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Top 20 listed companies by employees · 🇩🇪 Germany
The biggest employers on the world's stock exchanges
Updated · employees (employees)
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Why these 20
Head count as reported in Wikidata for companies listed on a stock exchange. Big employers shape job markets: drill into your own country.
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Daimler-Benz AG
1926-1998 automotive and engine manufacturer in Germany, later restructured and renamed; best-known products being the Mercedes-Benz cars
368,200
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Continental AG
German automotive supplier and rubber processing company founded in Hanover in 1871
202,763
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How it is measured
Wikidata: items with a stock exchange (P414) and an employee count of 5,000 or more.
References
- Wikidata query: listed companies by employees, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 18:49 UTC.
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