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Top 25 Recycling companies based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 1,910 recycling companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 20,501 professional contacts across them, including 7,257 with verified work emails and 401 with mobile numbers. Berlin is the largest hub.
This list covers recycling 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 7, 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 recycling companies based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | RevenueBase Smart Search | Contacts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indirect evidence | 1,276 contacts → | |||
“Aurubis AG is a leading global provider of non-ferrous metals and one of the largest copper recyclers worldwide.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | Strong evidence | 905 contacts → | |||
“REMONDIS is one of the world’s leading privately run recycling, service and water companies with around 800 business locations in over 30 countries and across four continents.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | Strong evidence | 728 contacts → | |||
“Speira is a leading European aluminium rolling and recycling company, comprising a total of eleven recycling and production sites in Germany and Norway plus own research and…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | Indirect evidence | 559 contacts → | |||
“ALBA ist einer der führenden Umweltdienstleister und Rohstoffversorger in Europa.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | Strong evidence | 530 contacts → | |||
“At TOMRA Recycling, we are transforming resource recovery through advanced waste and metal sorting that turns waste into value.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | Indirect evidence | 439 contacts → | |||
“Enabling the circular economy.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | Indirect evidence | 330 contacts → | |||
“At Reverse Logistics Group (RLG), we support thousands of customers worldwide on their journeys to become active contributors to the circular economy, ensuring a better planet for…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | Indirect evidence | 329 contacts → | |||
“Wir schaffen die Kreislaufgesellschaft.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | Indirect evidence | 312 contacts → | |||
“Heraeus Precious Metals is one of the world’s leading players in the precious metals industry.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | Indirect evidence | 295 contacts → | |||
“Die EEW Energy from Waste GmbH (EEW) ist eines der führenden Unternehmen in Europa auf dem Gebiet der thermischen Abfall- und Klärschlammverwertung.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | Indirect evidence | 275 contacts → | |||
“As a global supplier of cutting-edge energy materials for lithium batteries, we strive to lead the energy industry by fostering technological innovation, whilst advocating for…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | Indirect evidence | 273 contacts → | |||
“afb is the first non profit IT Asset Recovery Solution Provider in Europe.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | Indirect evidence | 256 contacts → | |||
“Cabka is creating clever and transformative packaging solutions for moving goods around the world.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | Indirect evidence | 240 contacts → | |||
“Die TSR Group gibt Metallen ein neues Leben.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | Indirect evidence | 169 contacts → | |||
“Since 1971, HSM has pursued a clear strategy – a consistent commitment to quality “Made in Germany”.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | Strong evidence | 151 contacts → | |||
“REMONDIS Recycling is a recycling specialist for glass and plastics.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | Strong evidence | 126 contacts → | |||
“Nehlsen is a future-oriented company with the core business areas of recycling, waste disposal and cleaning and more than 2,500 employees at 76 national and international…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | Strong evidence | 111 contacts → | |||
“cylib GmbH is a research-based company for holistic battery recycling enabling the green energy transition by ensuring the supply of sustainable raw materials for the battery…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | Indirect evidence | 106 contacts → | |||
“CRONIMET, founded in Karlsruhe in 1980, is a global specialist for stainless steel scrap, ferroalloys and primary metals.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | Indirect evidence | 104 contacts → | |||
“The German engineering company Lindemann was founded in 1913 and quickly built an excellent internationally reputation as manufacturer and supplier for high-quality metal…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | Indirect evidence | 99 contacts → | |||
“Aus Tradition Neues wagen!” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | Indirect evidence | 97 contacts → | |||
“Wer wir sind: Die Rohstoffe der Welt sind begrenzt.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | Indirect evidence | 97 contacts → | |||
“Als Pioniere der Branche - und nun bereits in der vierten Generation unabhängig - zählt Lobbe zu den führenden Unternehmen in der Kreislaufwirtschaft und im Industrieservice.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | Indirect evidence | 86 contacts → | |||
“REMEX specialises in the professional management of mineral waste and the recovery of the resources it contains.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | Indirect evidence | 80 contacts → | |||
“The Doppstadt Group Doppstadt, a family-run company with headquarters in Velbert, Germany, was founded in 1965.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 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: recycling 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 recycling companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of recycling companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name recycling 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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Recycling companies based in Germany at a glance
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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 recycling 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 “recycling 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 recycling 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 recycling 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, 7,257 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 7, 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.
Recycling companies by metro
- Recycling companies in Berlin70
- Recycling companies in Hamburg47
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 recycling 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 recycling companies are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 1,910 recycling 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?
Aurubis, headquartered in Hamburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most recycling companies?
Berlin leads with 70 headquartered companies, followed by Hamburg (47) and Munchen (21).
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 7,257 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,910 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 7, 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.