List of Medical Device Companies in Germany

Last updated 18 October 2026

There are 15,099 medical device companies in Germany, one in every 450 German companies. Most of them are small: three in five have one to four people, and only 784 firms employ 50 people or more. One in seven medical device firms is based in Berlin, Hamburg, München, Düsseldorf and Köln. Below you find the largest medical device firms in Germany, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our German company database or through the Handelsregister API.

15,099 companies indexed · Data counted on 18 October 2026

Companies15,0991 in450 German companiesCities2,991Largest cityBerlin 785Sole traders17%Employees1-4 (59%)Revenue$100-500K (42%)Email72%Phone73%Website76%

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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	Siemens Healthineers AG	Germany	Forchheim	Siemensstr. 3	Forchheim	91301	siemens-healthineers.*****	2025	$27,205,391,125	73,000	Corporation	3680	80333B237558
2	Fresenius SE & CO. Kgaa	Germany	Bad Homburg Vor der Höhe	Else-kröner-str. 1	Hochtaunuskreis	61352	fresenius.*****	1912	$26,512,734,744	178,583	Corporation	1075	61352B11852
3	Fresenius Medical Care AG	Germany	Bad Homburg Vor der Höhe	Else-kröner-str. 1	Hochtaunuskreis	61352	freseniusmedicalcare.*****	1996	$22,750,903,051	111,024	Corporation	5415	95030B6841
4	B. Braun Melsungen AG	Germany	Melsungen	Carl-braun-str. 1	Schwalm-eder-kreis	34212	bbraun.*****	1839	$7,712,823,638	64,317	Corporation	537	34560B11000
5	Drägerwerk AG & CO. Kgaa	Germany	Lübeck	Moislinger Allee 53-55	Lübeck, Hansestadt	23558	draeger.*****	1889	$4,035,965,465	16,650	Corporation	383	23568B7903HL
6	Carl Zeiss Meditec AG	Germany	Jena	Göschwitzer Str. 51-52	Jena, Stadt	07745	meditec.*****	2006	$2,592,682,503	5,755	Corporation	591	07745B205623
7	Karl Storz SE & CO. KG	Germany	Tuttlingen	Dr.-karl-storz-str. 34	Tuttlingen	78532	karlstorz.*****	1945	$2,368,985,244	8,711	Partnership of unknown type	130	70190A450442
8	Ottobock SE & CO. Kgaa	Germany	Duderstadt	Max-näder-str. 15	Göttingen	37115	ottobock.*****	2025	$1,947,103,214	8,835	Corporation	462	37073B205339
9	Siemens Healthcare GMBH	Germany	Erlangen	Henkestr. 127	Erlangen	91052	siemens-healthineers.*****	2018	$1,536,780,525	10,882	Corporation	3680	80333B213821
10	Johnson & Johnson Medical GMBH	Germany	Norderstedt	Robert-koch-str. 1	Segeberg	22851	jnjgateway.*****	2018	$1,029,615,518	2,180	Corporation	1306	24114B1045NO
11	Biotronik SE & CO. KG	Germany	Berlin	Woermannkehre 1	Berlin, Stadt	12359	biotronik.*****	1969	$953,326,289	2,072	Corporation	3	10623A6501B
12	Aesculap AG	Germany	Tuttlingen	Am Aesculap-platz	Tuttlingen	78532	aesculap.*****	2025	$764,634,240	2,773	Corporation	537	70190B726261
13	Ge Healthcare GMBH	Germany	Düsseldorf	Peter-muller-str. 24-26	Düsseldorf, Stadt	40468	gehealthcare.*****	2022	$700,856,397	748	Corporation	780	40227B104105
14	Roche Diabetes Care GMBH	Germany	Mannheim	Sandhofer Str. 116	Mannheim	68305	accu-chek.*****	2014	$638,381,624	847	Corporation	613	68159B720251
15	B-Safety GMBH	Germany	Norderstedt	Oststr. 85	Segeberg	22844	b-safety.*****	2011	$551,606,500	19	Corporation	15	24114B18781KI
16	Sarstedt AG & CO. KG	Germany	Nümbrecht	Sarstedtstr. 1	Oberbergischer Kreis	51588	sarstedt.*****	1961	$528,925,437	3,016	Corporation	46	53721A4094
17	Brainlab SE	Germany	München	Olof-palme-str. 9	München	81829	brainlab.*****	2001	$525,095,900	2,376	Corporation	40	80333B303366
18	Karl Leibinger SE & CO. KG	Germany	Mühlheim An der Donau	Kolbinger Str. 10	Tuttlingen	78570	klsmartin.*****	1896	$516,161,075	2,401	Partnership of unknown type	28	70190A450113
19	Boston Scientific Medizintechnik GMBH	Germany	Düsseldorf	Klaus-bungert-str. 8	Düsseldorf, Stadt	40468	bostonscientific.*****	2015	$483,178,800	611	Corporation	388	40227B75146
20	Becton Dickinson Gesellschaft Mit Beschränkter Haftung	Germany	Heidelberg	Tullastr. 8-12	Heidelberg	69126	bd.*****	2022	$460,008,694	766	Corporation	572	68159B330707
21	Henry Schein Dental Deutschland GMBH	Germany	Langen (hessen)	Monzastr. 2a	Offenbach	63225	henryschein.*****	2008	$450,061,434	1,199	Corporation	441	63065B35008
22	Abbott Medical GMBH	Germany	Eschborn	Helfmann-park 7	Main-taunus-kreis	65760	de.*****	2020	$448,700,813	489	Corporation	1313	60313B55724
23	Arthrex GMBH	Germany	München	Erwin-hielscher-str. 9	München	81249	arthrex.*****	2009	$431,746,463	1,100	Corporation	52	80333B76983
24	Henry Schein Services GMBH	Germany	Neu-isenburg	Siemensstr. 1	Offenbach	63263	henryschein.*****	2012	$399,392,380	377	Corporation	441	63065B34827
25	Durr Dental SE	Germany	Bietigheim	Höpfigheimer Str. 17	Ludwigsburg	74321	duerrdental.*****	1941	$387,499,484	1,332	Corporation	32	70190B763587

