Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 B2B media companies based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 97 B2B media companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 6,789 professional contacts across them, including 1,565 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.
This list covers B2B media 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 21, 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.
The 25 largest B2B media companies based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,988 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 360 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Know more, decide right.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 265 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Vogel Communications Group (VCG) ist mit 920 Mitarbeiter:innen und rund 120 Mio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 251 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Von der Tradition in die Moderne: Die Schlütersche ist seit über 270 Jahren in der Medienbranche aktiv.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 233 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wir, die VNR Group, sind ein familiengegründetes Medienunternehmen mit Start-Up Charakter.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 188 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Innovative Ideen in einem Start-up-Umfeld umsetzen und gleichzeitig Teil einer großen traditionellen Mediengruppe sein?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 169 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Das Leben ist vielfältig.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 144 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1982, Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH has specialized in creating B2B formats for specific technology topics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “iq digital media marketing gmbh is one of the leading sales organisations for quality digital media and media brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 106 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “2018 feierten wir als Medienholding Klambt unser 175-jähriges Bestehen als starkes, unabhängiges, mittelständisches Familienunternehmen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 105 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “F.A.Z.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Netzwerk Medienproduktion 🤝 Werbelösungen Events #Wir vernetzen Menschen, Medien und Märkte … …und das leben wir mit all unseren Medien und auf allen Kanälen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Holzmann Medien ist ein Familienunternehmen mit starken Print- und Onlinemarken, die zum großen Teil über Jahrzehnte gewachsen sind.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Easyfairs organisiert und veranstaltet Events, die Communities unter dem Motto „Visit the future“ zusammenbringen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “B2B-Formate von Alsterspree – hochwertig, ansprechend, zielgenau Egal ob Print, Online oder Video: Das Fachjournalisten-Team des Alsterspree Verlags bespielt alle Medienformate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Der HUSS-VERLAG ist ein klassischer B2B-Verlag, der mit Fachzeitschriften und periodisch erscheinenden Sonder-Publikationen die Fach- und Führungskräfte des Wirtschaftszweigs…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Die HUSS-MEDIEN ist ein klassischer B2B-Verlag.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “WIN-Verlag - Fachwissen für die digitale Wertschöpfung Die Maxime ist komplexe technische Sachverhalte zielgruppengerecht aufzubereiten.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “DuMont ist ein diversifiziertes, digital ausgerichtetes Medien- und Technologieunternehmen mit dezentraler Struktur.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Als Manufaktur einzigartiger Fachmedien ist publish-industry ein anerkannter Partner der Industrie.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to Germany's leading independent online sales house for B2B and financial communication!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kommunikation, die wirkt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our six market-leading B2B portals and newsletters keep 17 million users from around the world updated on the latest developments in their industries, giving them what they need…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are an independent service provider with many years of experience in B2B marketing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: B2B media companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names B2B media companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of B2B media companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name B2B media companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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B2B media companies based in Germany at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
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 97 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 B2B media 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 “B2B media 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 B2B media 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 B2B media 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, 1,565 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 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
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 B2B media 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 B2B media companies are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 97 B2B media 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?
Bauer Media Group, headquartered in Hamburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most B2B media companies?
Hamburg leads with 12 headquartered companies, followed by Berlin (11) and Munchen (7).
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 1,565 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 97 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 21, 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.