Berlin’s top 100 – the best employers in Berlin

Berlin’s top 100 employers in 2019

The 100 largest employers are determined in an annual survey of the city's largest companies by the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK Berlin).

Berlin's largest employer comes from the transport sector: with its 22,156 employees, Deutsche Bahn is still in first place followed by Charité (18,700 employees), the Vivantes Network for Health (17,372 employees) and BVG (15,264 employees). Siemens is in 5th place with 11,000 employees.

	Company name	Industry sector	Employees
1	Deutsche Bahn (inkl. S-Bahn Berlin)	Transport/Logistics	22,156
2	Charité	Health	18,700
3	Vivantes-Netzwerk für Gesundheit	Health	17,372
4	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)	Traffic	15,264
5	Siemens	Electrical Engineering	11,000
6	Deutsche Post DHL	Logistics	11,000	⁽³
7	Daimler	Automotive Industry	8.900
8	Edeka (inkl. Thürmann, Netto)	Retail	7,300	⁽¹
9	Paul Gerhardt Diakonie	Health	7,042
10	Zalando	Digital Economy	6,500

Complete List of Berlin’s top 100 employers in 2019

11	Gegenbauer	Facility Management	6,493
12	Deutsche Telekom	Telecommunications	6,145
13	Berliner Stadtreinigungsbetriebe BSR	Waste management	5,834
14	Axel Springer	Media	5,795
15	Rewe Markt GmbH	Retail	5,750
16	Bayer	Pharmaindustrie	5,000
17	Wisag Facility Service Holding	Facility Management	4,721	⁽³
18	Deutsches Rotes Kreuz	Social issues	4,600	⁽⁴
19	Securitas Sicherheitsdienste	Security services	4,500
20	Berliner Wasserbetriebe	Water supply company	4,429
21	Dussmann Group	Facility-Management, Geriatric care, Retail	4,400	⁽²
22	Helios Kliniken	Health	4,370
23	Vattenfall	Energy supplier	4,168
24	Kaufland	Retail	3,800
25	Berliner Sparkasse	Bank	3,689
26	Alexianer	Health	3,500
27	Deutsche Bank	Bank	3,500
28	Lidl	Retail	3,160
29	Deutsche Lufthansa	Aviation	3,000	⁽³
30	Unionhilfswerk Unternehmensverbund	Social issues	2,991
31	S-Bahn Berlin	Traffic	2,842
32	Bosch	Electrical Engineering	2,790	⁽³
33	Netto Marken-Discount	Retail	2,754
34	BMW	Automotive Industry	2,700
35	Allianz	Insurance	2,690
36	Volkswagen	Automotive Industry	2,635
37	EJF	Social issues	2,552
38	KPMG	Auditing	2,541
39	Biotronik	Medical Technology	2,500
40	McDonald's	System gastronomy	2,500
41	Mosaik Unternehmensverbund	Social issues	2,310
42	Bundesdruckerei	Security printing	2,280
43	Stephanus-Stiftung	Health	2,133
44	Berliner Werkstätten für Menschen mit Behinderung BWB	Social issues	2,129
45	Deutsche Kreditbank	Bank	2,116
46	Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof	Retail	2,100	⁽¹
47	Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin	Health	2,057
48	Lebenshilfe Berlin	Social issues	2,050
49	AOK	Health insurance	2,043
50	BASF	Chemistry	1,992
51	BT Berlin Transport	Traffic	1,981
52	Sana Kliniken Berlin-Brandenburg	Health	1,973
53	dm-drogerie Markt	Retail	1,942
54	Renafan	Social issues	1,928
55	3B Dienstleistung Deutschland	Infrastructural building services	1,917
56	Amazon	Digital Economy	1,900
57	IAV	Automotive supplier	1,900
58	Commerzbank	Bank	1,828	⁽³
59	H&M Hennes & Mauritz	Retail	1,691
60	Dirk Rossmann	Retail	1,642
61	MediamarktSaturn Deutschland	Retail	1,620	⁽¹
62	Accor	Hotel	1,600	⁽¹
63	Aldi	Retail	1,600	⁽¹
64	AWO	Social issues	1,600
65	Steinecke's Heidebrot Backstube	Retail/Food	1,582	⁽³
66	Volkssolidarität Berlin	Social issues	1,576
67	GRG. Die Gebäudereiniger	Facility Management	1,555
68	Gasag-Gruppe	Energy supplier	1,529
69	Randstad Deutschland	Recruitment agency	1,482	⁽³
70	Berliner Volksbank	Bank	1,427
71	Knorr-Bremse	Railway technology	1,425
72	Bio Company	Retail	1,378
73	Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge	Health	1,354
74	Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin	Health	1,350
75	Alba	Waste management/Recycling	1,321
76	Ernst & Young	Auditing	1,320
77	PIN Mail	Postal service	1,313
78	Degewo	Real Estate	1,313
79	Stadler Pankow	Railway technology	1,300	⁽¹
80	Parexel International	Pharma Research	1,297
81	Max-Delbrück-Centrum	Research	1,254
82	Ikea Deutschland	Retail	1,230
83	Postbank - eine Niederlassung der Deutsche Bank AG	Bank	1,217	⁽³
84	August Storck	Food	1,200
85	Price Waterhouse Coopers	Auditing	1,200
86	Bauhaus	Retail	1,200	⁽¹
87	HZB Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie	Research	1,191
88	Delivery Hero	Digital Economy	1,172
89	Studierendenwerk Berlin	Service for students at Berlin universities	1,139
90	Berlin-Chemie	Pharmaindustrie	1,104
91	Competence Call Center	Callcenter	1,100
92	Franz Cornelsen Bildungsgruppe	Publishing	1,100	⁽¹
93	B. Braun Melsungen	Medical Technology	1,100
94	Piepenbrock Dienstleistungen	Facility Management	1,058
95	Vitanas Gruppe	Social issues	1,050
96	Fröbel Bildung und Erziehung	Daycare	1,023
97	Ergo Group	Insurance	1,021
98	Berliner Glas	Optics	1,005
99	Sankt Gertrauden-Krankenhaus	Health	1,004
100	Messe Berlin	Fair	1,003

¹ Estimation

² Economic area Berlin/Brandenburg

³ Metropolitan region of Berlin: As metropolitan region we call Berlin plus the adjoining districts.

⁴ Previous year's figure

(Source: IHK Berlin, 2020)

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