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Top 25 Cold chain companies based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 921 cold chain companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 179,829 professional contacts across them, including 52,029 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.

This list covers cold chain 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
921Companies
179,829Contacts tracked
52,029Verified emails
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The 25 largest cold chain companies based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 921 cold chain 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 cold chain 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
1Indirect evidenceBonn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202610001+56,983 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“As the world’s largest contract logistics specialist, we create competitive advantage for customers through customized logistics solutions based on globally standardized…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2Indirect evidenceBonn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202610001+51,193 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“DHL is the leading global brand in the logistics industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3Indirect evidenceEssen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202610001+36,350 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At DB Schenker, we're not just about logistics; we're about understanding what truly matters to you.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4Indirect evidenceKempten, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202610001+11,843 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“DACHSER is one of the global leaders in the field of system logistics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5Indirect evidenceOsnabrueck, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202610001+7,398 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since its foundation in 1871, Hellmann has developed into one of the largest international logistics providers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6Indirect evidenceGrossostheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0001,431 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“THIS IS US Getting things moving and finding the best solution is an exciting task.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0001,412 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The international logistics company HOYER is one of the worldwide market leaders in moving liquids by road, rail and sea.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8Indirect evidenceBremen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0001,305 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Leschaco Group is an independent and global service provider for integrated logistics solutions offering sea and air freight, contract logistics, tank container and innovative…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9Indirect evidenceBruchsal, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20265,001-10,0001,266 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Individual logistics solutions!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10Indirect evidenceVersmold, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202610001+1,073 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our motivation Over 500 million people in Europe have to be supplied with fresh food every day.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11Indirect evidenceWolfsburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202610001+830 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Schnellecke Logistics ist ein weltweit agierendes Logistikunternehmen.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12Indirect evidenceSchortens, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,000302 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die NORDFROST ist Marktführer im Bereich der Tiefkühllogistik und bietet schwerpunktmäßig Kunden aus der gesamten Lebensmittelbranche umfassende und maßgeschneiderte Lösungen in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13Indirect evidenceNeu-isenburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500289 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“time:matters - global high-performance logistics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14Indirect evidenceUlm, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,000275 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die Seifert Logistics Group (SLG) mit Sitz in Ulm hat sich seit der Gründung 1947 von einem regionalen Marktführer zu einem international operierenden Transport- und…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15Indirect evidenceOsnabrueck, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000214 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“More than 800 employees.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16Indirect evidenceFrechen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500191 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Welcome to hasenkamp.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17Indirect evidenceDüsseldorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,000174 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“METRO LOGISTICS is a German service provider for procurement, distribution and contract logistics as well as for logistics fulfilment in e-commerce.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18Partial evidenceOberding, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000146 contacts →

Partial evidence

“GROUP7 is your ideal partner for worldwide, comprehensive, end-to-end supply chain management.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19Indirect evidenceBad Säckingen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000145 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a forward-looking international contract logistics services provider in one of the strongest-growing European markets.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20Indirect evidenceGriesheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 202610001+140 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ID Logistics, headed by Eric HÉMAR, is an international contract logistics Group with revenues of €3.7 billion in 2025.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21Indirect evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000136 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Life-saving therapies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22Indirect evidenceMörfelden-walldorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500133 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“QCS – Quick Cargo Service GmbH is a medium-sized air and sea freight forwarding company with ten branches located in all major commercial and industrial hubs across Germany, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23Indirect evidenceLeverkusen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000124 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die Chemion Logistik GmbH ist seit 2001 als eigenständiger Standortlogistiker und Spezialist für den Umgang mit Gefahrgut und Gefahrstoffen für ihre Kunden da.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24Indirect evidenceGreven, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die GREIWING logistics for you GmbH ist ein seit über 90 Jahren international tätiger Spezialist für Komplettlösungen in der Silologistik mit Hauptsitz im nordrhein-westfälischen…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25Indirect evidenceKöln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nearly 40 years of logistics expertise.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

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Cold chain companies based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026
28.9%Verified-email coverage
195.3Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
7.4%Largest-city concentration · Hamburg
Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
371
11-50
227
51-200
173
201-500
60
501-1,000
28
1,001-5,000
14
5,001-10,000
3
10001+
8

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 921 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 cold chain 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 “cold chain 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 cold chain 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 cold chain 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, 52,029 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
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Cold chain companies by metro

  • Cold chain companies in Hamburg68

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 cold chain 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 cold chain companies are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 921 cold chain 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?

DHL Supply Chain, headquartered in Bonn, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most cold chain companies?

Hamburg leads with 68 headquartered companies, followed by Bremen (21) and Berlin (18).

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 52,029 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 921 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.