Berlin’s top 100 – the best employers in Berlin

Berlin’s top 100 employers in 2020

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 23,246 employees, Deutsche Bahn is still in first place followed by Charité (19,640 employees), the Vivantes Network for Health (17,876 employees) and BVG (15,705 employees). Deutsche Post DHL is in 5th place with 13,000 employees.

	Company name	Industry sector	Employees
1	Deutsche Bahn (inkl. S-Bahn Berlin)	Transport/Logistics	23,246
2	Charité	Health	19,640
3	Vivantes-Netzwerk für Gesundheit	Health	17,876
4	Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)	Traffic	15,705
5	Deutsche Post DHL	Logistics	13,000	⁽³
6	Daimler	Automotive Industry	8,460
7	Johannesstift Diakonie	Health	7,570
8	Edeka (inkl. Thürmann, Netto)	Retail	7,300	⁽⁴
9	Zalando	Digital Economy	7,000
10	Rewe Markt	Retail	6,500

Complete List of Berlin’s top 100 employers in 2020

11	Deutsche Telekom	Telecommunications	6,150
12	Axel Springer	Media	6,103
13	Berliner Stadtreinigungsbetriebe BSR	Waste management	5,966
14	Gegenbauer	Facility Management	5,730
15	Helios Kliniken	Health	5,563
16	Siemens	Electrical Engineering	5,200
17	Bayer	Pharmaceutical industry	5,000
18	Siemens Energy	Energy	4,800
19	Berliner Wasserbetriebe	Water supply company	4,733
20	Deutsches Rotes Kreuz	Social issues	4,600
21	Securitas Sicherheitsdienste	Security services	4,500
22	Wisag Facility Service Holding	Facility Management	4,473	⁽³
23	Deutsche Bank (mit den Marken Deutsche Bank und Postbank)	Bank	4,460
24	Kaufland	Retail	4,300
25	Vattenfall	Energy supplier	4,154
26	Dussmann Group	Facility-Management, Geriatric care, Retail	3,900	⁽²
27	Berliner Sparkasse	Bank	3,699
28	Alexianer	Health	3,500
29	Volkswagen	Automotive Industry	3,371
30	Lidl	Retail	3,340
31	Netto Marken-Discount	Retail	3,023
32	Unionhilfswerk Unternehmensverbund	Social issues	3,010
33	Deutsche Lufthansa	Aviation	3,000	⁽³
34	BMW	Automotive Industry	2,700
35	Bosch	Electrical Engineering	2,700	⁽³
36	Allianz	Insurance	2,682
37	Bundesdruckerei	Security printing	2,539
38	McDonald's	System gastronomy	2,500
39	Biotronik	Medical technology	2,500
40	Deutsche Kreditbank	Bank	2,443
41	EJF	Social issues	2,438
42	KPMG	Auditing	2,427
43	Mosaik Unternehmensverbund	Social issues	2,345
44	Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin	Health	2,178
45	Stephanus-Stiftung	Health	2,174
46	Lebenshilfe Berlin	Social issues	2,070
47	AOK	Health insurance	2,027
48	Amazon	Digital Economy	2,000
49	BT Berlin Transport	Traffic	1,971
50	3B Dienstleistung Deutschland	Infrastructural building services	1,962
51	BASF	Chemie	1,949
52	Berliner Werkstätten für Menschen mit Behinderung BWB	Social issues	1,926
53	Renafan	Social issues	1,867
54	IAV	Automotive supplier	1,857
55	dm-drogerie Markt	Retail	1,831
56	Sana Kliniken Berlin-Brandenburg	Health	1,825
57	Commerzbank	Bank	1,751	⁽³
58	Delivery Hero	Digital Economy	1,700
59	Volkssolidarität Berlin	Social issues	1,621
60	Aldi	Retail	1,600	⁽¹
61	AWO	Social issues	1,600
62	Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof	Retail	1,600	⁽¹
63	MediamarktSaturn Deutschland	Retail	1,600	⁽¹
64	H&M Hennes & Mauritz	Retail	1,600	⁽¹
65	Steinecke's Heidebrot Backstube	Retail/Food	1,587	⁽³
66	Gasag-Gruppe	Energy supplier	1,574
67	Dirk Rossmann	Retail	1,526
68	Berliner Volksbank	Bank	1,499
69	Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge	Health	1,478
70	Bio Company	Retail	1,426
71	Accor	Hotel	1,400	⁽¹
72	Degewo	Real Estate	1,373
73	GRG. Die Gebäudereiniger	Facility Management	1,372
74	Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin	Health	1,350
75	Ernst & Young	Auditing	1,340
76	Alba	Waste management / Recycling	1,321	⁽⁴
77	Stadler Deutschland	Railway technology	1,307
78	PIN	Postal service	1,256
79	Max-Delbrück-Centrum	Research	1,255
80	Price Waterhouse Coopers	Auditing	1,250
81	HZB Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie	Research	1,235
82	Bauhaus	Retail	1,200
83	Ikea Deutschland	Retail	1,200
84	August Storck	Food	1,200
85	Deutsche Wohnen	Real Estate	1,200
86	Vitanas Gruppe	Social issues	1,050
87	N26	Digital Economy	1,165
88	Berliner Glas	Optics	1,158
89	B. Braun Melsungen	Medical technology	1,150
90	Franz Cornelsen Bildungsgruppe	Publishing	1,119
91	Berlin-Chemie	Pharmaceutical industry	1,116
92	Idealo Internet	Digital Economy	1,109
93	Studierendenwerk Berlin	Service for students at Berlin universities	1,108
94	Piepenbrock Dienstleistungen	Facility Management	1,062
95	Fröbel Bildung und Erziehung	Daycare	1,055
96	Randstad Deutschland	Recruitment agency	1,047	⁽³
97	Knorr-Bremse	Railway technology	1,045
98	Gesundheitsnetzwerk Bethel Berlin gemeinnützige GmbH	Health	1,030
99	Ergo Group	Insurance	1,015
100	Competence Call Center	Callcenter	1,000

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, 2021)

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