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Top 25 Business schools based in Germany

Name: Business schools based in Germany
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 159 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 159 business schools headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 10,774 professional contacts across them, including 2,427 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers business schools 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 19, 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 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest business schools based in Germany

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 159 business schools based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to business schools: 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Frankfurt School Of Finance & Management	Strong evidence	Frankfurt Am Main, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	1,352 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Yes, we are a leading business school in Europe that holds a triple-crown accreditation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	FH Münster	Indirect evidence	Münster, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,008 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FH Münster: Praxisnah.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Universität Passau	Indirect evidence	Passau, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	833 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since opening its doors to the public in 1978, the University of Passau has developed into a first address in German academia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	International School Of Management, Germany	Strong evidence	Dortmund, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	692 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The International School of Management (ISM) is among Germany’s leading private business schools and continually at the top of various university rankings.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	WHU Otto Beisheim School Of Management	Strong evidence	Vallendar, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	455 contacts →
	Strong evidence “WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management is a mainly privately funded Business School based in Vallendar/Koblenz and in Düsseldorf.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Catholic University Of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt	Indirect evidence	Ingolstadt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	395 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, KU) in south Germany is the only Catholic university in the German-speaking world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Esmt Berlin	Strong evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	376 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ESMT Berlin is a leading international business school with its campus in the heart of Berlin, in Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	EBS Universität FÜR Wirtschaft UND Recht	Indirect evidence	Oestrich-winkel, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	371 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “EBS Universität is a German private university that was established in 1971.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	CBS International Business School	Strong evidence	Cologne, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	344 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Cologne Business School (CBS) is a internationally orientated, state-recognised university of applied sciences and counts as one of Germany's top Business Schools.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Hochschule Neu-Ulm	Strong evidence	Neu-ulm, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	342 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Die Hochschule Neu-Ulm (HNU) ist eine internationale Business School in einer innovativen Wirtschaftsregion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	OTH Amberg-Weiden	Indirect evidence	Amberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	300 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The OTH Amberg-Weiden is a young and innovative university providing students with a hiqhly qualified and future-oriented education offering a portfolio of 20 Bachelor and 13…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Hochschule FÜR Angewandtes Management	Indirect evidence	Ismaning, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	251 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The University of Applied Management offers the ideal conditions for an international body of students to develop personal, social, methodical, and technical competencies into a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	HHL Leipzig Graduate School Of Management	Strong evidence	Leipzig, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	246 contacts →
	Strong evidence “HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management is one of the world’s leading business schools – and the oldest of its kind in the German-speaking world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Ludwigshafen University Of Business And Society	Indirect evidence	Ludwigshafen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	212 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society: Rooted Locally, Connected Globally With roughly 4,500 students, Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society is a medium-sized…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	KLU Kühne Logistics University	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	191 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “KLU, Kühne Logistics University, is a leading, state-recognized, international university based in Hamburg, Germany, with a second campus in Saigon, Vietnam, and with a planned…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Munich Business School	Strong evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	171 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Munich Business School (MBS) is an AACSB-accredited private university of applied sciences and was the first private business school in Bavaria to train executives for business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Mannheim Business School	Strong evidence	Mannheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	156 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Mannheim Business School (MBS) is Germany’s leading business school and consistently holds top ranking positions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Fachhochschule DER Wirtschaft Fhdw	Indirect evidence	Paderborn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	149 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Hsba Hamburg School Of Business Administration	Strong evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	146 contacts →
	Strong evidence “HSBA is the Business School in Hamburg and offers a combination of studying and working which in Germany is called “dual education”.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Hochschule FÜR Öffentliche Verwaltung UND Finanzen Ludwigsburg	Indirect evidence	Ludwigsburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	139 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Kompetenzzentrum für die öffentliche Verwaltung Größte Ausbildungsstätte für den gehobenen Dienst in Baden-Württemberg 90 Professorinnen und Professoren,~600 Lehrbeauftragte 2.900…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Furtwangen University	Indirect evidence	Furtwangen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	124 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Die Hochschule Furtwangen mit über Studierenden an den Standorten Furtwangen, Villingen-Schwenningen sowie Tuttlingen, ist eine der führenden Hochschulen für qualitätsorientierte…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Media University Of Applied Sciences	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	120 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Where academic excellence meets the passion for forward-thinking projects Since 2008, the Media University of Applied Sciences (formerly HMKW) has been dedicated to helping…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Wirtschafts- UND Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät DER Universität ZU Köln	Indirect evidence	Cologne, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	111 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Studies at the WiSo Faculty of Cologne University furnish an excellent basis for your further professional and personal career path.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Campus M University	Indirect evidence	München, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	83 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Praxisnahe und innovative Bachelor- & Masterstudiengänge - Individuelle Talentförderung durch Personal Coaching - Persönlich studieren in kleinen Kursen - Modern eingerichtete…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	EU Business School Munich	Strong evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	77 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Established in 1973, EU Business School (EU) is an international, professionally accredited, high-ranking business school with campuses in Barcelona, Geneva, Munich and Digital.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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: business schools. 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 business schools.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of business schools, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name business schools. 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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Business schools based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

22.5%Verified-email coverage

67.8Average contacts per company

51-200Median size (employees)

6.3%Largest-city concentration · Berlin

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Companies by employee count

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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 159 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 schools, 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 schools”. 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 schools), 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 schools, 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, 2,427 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 19, 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 schools, 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 schools are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 159 business schools 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?

Frankfurt School Of Finance & Management, headquartered in Frankfurt Am Main, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most business schools?

Berlin leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Munster (7) and Hamburg (6).

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 2,427 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 159 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 19, 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.