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Medical device companies and medical device firms in Germany

15,099

18 October 2026

There are 15,099 medical device companies and medical device firms in Germany in our data (18 October 2026). That is one in every 450 German companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (325 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 10,764 71%
Head offices: 1,767
Branch offices: 2,568

Classification

WZ 2008 code 3250, identical to NACE Rev. 2 3250. Our platform filter is SIC 3841, 3842, 3843, 3844 and 2 more.

9,526 of the 15,099 are GmbH and AG (63%); 2,620 are sole traders. They come from the Handelsregister and our German register data, through the Handelsregister API.

Largest medical device firms in Germany

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Berlin, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Siemens Healthcare is the largest medical device firm in Germany by headcount. 784 firms employ 50 people or more; 422 employ 100 or more.

1Erlangen10,882 staff
2Tuttlingen2,773 staff
3Norderstedt2,180 staff
4Berlin2,072 staff
5Bayreuth1,300 staff
6Freiburg im Breisgau1,287 staff
7Langen1,199 staff
8Hamburg1,180 staff
9Meerbusch1,176 staff
10Biberach an der Riß1,141 staff

By employee size · 13,868 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	8,166	59%
5-9	2,123	15%
10-19	1,597	12%
20-49	1,198	9%
50-99	362	3%
100-199	236	2%
200-499	137	1.0%
500-999	34	0.2%
1,000+	15	0.1%

59% have 1 to 4 people; 1,198 have 20 to 49; 784 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	46	0.4%
$100K-$500K	5,216	42%
$500K-$1M	3,075	25%
$1M-$5M	2,952	24%
$5M-$10M	570	5%
$10M-$50M	416	3%
$50M-$100M	114	0.9%
$100M-$500M	116	0.9%
$500M+	18	0.1%

42% between $100,000 and $500,000; 2,952 between $1M and $5M; 1,234 above $5M.

Where in Germany?

Berlin has the most medical device companies in Germany (785), ahead of Hamburg (519), München (395), Düsseldorf (285) and Köln (257). Together the five hold one in seven of them. Relative to their size, Tuttlingen, Düsseldorf and Dresden have the most: 1.2 to 29.7 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

2,991 German cities have at least one medical device firm; 252 have ten or more; 1,258 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Medical device firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.22. Tuttlingen has 29.7 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By district 315 districts

District	Firms	%
München	581	4%
Tuttlingen	438	3%
Region Hannover	225	1%
Karlsruhe	160	1%
Mettmann	156	1%
Nürnberg	109	0.7%
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	109	0.7%
Konstanz	106	0.7%
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	106	0.7%
Offenbach	104	0.7%

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Medical device firms in Berlin

Berlin has 785 medical device companies and medical device firms, 0.2% of all 360,713 Berlin companies and on the national share. Three in five Berlin firms have fewer than five people; 31 have 50 or more. 17 new firms were entered in 2026, 44 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 425 · 59%
5-9: 117 · 16%
10-19: 92 · 13%
20-49: 53 · 7%
50+: 31 · 4%

Legal form

Sole traders: 83 · 11%
Partnerships: 7 · 0.9%
GmbH and AG: 561 · 71%
Other or none: 134 · 17%

