There are 867,000 companies and businesses in Austria in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 224,360 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in Austria
Austria has 867,000 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 224,360 of them are corporations. We build the records from Firmenbuch and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 85% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in Austria, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 867,000 Austrian companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Austrian company database.
867,000 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026
Companies867,000
Corporations224,360
States9
Largest stateWien 24%
Employees1-4
Revenue$100K-$500K
Email33%
Phone36%
Website39%
Austrian company list: all 867,000 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in Austria, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our Austrian company directory.
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| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Postal Code | Website | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lidl Osterreich GMBH | Austria | Salzburg | Unter der Leiten 11 | Salzburg | 5020 | *****.at | 1995 | $88,918,642,574 | 5,500 | Foreign company | 6633 | FN131556s |
| 2 | Siemens Konzernbeteiligungen GMBH | Austria | Wien | Siemensstraße 90 | Wien | 1210 | *****.at?stc=wwsi122062 | 2004 | $84,782,754,630 | 6 | Corporation | 3670 | FN252377v |
| 3 | Bp Europa SE | Austria | Wiener Neudorf | Industriezentrum No-sud, Straße 6/objekt 17 | Niederösterreich | 2355 | *****.at | 1950 | $37,862,347,029 | 2,427 | Foreign company | 5186 | FN343335f |
| 4 | Omv Aktiengesellschaft | Austria | Wien | Trabrennstraße 6-8 | Wien | 1020 | *****.com | 1943 | $35,935,179,348 | 21,295 | Corporation | 654 | FN93363z |
| 5 | Hochtief Infrastructure GMBH | Austria | Wien | Modecenterstraße 17/objekt 2/6. Og | Wien | 1110 | *****.at | 2013 | $35,216,359,435 | 681 | Foreign company | 1382 | FN417357k |
| 6 | Sefe Energy GMBH | Austria | Wien | Millennium Tower Handelskai 94-96/25. Stock | Wien | 1200 | N/A | 2012 | $26,950,975,255 | 236 | Foreign company | 6001 | FN387603f |
| 7 | Omv Gas Marketing & Trading GMBH | Austria | Wien | Trabrennstraße 6-8 | Wien | 1020 | *****.com | 2002 | $21,197,024,180 | 137 | Corporation | 654 | FN223028h |
| 8 | Dm Drogerie Markt GMBH | Austria | Wals-siezenheim | Gunter-bauer-straße 1 | Salzburg | 5071 | *****.at | 1976 | $19,294,991,693 | 5,093 | Corporation | 3026 | FN67493f |
| 9 | Spar Holding AG | Austria | Salzburg | Europastraße 3 | Salzburg | 5015 | *****.at | 2004 | $18,301,881,164 | 75,794 | Corporation | 439 | FN256183s |
| 10 | Holdag Beteiligungsgesellschaft M.B.H. | Austria | Salzburg | Europastraße 3 | Salzburg | 5015 | *****.at | 1984 | $17,073,864,962 | 74,890 | Corporation | 439 | FN61245t |
| 11 | Voestalpine AG | Austria | Linz | Voest-alpine-straße 1 | Oberösterreich | 4020 | *****.com | 1993 | $16,526,240,609 | 48,951 | Corporation | 547 | FN66209t |
| 12 | Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL | Austria | Wien | Kohlmarkt 8-10 | Wien | 1010 | N/A | 2017 | $13,747,922,924 | 8,157 | Foreign company | 3718 | FN519270h |
| 13 | Erste Group Bank AG | Austria | Wien | Am Belvedere 1 | Wien | 1100 | *****.com | 1819 | $13,514,273,352 | 47,284 | Corporation | 735 | FN33209m |
| 14 | Mahle Holding Austria GMBH | Austria | Feistritz Ob Bleiburg | St. Michael Ob Bleiburg 19 | Kärnten | 9143 | *****.com | 1968 | $12,353,005,807 | 4 | Corporation | 415 | FN96839k |
| 15 | Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. | Austria | Wien | Zollergasse 13/5 | Wien | 1070 | *****.at | 1948 | $12,097,032,373 | 50 | Foreign company | 385 | FN105534y |
| 16 | Red Bull GMBH | Austria | Fuschl am See | Am Brunnen 1 | Salzburg | 5330 | *****.com | 1987 | $11,872,901,279 | 19,224 | Corporation | 460 | FN56247t |
