The largest German industrial corporations
Who are the “biggest” in the country? With sales totaling over EUR 151 billion, DaimlerChrysler has a clear lead over its competitor Volkswagen.In terms of payroll Siemens leads the way. With 475,000 members of staff, the company is the largest private employer in Germany
The stock exchange and banks
Frankfurt/Main is the leading banking center in continental Europe, with over 100 of the Top 500 bank institutes based there. It is the seat of the European Central Bank (ECB), the German Bundesbank and the Frankfurt stock exchange. Major German corporations are traded on the Deutscher Aktien Index (DAX). Germany’s largest bank is Deutsche Bank, with a balance sheet total of EUR 1,126 billion and about 69,000 employees
The large service providers
Deutsche Telekom AG (EUR 61.3 billion) and Deutsche Post AG (EUR 60.5 billion) clearly lead the way in terms of service providers with the highest sales. With 520,000 employees, Deutsche Post is also the largest employer in this business sector. Deutsche Bahn, the travel company TUI from Hanover, the media Group Bertelsmann and Deutsche Lufthansa, with sales totaling EUR 20 billion and some 95,000 employees, follow
Top brands from Germany
Mercedes, BMW, SAP, Siemens, Volkswagen, Adidas-Salomon and Porsche are among the highest valued brands worldwide. In the international league table of most valuable brands (Business Week) German companies are listed ten times, making them the second largest group after the USA in the Top 100 global trade marks
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