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Top 25 Precious metal recyclers based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 128 precious metal recyclers headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 1,510 professional contacts across them, including 622 with verified work emails. Pforzheim is the largest hub.
This list covers precious metal recyclers 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.
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 precious metal recyclers based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 312 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Heraeus Precious Metals is one of the world’s leading players in the precious metals industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 240 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die TSR Group gibt Metallen ein neues Leben.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 105 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Heimerle + Meule GmbH, Deutschlands älteste Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt, ist einer der führenden internationalen Marktteilnehmer im Edelmetallsektor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Hensel Recycling Group, headquartered in Aschaffenburg, Germany, has been one of the leading international companies in precious metal recycling since 1998.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Agosi AG was originally founded as Allgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt AG as a joint stock company in 1891 by jewellery and watch manufacturers in the German city of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “C.HAFNER zählt zu den führenden Unternehmen Europas im Bereich der Edelmetall-Technologie.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ELG is a global leader in the trading, processing and recycling of raw materials for the stainless steel industry as well as high performance materials such as superalloys and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “MAIREC develops and operates advanced processes for recovering precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum, palladium and rhodium – precise, efficient and „Made in Germany“.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Aurubis - Metals for Progress Die Aurubis AG ist ein weltweit führender Anbieter von Nichteisenmetallen und einer der größten Kupferrecycler der Welt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wer die Begriffe "Gold" und "Familie" hört, denkt womöglich an ähnliche Werte: Stabilität und Sicherheit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “INDRA is one of the leading European metal recycling companies specialized in industrial metal recycling and international metal trading.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Deutschlands Wachstums-Champion 2020“ (Fokus Business + Statista) • 1.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Eco Remarketing GmbH is an aspiring leader in e-waste recycling that was established in Germany in 2009 and has since developed business operations internationally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH is a mining & metals company based out of ERZSTR.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “IMR ist eines der führenden Unternehmen im nachhaltigen Recycling von Schrotten, Metallen und Verbundstoffen in Deutschland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RECOM ist Spezialist für hochwertige Dienstleistungen rund um effizientes Edelmetall-Recycling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lang Recycling steht für innovative Wege in der Aufbereitung metallischer Produktionsreststoffe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “PGM Technologies is a full service provider of cleaning operations and precious metals recovery solutions for nitric acid producers and precious metal catalyst consumers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “UNSER TÄGLICHER ANSPRUCH – HÖCHSTE QUALITÄT Der Name WIELAND Edelmetalle steht seit der Gründung des Unternehmens im Jahre 1871 durch Dr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Rheinische Scheidestätte GmbH ist seit 2012 die verlässliche Anlaufstelle für Edelmetalle und konzentriert sich auf zwei Kernthemen: den An- und Verkauf von Edelmetallen und…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Der Handel mit Edelmetallen lebt vor allem von drei Dingen: Vertrauen, Kompetenz und Verantwortung.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The JX Advanced Metals Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) is a leading integrated non-ferrous metals manufacturer with a focus on copper.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Seit 1987 beschäftigt sich SJH mit der Aufbereitung und dem weltweiten Handel von NE Metallschrotten, hitzebeständigen Stählen, Nickellegierungen und Blockmetallen.” 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: precious metal recyclers. 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 precious metal recyclers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of precious metal recyclers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name precious metal recyclers. 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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Precious metal recyclers 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 128 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 precious metal recyclers, 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 “precious metal recyclers”. 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 precious metal recyclers), 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 precious metal recyclers, 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, 622 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 precious metal recyclers, 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 precious metal recyclers are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 128 precious metal recyclers 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?
Heraeus Precious Metals, headquartered in Hanau, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most precious metal recyclers?
Pforzheim leads with 7 headquartered companies, followed by Berlin (4) and Essen (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 622 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 128 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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