| 17 | Nike Retail B.V. | Austria | Wien | Teinfaltstraße 8/4 | Wien | 1010 | *****.com | 1995 | $11,477,581,729 | 7,239 | Foreign company | 425 | FN174118g |
| 18 | Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft | Austria | Wien | Hietzinger Kai 101-105 | Wien | 1130 | *****.at | 1952 | $10,190,353,125 | 69 | Foreign company | 1191 | FN327326m |
| 19 | Verbund Energy4business GMBH | Austria | Wien | Am Hof 6a | Wien | 1010 | *****.com | 1998 | $9,495,049,723 | 183 | Corporation | 3977 | FN173735v |
| 20 | Basell Sales & Marketing Company B.V. | Austria | Wien | Lainzerstraße 53/1/4 | Wien | 1130 | N/A | 2006 | $9,404,882,507 | 353 | Foreign company | 268 | FN526418w |
| 21 | Spar Osterreichische Warenhandels-Aktiengesellschaft | Austria | Salzburg | Europastraße 3 | Salzburg | 5015 | *****.at | 1968 | $9,384,180,657 | 30,210 | Corporation | 439 | FN34170a |
| 22 | Benteler International Austria GMBH | Austria | Salzburg | Schillerstraße 25 | Salzburg | 5020 | *****.com | 2008 | $9,325,996,150 | 20,416 | Corporation | 187 | FN319670d |
| 23 | Verbund AG | Austria | Wien | Am Hof 6a | Wien | 1011 | *****.com | 1947 | $9,288,747,571 | 4,421 | Corporation | 3977 | FN76023z |
| 24 | Raiffeisen Bank International AG | Austria | Wien | Am Stadtpark 9 | Wien | 1030 | *****.com | 1991 | $9,201,377,108 | 42,564 | Corporation | 687 | FN122119m |
| 25 | Andritz AG | Austria | Graz | Stattegger Straße 18 | Steiermark | 8045 | *****.com | 1852 | $9,137,521,937 | 30,153 | Corporation | 486 | FN50935f |
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Companies and businesses in Austria
867,000
2 November 2026
There are 867,000 companies and businesses in Austria in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 224,360 corporations (GmbH and AG), 479,946 sole traders (Einzelunternehmen) and 67,710 partnerships (OG and KG). On top of those come 12,077 cooperatives, 2,222 branches of foreign companies and 6,204 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 758,093 87%
- Head offices
- 56,215
- Branch locations
- 52,692
Legal form
- Corporations
- 224,360 26%
- Sole traders
- 479,946
- Partnerships
- 67,710
Per working day this year
≈ 66
new companies registered · 14,367 so far in 2026
How to search the Austrian company register, or pull these counts yourself with the Company Data API.
Largest companies in Austria
Which are the largest companies in Austria? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Spar Holding, with 75,794 staff, ahead of Voestalpine and Erste Group Bank. By yearly revenue the largest company is Omv, ahead of DM Drogerie Markt and Spar Holding. Below are the top companies of Austria ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in Austria. 50 Austrian companies employ more than 10,000 people and 257 report more than $1 billion a year.
Spar Holding has the largest headcount of any company in Austria in our data. 50 Austrian companies list more than 10,000 people, 1,109 more than 500.
- 175,794 staff
- 248,951 staff
- 347,284 staff
- 446,731 staff
- 542,564 staff
- 630,153 staff
- 726,148 staff
- 824,903 staff
- 921,295 staff
- 1020,665 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
Omv is the largest company in Austria by revenue; 257 Austrian companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$35.9B
- 2$19.3B
- 3$18.3B
- 4$16.5B
- 5$13.5B
- 6$11.9B
- 7$9.3B
- 8$9.3B
- 9$9.2B
- 10$9.1B
Stadt Wien is the largest public body in our data for Austria, with 67,000 staff.
- 167,000 staff
- 225,000 staff
- 38,500 staff
- 46,169 staff
- 55,907 staff
- 65,750 staff
2,222 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in Austria.
- 113,159 worldwide
- 211,570 worldwide
- 38,157 worldwide
- 47,239 worldwide
- 55,003 worldwide
- 64,897 worldwide
- 73,207 worldwide
- 83,029 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in Austria.