Of the German total: 5.2%
Of all Berlin companies: 0.2%
Against the national share: 1.0×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 17
Entered 2025: 36
Of Germany's 2026 entries: 5.2%

Old

Before 1990: 44 · 6%
1990 or later: 741 · 94%
Of Germany's pre-1990 firms: 3.3%

Reachable

Email: 479 · 61%
Phone: 484 · 62%
Website: 528 · 67%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 7 · 1%
$100K-$500K: 268 · 41%
$500K-$1M: 161 · 24%
$1M and more: 224 · 34%

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Firm sizes in Germany

Of the 13,868 German medical device firms with a known headcount, 8,166 (59%) have one to four people, 2,123 have five to nine, 2,795 have ten to 49 and 784 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (5,216, 42%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all German companies

Micro under 1010,289 74%
Small 10 to 492,795 20%
Medium 50 to 249735 5%
Large 250+49 0.4%

Grey line: the share among all German companies (92% have under ten staff).

1,234

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 664 more than $10 million.

325

firms were entered in 2026.

Sole traders or GmbH: how they are organised

One in six German medical device firms work as sole traders, against 46% of all German companies. Three in five are GmbH and AG.

Sole traders (Einzelunternehmen)2,62017%
Partnerships (OHG and KG)3132%
GmbH and AG9,52663%
No form on record or other2,64017%

Single-site: 71%
Head offices: 1,767
Branches: 2,568

All German companies: 46% sole traders, 6% partnerships, 29% GmbH and AG.

Newcomers in Germany in 2026

325 medical device firms were entered in the German register so far in 2026, about 2 a working day, after 605 in 2025. Germany as a whole saw 104,906 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.3% of the inflow.

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300 of this year's 325 are GmbH and AG.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Karlsruhe585 staff
2Schwabmünchen468 staff
3Mannheim230 staff
4Wehrheim222 staff
5Wilnsdorf198 staff

The oldest firms in Germany

Our data holds 43 German medical device firms from before 1900, 225 from before 1950 and 1,331 from before 1990.

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1. Höhr
1811
1. Sebnitz
1835
1. Dresden
1839
1. Melsungen
1839
1. Sömmerda
1846
1. Waldenbuch

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German medical device firms date from before 1990

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How reachable are they?

Medical device firms are easier to reach than the average German company: 73% list a phone number and 76% a website.

Email10,817 72%
Phone10,951 73%
Website11,504 76%

Grey line: all German companies (email 53%, phone 63%, website 61%).

The full list with these fields is in our German company database.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 73 medical device firms for every one of the workwear companies in Germany.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Medical Device Companies	15,099	76%	54%
Toy Companies	8,474	66%	83%
Orthopaedic Practices	3,189	87%	51%
Glass Companies	2,403	81%	58%
Leather Companies	1,906	73%	81%
Workwear Companies	207	93%	49%

In other countries

Only India, the USA and Brazil have more medical device firms than Germany.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
India	121,473	3.4
The USA	63,124	1.0
Brazil	29,870	1.0
Germany	15,099	2.2
France	8,033	0.6

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Frequently asked questions

How many medical device companies are there in Germany?

There are 15,099 medical device companies and medical device firms in Germany in our data, counted on 18 October 2026. That is one in every 450 German companies.

Which is the largest medical device firm in Germany?

Siemens Healthcare in Erlangen, with 10,882 staff. By revenue Siemens Healthineers in Forchheim leads with $27.2 billion a year.

Which German city has the most medical device companies?

Berlin, with 785, ahead of Hamburg (519), München (395), Düsseldorf (285) and Köln (257). Relative to its size, Tuttlingen has the most: 29.7 times the national share.

How many medical device firms are there in Berlin?

785, which is 0.2% of all 360,713 Berlin companies and on the national share.

How big is a typical medical device firm?

Small. 59% of the 13,868 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 784 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are German medical device companies sole traders or companies?

One in six (2,620) are sole traders, 2% are partnerships and 63% (9,526) are GmbH and AG.

How many medical device firms started in 2026?

325 were entered in the German register so far in 2026, after 605 in 2025. 300 of them are GmbH and AG.

What is the oldest medical device firm in Germany?

Loeco Apparatebau in Höhr, 1810, followed by Jens Pathe in Sebnitz (1811) and August Holder in Dresden (1835). 43 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers medical device companies?

German medical device companies are classified under WZ 2008 code 3250, identical to NACE Rev. 2 code 3250. Our platform filters them on SIC 3841 (surgical and medical instruments and apparatus), 3842 (orthopedic, prosthetic, and surgical appliances and supplies), 3843 (dental equipment and supplies) and 3844 (x-ray apparatus and tubes and related irradiation apparatus) and 2 more.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 15,099 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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