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Top 25 Production chemical companies based in Germany

Name: Production chemical companies based in Germany
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 499 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 499 production chemical companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 101,667 professional contacts across them, including 44,251 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.

This list covers production chemical 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 17, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest production chemical companies based in Germany

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 499 production chemical companies based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to production chemical 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	BASF	Indirect evidence	Ludwigshafen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	54,344 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	Evonik	Indirect evidence	Essen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	12,861 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Evonik goes beyond the boundaries of chemistry with its combination of innovative strength and leading technological expertise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	Brenntag	Partial evidence	Essen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	9,954 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Brenntag is the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution and holds a central role in connecting customers and suppliers of the chemical industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	Lanxess	Partial evidence	Köln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	7,843 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 5.7 billion in 2025.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	CHT Group	Indirect evidence	Tübingen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	821 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SMART CHEMISTRY WITH CHARACTER.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6	BYK Additives	Partial evidence	Wesel, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	785 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BYK is a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	The Berner Group	Partial evidence	Künzelsau, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	767 contacts →
	Partial evidence “That's us: Leaders in Chemicals!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	Helm AG	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	554 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HELM AG is a Hamburg-based family company established in 1900.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	Oqema Group	Partial evidence	Liedberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	535 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The OQEMA Group, formerly Overlack, is one of the five largest chemical distributors in Germany and one of the top ten in Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	Budenheim	Partial evidence	Budenheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	447 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Budenheim is a global specialty chemical company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	Sud-Chemie	Partial evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	423 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Süd-Chemie is a highly-innovative, listed, specialty chemicals company headquartered in Munich.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	KENT	Partial evidence	Duisburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	420 contacts →
	Partial evidence “With best chemical products we enable our customers to impress their customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	Zschimmer & Schwarz	Partial evidence	Lahnstein, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	405 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Zschimmer & Schwarz is a global supplier of chemical auxiliaries and specialties headquartered in Lahnstein near Koblenz, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	TFL Group	Partial evidence	Rheinfelden, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	370 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TFL is a globally operating company producing specialty chemicals for the leather industry and related industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15	Nordmann	Partial evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	313 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A leading multinational chemical distribution company with subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and North America, Nordmann distributes natural and chemical raw materials, additives and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16	Altana AG	Partial evidence	Wesel, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	306 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ALTANA is a global leader in true specialty chemicals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	Behn Meyer Group	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	249 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Behn Meyer Group of Companies dates back to 1840 when two young men from Hamburg, Theodor August Behn and Valentin Lorenz Meyer, established Behn, Meyer & Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18	Yncoris Gmbh & Co. KG	Indirect evidence	Hürth, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	243 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “YNCORIS ist als einer der führenden Industriedienstleister der ideale Partner für Chemie-Unternehmen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19	HSH Chemie	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	231 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HSH Chemie is the No.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20	Surtec Group	Partial evidence	Bensheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	227 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SurTec develops, manufactures and supplies chemical specialities for surface finishing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21	Alzchem Group AG	Partial evidence	Trostberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	203 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Alzchem is a globally active specialty chemicals company that is one of the market leaders in most of its fields of activity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22	Petrofer	Indirect evidence	Hildesheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	197 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PETROFER is an internationally operating industrial company with headquarters in Hildesheim, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23	TER Chemicals Distribution Group	Partial evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	191 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TER Chemicals is a globally operating group of trading companies specializing in chemical raw materials and food ingredients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24	BTC Europe	Partial evidence	Monheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	174 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BTC Europe belongs to the world's leading chemical group, BASF – We create chemistry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	Stockmeier Chemie	Indirect evidence	Bielefeld, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	164 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ABOUT US STOCKMEIER Chemie is a company of the STOCKMEIER Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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: production chemical companies. 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 production chemical companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of production chemical companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name production chemical companies. 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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Production chemical companies based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

43.5%Verified-email coverage

203.7Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

12.2%Largest-city concentration · Hamburg

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

161

11-50

134

51-200

104

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 499 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 production chemical 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 “production chemical 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 production chemical 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 production chemical 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, 44,251 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 17, 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.

Production chemical companies by metro

Production chemical companies in Hamburg61

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 production chemical 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 production chemical companies are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 499 production chemical 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?

BASF, headquartered in Ludwigshafen, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most production chemical companies?

Hamburg leads with 61 headquartered companies, followed by Dusseldorf (14) and Essen (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 44,251 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 499 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 17, 2026.

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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.