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Germany listed companies.

669 publicly traded German companies, organised by sector and exchange. Each company links into its filings history, KPIs and reporting metadata.

Public-company filings in Germany are supervised by Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). Reporting follows IFRS (consolidated); HGB (separate). Filings are most commonly published in German and English. Major issuers are listed on DAX 40, MDAX and SDAX. Calendar year (majority); some Sept year-end.

The German listed-company landscape

Germany hosts roughly 450 publicly traded companies on Deutsche Börse's regulated market (Prime Standard and General Standard), plus several hundred more on the open-market Freiverkehr and the SME-focused Scale segment. The headline indices — DAX 40, MDAX, SDAX, and the technology-tilted TecDAX — capture the large, mid, small, and tech-cap layers respectively, with sector tilts that reflect Germany's industrial backbone: automotive, industrials, chemicals, and increasingly software and renewables.

The DAX 40 was expanded from 30 to 40 constituents in September 2021 and now covers the largest Prime-Standard issuers by free-float market cap, subject to a profitability filter. Notable constituents include SAP, Siemens, Allianz, Deutsche Telekom, BASF, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, BMW, and Bayer. The MDAX (50 mid-caps) and SDAX (70 small-caps) round out the institutional-investable universe, while TecDAX overlaps DAX/MDAX to highlight German tech.

FinancialReports tracks every Prime- and General-Standard issuer plus the Scale segment, organised by sector (FRCF / ISIC), industry group, and primary listing venue. Each company page links into the issuer's full filings history, financial line-items, ISINs, and any cross-listings on European or US exchanges. Sector composition skews toward Industrials (~22%), Materials (~14%), Financials (~12%), Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary, with a long tail of mid-cap engineering and chemicals issuers that don't appear in larger-market indices but are core to the German economy.

Listings are refreshed daily from BaFin and Deutsche Börse sources. New IPOs and de-listings flow through the same ingestion pipeline that backs the filings index, so a newly public company appears with its first ad-hoc disclosure, full reporting history, and sector classification on day one — without manual curation.

Listed companies
669
German issuers tracked
Stock exchanges
0
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Country
DE
Germany
Sectors
8
distinct in dataset

Reporting at a glance — Germany

Regulator, indices, accounting, language
Regulator
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)
Primary indices
DAX 40MDAXSDAXTecDAX
Accounting standards
IFRS (consolidated); HGB (separate)
Reporting languages
GermanEnglish
Fiscal year
Calendar year (majority); some Sept year-end

Featured German companies

Top by filing volume
Company Ticker Sector Industry Filings
Deutsche Bank AG DBK Financial and insurance activities Monetary intermediation 7,416
Commerzbank AG CBK Financial and insurance activities Monetary intermediation 3,505
Mercedes-Benz AG MBG Manufacturing Manufacture of motor vehicles 1,875
ENCAVIS AG ECV Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply Electric power generation, transmission and distribution activities 1,850
TAG Immobilien AG TEG Real estate activities Real estate activities with own or leased property 1,818
Evotec SE EVT Professional, scientific and technical activities Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering 1,768
RWE AG RWE Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply Electric power generation, transmission and distribution activities 1,701
Rheinmetall AG RHM Manufacturing Manufacture of general-purpose machinery 1,666
Infineon Technologies AG IFX Manufacturing Manufacture of electronic components and boards 1,648
HUGO BOSS AG BOSS Manufacturing Manufacture of wearing apparel, except fur apparel 1,560
Siemens AG SIE Manufacturing Manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus 1,544
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG MUV2 Financial and insurance activities Reinsurance 1,540
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA FME Human health and social work activities Medical and dental practice activities 1,534
CANCOM SE COK Telecommunications, computer programming, consultancy, computing infrastructure, and other information service activities Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities 1,515
LANXESS AG LXS Manufacturing Manufacture of other chemical products 1,490
Nordex SE NDX1 Manufacturing Manufacture of general-purpose machinery 1,482
Vonovia SE VNA Real estate activities Real estate activities with own or leased property 1,441
Deutsche Börse AG DB1 Financial and insurance activities Activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding 1,425
GEA Group AG G1A Manufacturing Manufacture of special-purpose machinery 1,423
MorphoSys AG MOR Manufacturing Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products 1,418
Mutares SE & Co. KGaA MUX Financial and insurance activities Activities of holding companies and financing conduits 1,415
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA FRE Human health and social work activities Hospital activities 1,390
Deutsche Wohnen SE DWNI Real estate activities Real estate activities with own or leased property 1,388
TUI AG TUI1 Accommodation and food service activities Hotels and similar accommodation activities 1,373
SAP SE SAP Telecommunications, computer programming, consultancy, computing infrastructure, and other information service activities Computer programming activities 1,366

Top sectors

  • Manufacturing 241
  • Financial and insurance activities 120
  • Telecommunications, computer programming, consultancy, computing infrastructure, and other information service activities 98
  • Real estate activities 49
  • Wholesale and retail trade 39
  • Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities 19
  • Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 17
  • Transportation and storage 15

Top industries

  • Real estate activities with own or leased property 43
  • Activities of holding companies and financing conduits 42
  • Computer programming activities 40
  • Manufacture of special-purpose machinery 38
  • Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 30
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities 28
  • Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products 24
  • Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding activities 22

Query Germany companies via API

Same dataset, programmatic access 
# All German listed companies
curl "https://api.financialreports.eu/api/companies/?country=DE" \
    -H "x-api-key: $FR_API_KEY"

See the full API guide for Germany →

Filings activity by year

Last 6 years · German issuers
  • 2026 5,332
  • 2025 16,858
  • 2024 19,082
  • 2023 18,320
  • 2022 18,163
  • 2021 18,657

Reporting languages

Filing-by-filing distribution
  • English 183,714
  • German 93,150
  • Finnish 489
  • Lithuanian 249
  • Hungarian 53

FAQ — Germany

Coverage, formats, integration
How many German listed companies are in the database?
FinancialReports tracks 669 publicly traded German companies, organised by sector, industry and exchange listing.
Which exchanges in Germany are covered?
Each company page links into its exchange's full company list and trading metadata.
Which German indices does FinancialReports cover?
Major German indices in the dataset include DAX 40, MDAX, SDAX, TecDAX. Each index has a dedicated page showing constituent companies and their filings history.
How is the German company list kept up to date?
Listings are refreshed daily from regulator and exchange sources. New IPOs and de-listings flow through the same ingestion pipeline that backs the filings index.
Can I export the German company list?
Yes. The /api/companies/?country=DE endpoint returns the full list as JSON; bulk and redistribution licensing is available on paid plans.