemie / Menarini	Pharmaceutical industry	1,500
	Bauhaus	Retail	1,500
91	Vonovia	Real estate	1,471
92	Commerzbank	Bank	1,468
93	Stadler Deutschland	Rail technology	1,455
94	Steinecke's Heidebrot Backstube	Retail/Food	1,435
95	Diehl Metal Appilcations	Metal industry	1,428
	Bio Company	Retail	1,428
97	Mediamarkt Saturn	Retail	1,400	⁽¹
	Accor	Hotel	1,400	⁽¹
99	50Hertz	Energy industry	1,399
100	H&M Hennes & Mauritz	Retail	1,358
101	Ernst & Young	Auditing	1,340
102	HZB Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin f. Materialien und Energie	Research	1,330
103	Auto1 Group	Digital economy	1,300	⁽¹
104	PIN	Postal service provider	1,292
105	Orafol Europe	Production and finishing of plastics, chemistry	1,283
106	Evangelisches Diakonissenhaus Berlin Teltow Lehnin	Health	1,250	⁽¹
107	Takeda Deutschland	Pharmaceutical industry	1,233
108	Vitanas Gruppe	Social issues	1,215
109	KaDeWe Group	Retail	1,206
110	August Storck	Food	1,200
	Obi	Retail	1,200	⁽¹
112	Max-Delbrück-Centrum	Research	1,179
113	Cornelsen Gruppe	Publishing	1,176
114	Howoge Wohnungsbaugesellschaft	Real estate	1,121
115	TÜV Rheinland	Technical monitoring	1,104
116	Foundever	Callcenter	1,100
117	ASK Unternehmensgruppe	Security services	1,087
118	Knorr-Bremse	Rail technology	1,075	⁽¹
119	B. Braun Melsungen	Medical technology	1,073
120	Spitzke Unternehmensgruppe	Railroad infrastructure	1,070
121	Pfeﬀerwerk Stadtkultur	Social issues	1,027
122	Bär & Ollenroth	Sanitary technology	1,023
123	Autodoc	E-Commerce	1,015
124	MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg	Mechanical engineering	1,000
	Idealo Internet	Digital economy	1,000
	Vodafone D2	Telecommunications	1,000	⁽¹
	Gesundheitswerk Bethel Berlin	Health	1,000	⁽¹
	ICTS Protect Germany	Security services	1,000
129	Sanoﬁ-Aventis Deutschland	Pharmaceutical industry	997
130	Teleperformance Germany (formerly Majorel Berlin)	Callcenter	994
131	Telefonica O2	Telecommunications	981
132	Hornbach Baumarkt	Retail / Garden and hardware stores	970
133	Schindler Deutschland	Elevators	964
134	Coca-Cola	Food	960
135	Ergo	Insurance	959
136	Sankt Gertrauden-Krankenhaus	Health	957
137	BSH Hausgeräte	Electrical engineering	950
	N26	Digital economy	950	⁽¹
139	Mittelbrandenburgische Sparkasse	Bank	930	⁽¹
140	Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg	Bank	900
141	Mazars	Auditing	878
142	Otis	Elevators	870	⁽¹
	Höﬀner Möbel	Retail	870	⁽¹
144	Jüdisches Krankenhaus Berlin	Health	856
145	Metro Deutschland	Wholesale	854
146	Investitionsbank Berlin	Bank	851
	Denns BioMarkt	Retail	851
148	DIN-Gruppe	Standardization	848
149	Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung	Diakonie	830
150	Bausch + Lomb / Dr. Mann Pharma	Pharmaceutical industry	827
	Spie	Technical services	827
152	Krankenhaus Waldfriede	Health	826
153	Schloßpark-Klinik	Health	819
154	Park-Klinik Weißensee	Health	817
155	AVM	IT	800
	Hellweg Die Proﬁ-Baumärkte	Retail	800
	GE Deutschland	Mechanical engineering	800	⁽¹
158	Barmer	Health insurance	796
159	Techniker Krankenkasse	Health insurance	789
160	Messe Berlin	Fair trade	788
161	Mister Spex	E-Commerce	786
162	Regiocom Customer Care	Callcenter	782
163	Klarna	Bank	780
164	Dekra	Technical monitoring	772
165	Ströer	Media / Advertising / Publishing	760
166	P&G Manufacturing	Care products	750
	Here	Technology	750	⁽¹
	Primark	Retail	750	⁽¹
169	Lindner Esskultur	Retail	746
170	Parexel International	Pharma research	738
171	Strabag	Construction	735
172	DAK Gesundheit	Health insurance	726
	mkk - meine krankenkasse (formerly BKK·VBU)		726
174	Gewobag	Real estate	716
175	Pﬁzer Pharma	Pharmaceutical industry	700
	Easyjet	Aviation	700	⁽¹
177	Immobilien Scout	Digital economy	693
178	Albert Schweitzer Stiftung - Wohnen & Betreuen	Social issues	691
179	KiK Textilien & Non-Food	Retail	685
180	Toll Collect	Tolling systems	679
181	Freiberger Lebensmittel	Food production	670
	Riva Stahl	Steel industry	670
183	Telus International	Callcenter	663
184	Harry-Brot	Food	657
185	Menüpartner	Catering	650	⁽¹
186	AMS Osram	Electrical engineering	645
187	G-Elit Präzisionswerkzeug	Machine tool construction / tool manufacture	625
188	Viessmann Werke Berlin	Heating technology	623
189	Stölting Kleine Service Berlin	Facility management	615
190	Lelbach-Gruppe	Electrical engineering / Healthcare	610
191	PSI Software	IT	604
192	Pﬂegewohnzentrum Kaulsdorf-Nord	Social issues	600
	Spielbank Berlin Gustav Jaenecke	Casino	600
	Ebay	Digital economy	600
195	Flink	E-Commerce	550	⁽¹
196	Kieback & Peter	Building technology	546
197	Vinci Construction (Marke Eurovia)	Construction industry	545
198	Aristo-Gruppe	Pharmaceutical industry	540
199	Home24 (incl. Butlers)	Digital economy	532
200	NH Hoteles Deutschland	Hotel	531

¹ editorial estimate

Data collection: Journalist office Michael Gneuss

The figures are based on precise and rounded information provided by the companies, our own research and editorial estimates.

The numbers for permanent employees as of 12.31.2023 in Berlin and in the surrounding districts were requested.

(Source: Berliner Morgenpost, 07/2024)