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Top 25 Press companies based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 113 press companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 6,017 professional contacts across them, including 1,188 with verified work emails. Munchen is the largest hub.

This list covers press 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 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.

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113Companies
6,017Contacts tracked
1,188Verified emails
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The 25 largest press companies based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 113 press companies based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to press 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 evidenceMünchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,0001,331 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“With around 10,500 employees and over 500 brands world-wide, Hubert Burda Media is one of Germany’s largest technology and media companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Indirect evidenceHaar, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a1,068 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“WEKA FACHMEDIEN GmbH is a Publishing company located in Richard-Reitzner-Allee 2, Haar, Bavaria, Germany.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Indirect evidenceOsnabrück, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000188 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Innovative Ideen in einem Start-up-Umfeld umsetzen und gleichzeitig Teil einer großen traditionellen Mediengruppe sein?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Indirect evidenceHannover, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500160 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nachrichten, Medienproduktion, Verlag”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Indirect evidenceRavensburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000159 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Indirect evidenceDortmund, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000149 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Mit dem Medienhaus Bauer, dem Verlag Rubens und temmingmedia hat Lensing Media starke Partner.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Indirect evidenceOsnabrück, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,000122 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Im Journalismus immer am Puls der Zeit, entwickeln wir uns auch als Unternehmen dynamisch weiter.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Indirect evidenceHeilbronn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500121 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Dürfen wir uns vorstellen?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Indirect evidenceBremen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,00094 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Indirect evidenceBielefeld, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50093 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceDresden, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceLübeck, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50091 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Indirect evidenceMannheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
14Indirect evidenceMünchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20087 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ein Schreibtisch im 20.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Indirect evidenceStuttgart, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
16Indirect evidenceNeubrandenburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
17Indirect evidenceKassel, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50047 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Indirect evidenceIsmaning, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Das FUNKE-Zeitschriftenportfolio besitzt eine Vielfalt, wie es sie bei kaum einem anderen nationalen Verlagshaus gibt: von Bestsellern wie "HÖRZU" oder "TVdirekt" über…”

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

Indirect evidence

“Ein Unternehmen der Stimme Mediengruppe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Indirect evidenceFreiburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,00032 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Indirect evidenceHeide, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20031 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Wir sind ein familiengeführtes, unabhängiges Medienhaus mit Sitz in Heide – der Kreisstadt im Herzen von Dithmarschen.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Indirect evidenceOelde, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23Indirect evidenceLudwigsburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 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 20, 2026
24Indirect evidenceHannover, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Wir sind QUBUS media – ein modernes Medienhaus mit Wurzeln in drei traditionsreichen Druckereien aus Hannover.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25Indirect evidenceTroisdorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20021 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, 2026

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Press companies based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
19.7%Verified-email coverage
53.2Average contacts per company
51-200Median size (employees)
5.3%Largest-city concentration · Munchen
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
32
11-50
19
51-200
24
201-500
15
501-1,000
7
1,001-5,000
13
5,001-10,000
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 113 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 press 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 “press 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 press 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 press 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, 1,188 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 press 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 press companies are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 113 press 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?

Hubert Burda Media, headquartered in Munchen, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most press companies?

Munchen leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by Hamburg (4) and Hannover (3).

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 1,188 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 113 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.