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Top 25 Automotive software development companies based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 353 automotive software development companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 57,944 professional contacts across them, including 16,214 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers automotive software development companies 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 14, 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 14, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
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The 25 largest automotive software development companies based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 353 automotive software development companies based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to automotive software development companies: 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
1Strong evidenceEhningen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 202610001+6,330 contacts →

Strong evidence

“An independent and international development service provider with long years of automotive expertise.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
2Strong evidenceWolfsburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 20265,001-10,0004,326 contacts →

Strong evidence

“CARIAD is the automotive software company of the Volkswagen Group.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
3Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 20265,001-10,0003,012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We develop the mobility of the future.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4Partial evidenceErlangen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,0002,223 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Elektrobit is the trusted partner in the transition to the software-defined vehicle (SDV).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5Strong evidenceStuttgart, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,0001,613 contacts →

Strong evidence

“ETAS provides vehicle software, middleware, development tools, cloud services, and cybersecurity solutions, helping manufacturers efficiently develop and secure software-defined…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6Indirect evidencePaderborn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,0001,368 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“dSPACE is a leading provider of simulation and validation solutions worldwide for developing networked, autonomous, and electrically powered vehicles.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7Indirect evidenceLippstadt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,0001,202 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We've moved!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8Indirect evidenceBietigheim-bissingen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 20265,001-10,0001,187 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“As a technology company and partner to all car manufacturers and new mobility players, Valeo has been innovating for 100 years to make mobility cleaner, safer and smarter.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9Strong evidenceAachen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 20265,001-10,0001,031 contacts →

Strong evidence

“FEV is a leading independent international service provider of vehicle and powertrain development for hardware and software.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026501-1,000984 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Data Privacy Notice: https://mbition.io/privacy-policies-legal-notice-social-media/ As a 100% subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG, MBition designs, develops, and delivers…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11Indirect evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,000691 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ARRK Engineering ist ein global aktiver Entwicklungspartner für die Automobil- und Mobilitätsindustrie, der auf eine durchgehende und umfassende Unterstützung des gesamten…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12Partial evidenceGarching B. München, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,000676 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We create the mobility of the future: in-tech develops innovative solutions for Automotive, Smart City and Smart Factory.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13Partial evidenceOberhausen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500671 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ACCESS launched the first mobile web browser in the 1980s and now provides software solutions to over 1.5 billion connected and mobile devices.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14Indirect evidenceBochum, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026501-1,000669 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Volkswagen Infotainment GmbH develops tomorrow's mobility solutions as a component of the Volkswagen Group, under the CARIAD-umbrella.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15Partial evidenceGaimersheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,000639 contacts →

Partial evidence

Automotive Systems And Projects – das sind wir, die ASAP Gruppe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16Indirect evidenceIngolstadt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,000632 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“e.solutions develops highly complex infotainment devices for Audi as well as the other brands of the Volkswagen Group at our sites in Ingolstadt and Erlangen.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17Indirect evidenceMünchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026501-1,000580 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a specialized solution provider for complex electronic and IT systems, supporting industries where intelligent mobility and machinery define the future - from passenger…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18Indirect evidenceMainz-kastel, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 202610001+552 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die AVL List GmbH („AVL“) mit Hauptsitz in Graz ist eines der weltweit führenden Mobilitäts-Technologieunternehmen für Engineering, Simulation und Testen.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19Indirect evidenceGaimersheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026501-1,000337 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Als 100-prozentige Tochter der AUDI AG verfügen wir über ein breites technisches Leistungsspektrum, mit dem wir die Mobilität der Zukunft mitgestalten.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
20Indirect evidenceMünchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026501-1,000329 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Technica Engineering is an electronics company specialized in the design of vehicle electrical systems.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
21Strong evidenceDresden, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500207 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We know exactly how software for automobiles is developed and we use this know-how for highly efficient test automation – in the automotive sector and all related industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
22Strong evidenceKarlsruhe, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500206 contacts →

Strong evidence

“As a global leader in virtual test driving technology, IPG Automotive develops innovative simulation solutions for vehicle development.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
23Indirect evidenceAachen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026501-1,000195 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Engineering is our Passion We are an international team of more than 850 employees with our own subsidiaries in eight countries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
24Partial evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500178 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At incadea, we’ve spent over 25 years helping automotive dealerships succeed.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
25Strong evidencePfaffenhofen A. D. Roth, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500177 contacts →

Strong evidence

“NewTec is a specialist for the development of hardware and software systems and products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026

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Automotive software development companies based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026
28.0%Verified-email coverage
164.1Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
8.5%Largest-city concentration · Berlin
Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
107
11-50
111
51-200
70
201-500
28
501-1,000
13
1,001-5,000
15
5,001-10,000
4
10001+
4

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 353 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 software development companies, 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 software development companies”. 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 software development companies), 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 software development companies, 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, 16,214 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 14, 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 software development companies, 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 software development companies are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 353 automotive software development companies 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?

Bertrandt Group, headquartered in Ehningen, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most automotive software development companies?

Berlin leads with 30 headquartered companies, followed by Munich (22) and Munchen (21).

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 16,214 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 353 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 14, 2026.

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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.