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Top 25 Gear manufacturers based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 321 gear manufacturers headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 5,602 professional contacts across them, including 2,072 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.
This list covers gear manufacturers 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 gear manufacturers based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 508 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “IMS Gear is a leading company in Gear Technology in the automotive and industrial sectors, with an international presence, serving as a partner for globally operating customers…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 314 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With top-quality products and customized solutions in the fields of drive technology, investment casting, sand casting, forging, and steel profiles, we are among the leading…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 275 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Made for motion – KTR has been developing power transmission components for mechanical and plant engineering under this slogan for more than fifty years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 217 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to the Liebherr Gear Technology and Automation Systems page!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 166 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Currently, Weber Automotive ranks among the most technologically advanced companies in the global automotive supplier industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 157 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “KAPP NILES is a globally operating group of companies with high-quality and economical solutions for finishing gears and profiles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 136 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “REINTJES is a globally acting, independent propulsion technology company, manufacturing gearboxes and propulsion systems for marine and industrial use at its headquarters in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 132 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The family-run company Mayr power transmission, which was founded in 1897, is a leading manufacturer of safety brakes, torque limiters and shaft couplings.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As a gear technology leader in the field of high precision drive technology, Harmonic Drive SE is continuously developing sophisticated and tailored solutions for their customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 116 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Neugart GmbH entwickelt, produziert und vertreibt Planetengetriebe sowie kundenspezifische Sondergetriebe für anspruchsvolle Anwendungen in der Antriebstechnik.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Your idea – Our drive With over 110 years experience in metal processing and 60 years as a pioneer in plastic injection molding, Framo Morat and F.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The DVS TECHNOLOGY GROUP is made up of Germany-based companies focusing on the turning, gear cutting, grinding and gear honing technologies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1925, KettenWulf developed from a small sized factory into a leading brand producer of conveyor chains, drive chains, sprockets and special components.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With over three decades of making wheel bearings and other precision chassis products, ILJIN Global and its subsidiaries ILJIN Corporation and Bearing ART have become an essential…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As Europe's largest independent crankshaft supplier, we are your partner for high-precision crankshafts in the automotive, agricultural, industrial, ATV and maritime sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “NAF ist Spezialist für Kraftübertragung, Traktion und Lastkapazität bei selbstfahrenden Arbeitsmaschinen unter anderem in den Sektoren Bau, Land- und Forstwirtschaft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Imprint: Information in accordance with par.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1932, Stromag has grown to become a globally recognized leader in the development and manufacture of innovative power transmission components for industrial drivetrain…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Beinbauer Automotive GmbH & Co KG is an automotive industry supplier based out of 9 Passauer Straße, Büchlberg, BY, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Eickhoff Antriebstechnik is the gear technology division of Eickhoff, the internationally operating family business and world market leader for high performance machines.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PINION - GEARBOX TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGHEST DEMANDS We are constantly pushing the revolution of bicycle shifting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “THIELE is an innovative manufacturer with a long tradition in the production of round steel chains and forged parts for the Conveying and Lifting technology sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Eine Lösung, die Sie weiterbringt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Rollax is an internationally active and independent automotive supplier with approx.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence 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: gear manufacturers. 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 gear manufacturers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of gear manufacturers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name gear manufacturers. 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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Gear manufacturers 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 321 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 gear manufacturers, 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 “gear manufacturers”. 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 gear manufacturers), 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 gear manufacturers, 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, 2,072 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.
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 gear manufacturers, 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 gear manufacturers are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 321 gear manufacturers 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?
IMS Gear Gear Technology. Worldwide, headquartered in Donaueschingen, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most gear manufacturers?
Hamburg leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by Berlin (4) and Dortmund (4).
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 2,072 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 321 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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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.