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Top 25 Customs brokers and freight forwarders based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 947 customs brokers and freight forwarders headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 168,148 professional contacts across them, including 48,685 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.
This list covers customs brokers and freight forwarders 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 16, 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 customs brokers and freight forwarders based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 51,193 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “DHL is the leading global brand in the logistics industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 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 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 19,483 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Freight Forwarding experts since 1815.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 11,843 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “DACHSER is one of the global leaders in the field of system logistics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 11,393 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Rhenus Group is one of the leading logistics specialists with global business operations and annual turnover amounting to EUR 8.2 billion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 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 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 570 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “a.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 250 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Gerlach is the leading neutral provider of customs services in Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 217 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die ZUFALL logistics group ist ein familiengeführter Logistikdienstleister mit über Mitarbeiter:innen und Auszubildenden.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 186 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “JAS ist ein privat geführter internationaler Speditions- und Logistikanbieter, der 1978 in Mailand/Italien gegründet wurde.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Long before digitisation had become a topic in the logistics business, we have already been working on it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 146 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GROUP7 is your ideal partner for worldwide, comprehensive, end-to-end supply chain management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 133 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Supply Chain Management – We turn your logistics into a value-adding factor: SupplyX is transforming the world of supply chain management and freight forwarding – whether for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 106 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nearly 40 years of logistics expertise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 101 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are your specialist for intercontinental logistics solutions The Karl Gross group is an international freight forwarding and logistics service provider.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The ITG Group, headquartered in Schwaig at Munich Airport, is a global acting logistics and fulfillment service provider with own branches and logistics centers in Germany…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since its foundation in 1929, Schryver has been providing international transport and logistics services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 89 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CHI Cargo Handling International is a leading provider of logistics services in the air cargo sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As a leading IT and software service provider for the transportation industry and the logistic sectors within trade and industry, DAKOSY AG, located in Hamburg, has been providing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 82 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Robert Kukla GmbH – International Spedition is your specialist for all questions relating to logistics, Europe-wide und world-wide transports, multimodal and intermodal…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Conceptum Logistics is an experienced premium concept logistics company, specializing in international overseas transportation and all types of global cargo project consignments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ein Unternehmen für viele Wege Der schnelle und sichere Transport von Gütern aller Art ist unsere Leidenschaft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 71 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SENATOR INTERNATIONAL - A Maersk Company is a global logistics company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hartmann International GmbH & Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 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: customs brokers and freight forwarders. 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 customs brokers and freight forwarders.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of customs brokers and freight forwarders, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name customs brokers and freight forwarders. 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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Customs brokers and freight forwarders based in Germany at a glance
As of Sep 16, 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 947 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 customs brokers and freight forwarders, 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 “customs brokers and freight forwarders”. 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 customs brokers and freight forwarders), 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 customs brokers and freight forwarders, 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, 48,685 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 16, 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.
Customs brokers and freight forwarders by metro
- Customs brokers and freight forwarders in Hamburg149
- Customs brokers and freight forwarders in Bremen47
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 customs brokers and freight forwarders, 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 customs brokers and freight forwarders are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 947 customs brokers and freight forwarders 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, headquartered in Bonn, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most customs brokers and freight forwarders?
Hamburg leads with 149 headquartered companies, followed by Bremen (47) and Dusseldorf (20).
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 48,685 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 947 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 16, 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.
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