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Top 25 Business media companies based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 81 business media companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 14,299 professional contacts across them, including 2,707 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.

This list covers business 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.

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The 25 largest business media companies based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 81 business media companies based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to business media 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 evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202610001+3,988 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2Strong evidenceKoln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20265,001-10,0002,466 contacts →

Strong evidence

“RTL Deutschland, together with Gruner + Jahr, is Germany's leading entertainment company, spanning all types of media: TV and streaming, print and digital, radio and podcasts.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3Strong evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202610001+1,797 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Axel Springer is a transatlantic family-owned media company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4Strong evidenceMünchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20265,001-10,0001,331 contacts →

Strong evidence

“With around 10,500 employees and over 500 brands world-wide, Hubert Burda Media is one of Germany’s largest technology and media companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026n/a905 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Das manager magazin steht seit 1971 für unabhängigen, erstklassigen Wirtschaftsjournalismus.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6Indirect evidenceFrankfurt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000360 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Know more, decide right.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7Indirect evidenceDüsseldorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000310 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Decision-makers have high expectations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8Indirect evidenceOsnabrück, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,000188 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, 2026
9Indirect evidenceHannover, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200169 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Das Leben ist vielfältig.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10Indirect evidenceHannover, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500160 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nachrichten, Medienproduktion, Verlag”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11Strong evidenceRavensburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,000159 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Schwäbisch Media steht für starken Regionaljournalismus, digitale Informationsangebote und den Ausbau einer leistungsfähigen Zustell-Logistik zum regionalen Versorger.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12Strong evidenceDortmund, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,000149 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Mit dem Medienhaus Bauer, dem Verlag Rubens und temmingmedia hat Lensing Media starke Partner.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13Indirect evidenceBaden-baden, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“2018 feierten wir als Medienholding Klambt unser 175-jähriges Bestehen als starkes, unabhängiges, mittelständisches Familienunternehmen.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14Indirect evidenceFrankfurt Am Main, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“F.A.Z.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15Indirect evidenceBielefeld, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-50093 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die NW Mediengruppe hat sich vom Zeitungsverlag zum zukunftsorientierten Medienunternehmen entwickelt.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16Indirect evidenceMünster, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,00093 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Aschendorff Medien vereint die wichtigsten Medien für das Lokalgeschehen in der Region Münsterland unter einem Dach.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17Indirect evidenceDresden, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,00091 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die DDV Mediengruppe, eines der großen Verlagshäuser in Sachsen, ist Herausgeber der SÄCHSISCHEN ZEITUNG, der MORGENPOST SACHSEN sowie der Newsportale SÄCHSISCHE.DE und TAG24.DE.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLübeck, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-50091 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Das Medienhaus Lübecker Nachrichten GmbH (LN) blickt auf eine über einhundertjährige Geschichte zurück.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19Indirect evidenceStuttgart, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-20086 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, 2026
20Indirect evidenceBad Wörishofen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-20085 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, 2026
21Indirect evidenceKulmbach, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-20080 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Wir, die Börsenmedien AG, sind eines der führenden Medienhäuser für Finanzinformationen im deutschsprachigen Raum und vereinen zahlreiche erfolgreiche Marken unter einem Dach.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22Strong evidenceMerching, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,00063 contacts →

Strong evidence

“FORUM MEDIA GROUP (FMG) is an international media company headquartered in Merching near Munich (Germany) with leading professional publishing houses worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23Indirect evidenceMannheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,00062 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Immer am Puls der Zeit, so charakterisiert man die Medienbranche.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5057 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“brand eins is Germany's innovative business magazine.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5044 contacts →

Indirect 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, 2026

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Business media companies based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026
18.9%Verified-email coverage
176.5Average contacts per company
51-200Median size (employees)
13.6%Largest-city concentration · Hamburg
Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
12
11-50
22
51-200
17
201-500
4
501-1,000
10
1,001-5,000
10
5,001-10,000
3
10001+
3

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 81 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 business 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 “business 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 business 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 business 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, 2,707 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 business 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 business media companies are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 81 business 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 business media companies?

Hamburg leads with 11 headquartered companies, followed by Munchen (7) and Frankfurt Am Main (5).

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 2,707 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 81 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.