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Top 25 German merchants and distributors based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 270 german merchants and distributors headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 2,820 professional contacts across them, including 648 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.
This list covers german merchants and distributors 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 german merchants and distributors based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 188 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NORDWEST has been an established name in German wholesale for over 100 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 116 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Moin Moin aus Hamburg Die Kern & Stelly Medientechnik GmbH ist ein modernes und auf nachhaltiges Wachstum ausgerichtetes Großhandelsunternehmen für Präsentations- und…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wir sind der Partner für Profis aus Gastronomie und Handel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Carl Werthenbach Konstruktionsteile GmbH & Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Team Beverage AG ist mit ihrem Netzwerk in den Absatzkanälen Convenience, Gastronomie, Getränkegroß- und -einzelhandel die marktführende Distributions, Einkaufs, Vermarktungs-…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “J.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Schlumberger Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co KG mit Hauptsitz in Meckenheim gehört zu den führenden Vertriebsgesellschaften für Wein, Schaumwein, Spirituosen & Spezialitäten…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Geschichte der Gourmetscouts by R&S: 1964 gründete Albert Rauch die Albert Rauch GmbH und legte damit die Basis für die spätere R&S Vertriebsgruppe, die Rauch 1988 gemeinsam…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “DOVGAN supplies the German retail chains with authentic products under TOP brands from Russia, Poland, Romania, the Adriatic region (ex Yugoslavia) and the Orient (Turkey…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nimbus Health is licensed by the Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt as a pharmaceutical wholesaler (§52a AMG) and manufacturer (§13 AMG), and by the BfArM - Bundesinstitut für…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MITEGRO GmbH & Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Erfahrung, Innovation & Qualität made in Germany!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Your next-generation impact sales & distribution company that builds and scales food brands with a sustainable approach in the German-speaking retail sector – based on many years…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Als pharmazeutischer Großhändler ist Max Jenne Mittler zwischen 800 Apotheken im Norden Deutschlands und der pharmazeutischen Industrie.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Groß im Handel seit über 55 Jahren Wir sind eine der marktführenden Fachgroßhandlungen für Unterhaltungselektronik, Satellitentechnik und Elektrohausgeräte in Deutschland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “VERTRIEB UND SERVICE AUS LEIDENSCHAFT Die SVS GmbH ist ein auf Elektronikprodukte sowie alle diesem Geschäftsfeld zuzuordnenden Zubehörteile spezialisierter Distributor und…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Among purchasing cooperatives in the German industrial supply trade, the E.I.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Die MRM begann 2017 als erster deutscher Spezial-Distributor für den rechts- und herstellerkonformen Handel mit gebrauchter Software und ist Lieferant von über registrierten…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Fastbolt Schraubengroßhandels GmbH ist Teil der Fastbolt Gruppe, die seit 40 Jahren mit Standorten in Deutschland, England, Portugal und China zu den führenden spezialisierten…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GES Großeinkaufsring des Süßwaren- und Getränkehandels eG is an independent and self-determined cooperative of medium-sized beverage wholesalers, specialist store operators and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die RTG Retail Trade Group - starker Partner im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel Das Einzelhandels-Joint Venture RTG Retail Trade Group GmbH wurde im April 2017 mit Sitz in Hamburg…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Als leistungsstarkes und führendes Netzwerk von gastronomieorientierten Getränkefachgroßhändlern in Deutschland agieren wir gemeinsam und doch individuell in den jeweiligen…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Vinissimo steht für den professionellen Vertrieb hochwertiger italienischer Weine in Deutschland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Das Cornelsen Verlagskontor GmbH, kurz CVK, mit Sitz in Bielefeld ist heute einer der deutschlandweit führenden Full-Service-Dienstleister im Bereich Buch- und Warenlogistik.” 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: german merchants and distributors. 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 german merchants and distributors.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of german merchants and distributors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name german merchants and distributors. 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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German merchants and distributors 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 270 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 german merchants and distributors, 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 “german merchants and distributors”. 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 german merchants and distributors), 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 german merchants and distributors, 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, 648 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 german merchants and distributors, 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 german merchants and distributors are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 270 german merchants and distributors 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?
Nordwest Handel AG, headquartered in Dortmund, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most german merchants and distributors?
Hamburg leads with 16 headquartered companies, followed by Berlin (11) and Bremen (9).
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 648 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 270 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.
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