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Top 10 Automotive brake system manufacturers based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 31 automotive brake system manufacturers headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 7,076 professional contacts across them, including 2,959 with verified work emails. Bad Urach is the largest hub.

This list covers automotive brake system manufacturers headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
31Companies
7,076Contacts tracked
2,959Verified emails
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The 10 largest automotive brake system manufacturers based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 10 of 31 automotive brake system manufacturers based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to automotive brake system manufacturers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceMünchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+4,885 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Knorr-Bremse is the global market and technology leader for braking systems and a leading supplier of other innovative solutions for the rail and commercial vehicle industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2Strong evidenceLeverkusen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,0001,184 contacts →

Strong evidence

“TMD Friction is a leading global supplier of high-quality brake friction solutions for the automotive and brake industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3Indirect evidenceBreidenbach, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,00097 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ist Europas Marktführer für Pkw-Bremsscheiben, Entwicklungspartner und Zulieferer der internationalen Automobilindustrie”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4Strong evidenceEggstätt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-50049 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Since 1937, when the company was founded by my father Valentin Knott Sen, the KNOTT concern has developed from a supplier for gearboxes to a worldwide manufacturer of brake and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Indirect evidenceHaiger, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-50042 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The SIBRE Siegerland Bremsen GmbH is a worldwide operating, medium-sized company of traditions with meanwhile 60 years of company history.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Strong evidenceSinsheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20016 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Otto Zimmermann GmbH is a trusted manufacturer of premium brake components for the global automotive aftermarket - with a strong focus on brake discs and brake pads.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7Partial evidenceForchheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“NB PARTS GmbH BRAKE SOLUTION COMPANY Along with an over 20 years lasting very profound knowledge of our employees, the company NB PARTS GmbH was founded in the year of 2009 and is…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8Indirect evidenceSchloß Holte-stukenbrock, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9Indirect evidenceGanderkesee, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-502 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Indirect evidenceFriedberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Automotive brake system manufacturers based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
41.8%Verified-email coverage
228.3Average contacts per company
51-200Median size (employees)
9.7%Largest-city concentration · Bad Urach
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
4
11-50
9
51-200
7
201-500
3
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
4
10001+
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 31 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among automotive brake system manufacturers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “automotive brake system manufacturers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names automotive brake system manufacturers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among automotive brake system manufacturers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,959 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names automotive brake system manufacturers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many automotive brake system manufacturers are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 31 automotive brake system manufacturers headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Knorr-Bremse AG, headquartered in Munchen, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most automotive brake system manufacturers?

Bad Urach leads with 3 headquartered companies, followed by Breidenbach (2) and Leverkusen (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,959 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 31 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.