Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Newspaper publishers based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 146 newspaper publishers headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 2,707 professional contacts across them, including 608 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.
This list covers newspaper publishers 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 20, 2026.
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The 25 largest newspaper publishers based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 178 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Badische Neueste Nachrichten Badendruck GmbH aus Karlsruhe Badische Neueste Nachrichten Badendruck GmbH aus Karlsruhe” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bremer Tageszeitungen AG (WESER-KURIER Mediengruppe) is a publishing company based out of Bremen, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die NW Mediengruppe hat sich vom Zeitungsverlag zum zukunftsorientierten Medienunternehmen entwickelt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die DDV Mediengruppe, eines der großen Verlagshäuser in Sachsen, ist Herausgeber der SÄCHSISCHEN ZEITUNG, der MORGENPOST SACHSEN sowie der Newsportale SÄCHSISCHE.DE und TAG24.DE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Das Medienhaus Lübecker Nachrichten GmbH (LN) blickt auf eine über einhundertjährige Geschichte zurück.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 90 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Was als kleiner Zeitungsverlag mit Druckerei begann, hat sich in den vergangenen 130 Jahren zu einem der wichtigen mittelständischen Verlagshäuser in Deutschland entwickelt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Holzmann Medien ist ein Familienunternehmen mit starken Print- und Onlinemarken, die zum großen Teil über Jahrzehnte gewachsen sind.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Das Westfalen-Blatt ist eine deutsche regionale Tageszeitung mit Hauptsitz in Bielefeld.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Starker Journalismus für ganz Ostfriesland: Das ist unser Anspruch.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “OZ+| Was die Möwen morgens von den Dächern kreischen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine (HNA) ist DAS Medienhaus in Nordhessen und Südniedersachsen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Der DONAUKURIER ist eine Tageszeitung der Mediengruppe Bayern.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Westdeutsche Zeitung GmbH & Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ein Unternehmen der Stimme Mediengruppe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Willkommen bei BZ.medien, dem relevanten Medienunternehmen aus Baden!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Im Herzen Lüneburgs Am Sande ist der Verlag zu Hause.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Kernkompetenz der Westfalenpost liegt im Lokalen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Score Media Group ist die nationale Vermarktungsplattform regionaler Tageszeitungsmarken.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Das Oelder Verlagshaus Holterdorf ist ein modernes, vielseitig ausgerichtetes Medienunternehmen mit Sitz in Oelde.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Das Medienhaus Ungeheuer + Ulmer verlegt mit der Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung die auflagenstärkste Tageszeitung in der Region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Medienproduktionen Print/Online (2 Tageszeitungen)” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The German Newspaper Publishers and Digitalpublishers Association (BDZV) is the leading organization of newspaper and digital publishers in the Federal Republic of Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RAUTENBERG MEDIA is your 360° media-partner RAUTENBERG MEDIA KG is a family-run media company with headquarters in Troisdorf and an office in Berlin, Germany's capital.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wir verbinden das traditionelle Verlagsgeschäft mit digitaler Innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: newspaper publishers. 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 newspaper publishers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of newspaper publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name newspaper publishers. 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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Newspaper publishers based in Germany at a glance
As of Sep 20, 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 146 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 newspaper publishers, 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 “newspaper publishers”. 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 newspaper publishers), 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 newspaper publishers, 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, 608 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 20, 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 newspaper publishers, 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 newspaper publishers are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 146 newspaper publishers 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?
Badische Neueste Nachrichten Badendruck Gmbh, headquartered in Karlsruhe, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most newspaper publishers?
Berlin leads with 7 headquartered companies, followed by Munchen (5) and Hamburg (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 608 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 146 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 20, 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.