By employee size · 791,597 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 669,908 | 85% | |
| 5-9 | 65,744 | 8% | |
| 10-19 | 27,862 | 4% | |
| 20-49 | 17,384 | 2% | |
| 50-99 | 5,253 | 0.7% | |
| 100-199 | 2,637 | 0.3% | |
| 200-499 | 1,700 | 0.2% | |
| 500+ | 1,109 | 0.1% |
85% have 1 to 4 employees; 1,109 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 325,594 | 42% | |
| $100K-$500K | 361,720 | 46% | |
| $500K-$1M | 40,930 | 5% | |
| $1M-$5M | 34,780 | 4% | |
| $5M-$10M | 5,297 | 0.7% | |
| $10M-$100M | 8,433 | 1% | |
| $100M-$1B | 1,912 | 0.2% | |
| $1B+ | 257 | <0.1% |
2,169 companies report more than $100 million; 257 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in Austria
Most companies in Austria are small businesses. Of the 791,597 with a known headcount, 735,652 (93%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 45,246 are small (10 to 49) and 9,590 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 1,109 employ 500 people or more, so 99.86% of Austrian companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 735,652 | 93% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 45,246 | 6% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 9,590 | 1% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 1,109 | 0.1% |
669,908
companies have 1 to 4 employees (85%). 325,594 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
479,946
sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.
88%
of the 14,367 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (8,342). Only 0 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in Austria based?
Wien has more companies than any other state in Austria: 208,576, or 24% of the total, ahead of Niederösterreich (158,453) and Oberösterreich (126,337). Below you find all nine states and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
nine states
| State | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wien | 208,576 | 24% | |
| Niederösterreich | 158,453 | 18% | |
| Oberösterreich | 126,337 | 15% | |
| Steiermark | 116,928 | 13% | |
| Tirol | 76,133 | 9% | |
| Salzburg | 61,639 | 7% | |
| Kärnten | 52,111 | 6% | |
| Vorarlberg | 36,240 | 4% | |
| Burgenland | 29,800 | 3% |
Ten busiest cities
- Wien208,576
- Graz33,117
- Salzburg19,854
- Linz19,042
- Innsbruck15,409
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee12,614
- Villach6,194
- Wels6,010
- Sankt Pölten5,592
- Wiener Neustadt5,463
Main industries in Austria
Business services and IT is the biggest industry in Austria by number of companies: 94,317, or 12% of all firms with an industry code. Next come personal services (62,599) and health care (58,842). Companies are grouped here by their SIC code, the classification every company in our data carries, in every country. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies and our 87 industry lists for Austria.
- Business services and IT94,31712%
- Personal services62,5998%
- Health care58,8427%
- Engineering, accounting and management52,0196%
- Other shops50,0706%
- Construction trades45,9626%
- Restaurants and bars40,1595%
- Holding and investment companies39,2525%
- Real estate35,8974%
- Department stores32,3684%
- Social services28,9784%
- Wholesale (durable goods)19,9562%
- Hotels14,9762%
- Agricultural services13,4802%
- Leisure and recreation12,6892%
- Other industries204,61125%
The fifteen largest of 82 SIC major groups; records without an industry code are not in this chart.
Largest industries in Austria
94,317
SIC 73: Business Services
- 15,800 staff
- 23,669 staff
- 33,400 staff
62,599
Personal services
SIC 72: Personal Services
- 12,724 staff
- 22,132 staff
- 31,567 staff
58,842
Health care
SIC 80: Health Services
- 119,194 staff
- 28,730 staff
- 36,653 staff
52,019
Engineering, accounting and management
SIC 87: Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, And Related Services
- 14,521 staff
- 22,610 staff
- 32,063 staff
45,962
SIC 17: Construction Special Trade Contractors
- 11,781 staff
- 21,557 staff
- 31,097 staff
40,159
Restaurants and bars
SIC 58: Eating And Drinking Places
- 11,338 staff
- 2775 staff
- 3599 staff
Discover more: all Austrian industries, cities and regions
Every Austrian list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
A · Agriculture
B · Mining
C · Manufacturing
- Automotive companies
- Chemical companies
- Clothing companies
- Cosmetics companies
- Electronics companies
- Fashion companies
- Food companies
- Furniture companies
- Manufacturing companies
- Meat companies
- Office furniture companies
- Paper companies
- Perfume companies
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Printing companies
- Shoe companies
- Sportswear companies
- Steel companies
- Tools companies
- Tyre companies
- Wine companies
D · Energy
F · Construction
G · Wholesale and retail
H · Transport and storage
I · Accommodation and food
J · Information and communication
K · Finance and insurance
L · Real estate
M · Professional, scientific and technical
N · Administrative and support
P · Education
Q · Health and social work
R · Arts and recreation
S · Other services
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Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkey
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How many new companies are registered in Austria? (2026)
14,367 new companies and startups registered in Austria so far in 2026, about 66 every working day, after 24,877 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 88% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 8,358 of them are corporations (GmbH and AG).
