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Top 16 Distance learning research firms based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 49 distance learning research firms headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 1,807 professional contacts across them, including 522 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.
This list covers distance learning research firms 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.
The 16 largest distance learning research firms based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 839 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The FernUniversität in Hagen is Germany’s only state distance-learning university, and its largest in terms of student numbers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 182 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The ILS was founded in Hamburg in 1977.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 171 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Studiengemeinschaft Darmstadt is one of the largest and most traditional distance learning institutes in Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Das Deutsche eLearning Studieninstitut (DeLSt) ist eine moderne Bildungseinrichtung, die neben klassischen e-Learning-Kursen unter anderem auch staatlich anerkannte Abschlüsse…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Europäische Hochschule für Innovation und Perspektive (EHIP) hat sich als moderne Fernhochschule das Ziel gesetzt, dich mit den Schlüsselqualifikationen und Fähigkeiten…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hinter oncampus verbirgt sich ein Team von kreativen, witzigen und unkonventionellen Digitalraketen, die digitale Produkte leben und finden, dass Lernen Spaß machen sollte.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Move forward with distance learning at the TU Kaiserslautern - part-time master and certificate programmes as well as online courses in the disciplines Human Resources, Management…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “To introduce students to scientific thinking and research and to enable them to make their own contribution is an important and demanding social task that deserves to be pursued…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Zahlreiche Experten auf dem Gebiet des digitalen Lernens geben gemeinsam mit unseren Lehrkräften guten Unterricht mit digitalen Werkzeugen und angemeldete Teilnehmer_innen dürfen…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bundesverband der Fernstudienanbieter e.V- BLDUNG.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Leistungen von Mission: Weiterbildung.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We provide long-distance education and e-learning solutions for professional development and training.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Das Institut für digitales Lernen ist ein Thinktank der digitalen Bildungsrevolution – und es gestaltet diese Revolution aktiv mit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Seit 2022 bietet die Fernakademie für Tourismus und Hospitality deutschlandweit einzigartige und top aktuelle Fernlehrgänge im Bereich der Tourismusbranche an.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fernstudium-Infos.de ist die Community rund um das Thema Fernstudium und liefert Antworten auf alle Fragen, Erfahrungsberichte und alle News aus der Welt des Onlinestudiums und…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Train the Trainer & Beratung bei der Konzeption und Umsetzung von digitalen Lernangeboten” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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: distance learning research firms. 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 distance learning research firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of distance learning research firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name distance learning research firms. 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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Distance learning research firms based in Germany at a glance
As of Sep 19, 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 49 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 distance learning research firms, 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 “distance learning research firms”. 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 distance learning research firms), 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 distance learning research firms, 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, 522 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 distance learning research firms, 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 distance learning research firms are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 49 distance learning research firms 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?
Fernuniversität In Hagen, headquartered in Hagen, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most distance learning research firms?
Hamburg leads with 8 headquartered companies, followed by Berlin (4) and Backnang (3).
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 522 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 49 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.
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