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Top 25 Newspaper publishing companies based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 160 newspaper publishing companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 5,309 professional contacts across them, including 1,457 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers newspaper publishing companies 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.

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The 25 largest newspaper publishing companies based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 160 newspaper publishing companies based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to newspaper publishing companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+1,797 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Axel Springer is a transatlantic family-owned media company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceHannover, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000301 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die MADSACK Mediengruppe setzt auf das Zukunftspotenzial regionaler und lokaler Medien.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceKarlsruhe, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000178 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Badische Neueste Nachrichten Badendruck GmbH aus Karlsruhe Badische Neueste Nachrichten Badendruck GmbH aus Karlsruhe”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceHeilbronn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500121 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Dürfen wir uns vorstellen?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceBremen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,00094 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bremer Tageszeitungen AG (WESER-KURIER Mediengruppe) is a publishing company based out of Bremen, Germany.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceBielefeld, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50093 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die NW Mediengruppe hat sich vom Zeitungsverlag zum zukunftsorientierten Medienunternehmen entwickelt.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceDresden, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,00091 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 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLübeck, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50091 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Das Medienhaus Lübecker Nachrichten GmbH (LN) blickt auf eine über einhundertjährige Geschichte zurück.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceMannheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,00090 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 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceStuttgart, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20086 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Netzwerk Medienproduktion 🤝 Werbelösungen Events #Wir vernetzen Menschen, Medien und Märkte … …und das leben wir mit all unseren Medien und auf allen Kanälen.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceBad Wörishofen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20085 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 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceBielefeld, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50074 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Das Westfalen-Blatt ist eine deutsche regionale Tageszeitung mit Hauptsitz in Bielefeld.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceLeer (ostfriesland), GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50062 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Starker Journalismus für ganz Ostfriesland: Das ist unser Anspruch.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceMannheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,00062 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Immer am Puls der Zeit, so charakterisiert man die Medienbranche.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceRostock, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50058 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“OZ+| Was die Möwen morgens von den Dächern kreischen.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidenceNeubrandenburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,00056 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die Nordkurier Mediengruppe steht für starken Regionaljournalismus, digitale Informationsangebote und den Ausbau einer leistungsfähigen Zustell-Logistik zum regionalen Versorger.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceKassel, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50047 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine (HNA) ist DAS Medienhaus in Nordhessen und Südniedersachsen.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceIngolstadt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50044 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Der DONAUKURIER ist eine Tageszeitung der Mediengruppe Bayern.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Indirect evidenceWuppertal, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20039 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die Westdeutsche Zeitung GmbH & Co.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Indirect evidenceHeilbronn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ein Unternehmen der Stimme Mediengruppe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidenceFreiburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,00032 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Willkommen bei BZ.medien, dem relevanten Medienunternehmen aus Baden!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceLüneburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20031 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Im Herzen Lüneburgs Am Sande ist der Verlag zu Hause.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceDüsseldorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die Score Media Group ist die nationale Vermarktungsplattform regionaler Tageszeitungsmarken.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidenceOelde, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Das Oelder Verlagshaus Holterdorf ist ein modernes, vielseitig ausgerichtetes Medienunternehmen mit Sitz in Oelde.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceLudwigsburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Das Medienhaus Ungeheuer + Ulmer verlegt mit der Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung die auflagenstärkste Tageszeitung in der Region.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Newspaper publishing companies based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
27.4%Verified-email coverage
33.2Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
3.8%Largest-city concentration · Berlin
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
50
11-50
30
51-200
35
201-500
22
501-1,000
6
1,001-5,000
12
5,001-10,000
2
10001+
2

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 160 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 publishing companies, 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 publishing companies”. 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 publishing companies), 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 publishing companies, 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, 1,457 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 newspaper publishing companies, 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 publishing companies are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 160 newspaper publishing companies 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?

Axel Springer, headquartered in Berlin, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most newspaper publishing companies?

Berlin leads with 6 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 1,457 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 160 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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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.