≈ 66
new companies register every working day in 2026
88%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
24,877
new companies in 2025
Companies founded per year
- 38,8862022
- 43,1242023
- 45,8882024
- 24,8772025
- 14,3672026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 180 staff
- 219 staff
- 314 staff
- 414 staff
- 514 staff
Oldest companies in Austria
The oldest company in Austria that still trades is Universität Wien, founded in 1365. Older still is Stadtgemeinde Wolfsberg, from 1007, the oldest organisation in our data that is still active. In total our data holds 487 Austrian organisations founded before 1700, 647 before 1800, 2,541 before 1900 and 17,689 before 1950.
Oldest organisations still active
- 1007440 staff
- 1094198 staff
- 1100394 staff
- 1113575 staff
- 11284,400 staff
- 1136143 staff
Oldest large trading companies
- 1365$935.6M
- 1463$1.3B
- 1585$314.8M
- 1699$174.3M
- 1700$507.6M
- 1745$377.5M
The founding year is the year a business traces itself to, as recorded in the register and company filings, not the incorporation date of the current legal entity. Trading companies listed here report $100 million or more a year.
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70,829
Austrian companies were founded before 1990
4,895
were founded in 1990
713,164 Austrian companies, 91% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 70,829 are older.
Types of companies in Austria
One in four Austrian businesses in our data is a corporation (GmbH and AG), and three in five are sole traders (Einzelunternehmen). Partnerships (OG and KG) make up 8%. 12,077 are cooperatives. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations224,36026%
- No legal form on record73,6478%
- Sole traders479,94655%
- Partnerships67,7108%
- Foreign companies2,2220.3%
- Cooperatives12,0771%
- Public bodies6,2040.7%
- Joint ventures834<0.1%
Which Austrian companies are part of a group?
Most Austrian companies stand alone: 87% are single-site businesses. The other 108,907 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 56,215 head offices or 52,692 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is Billa, with 7,645 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 17,645 companies
- 23,977 companies
- 33,026 companies
- 4771 companies
- 5735 companies
- 6687 companies
- 7654 companies
- 8547 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 867,000; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on Austrian companies
340,285 Austrian companies have a website on record (39%), 307,919 a phone number (36%) and 285,049 an email address (33%). Corporations are easier to reach online: 59% have a website and 52% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 340,285 | 39% | |
| Phone | 307,919 | 36% | |
| 285,049 | 33% |
Questions about companies in Austria
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (2 November 2026).
867,000. That includes 479,946 sole traders and 67,710 partnerships.
224,360 corporations, 26% of all Austrian businesses in our data (2 November 2026).
Of the 791,597 Austrian companies with a known headcount, 790,488 have fewer than 500 employees: 735,652 micro, 45,246 small and 9,590 medium-sized. 1,109 are large enterprises.
Omv, with $35.9 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of DM Drogerie Markt ($19.3B) and Spar Holding ($18.3B).
Spar Holding, with 75,794 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
Among large trading companies, Universität Wien, founded in 1365. The oldest organisation still active is Stadtgemeinde Wolfsberg, 1007.
208,576, 24% of all Austrian companies (2 November 2026).
14,367 so far in 2026, about 66 per working day, after 24,877 in 2025.
From Firmenbuch and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
340,285, 39% of all Austrian companies. 307,919 have a phone number and 285,049 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 867,000 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our Austrian company database.
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