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Top 25 Specialty chemicals companies based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 375 specialty chemicals companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 103,833 professional contacts across them, including 45,497 with verified work emails and 11,890 with mobile numbers. Hamburg is the largest hub.

This list covers specialty chemicals 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 6, 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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375Companies
103,833Contacts tracked
45,497Verified emails
11,890Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest specialty chemicals companies based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 375 specialty chemicals companies based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to specialty chemicals 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 evidenceLudwigshafen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+54,344 contacts →

“At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
2Indirect evidenceEssen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+12,861 contacts →

“Evonik goes beyond the boundaries of chemistry with its combination of innovative strength and leading technological expertise.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
3Partial evidenceEssen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+9,954 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
4Strong evidenceKöln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+7,843 contacts →

“LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 5.7 billion in 2025.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
5Partial evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+4,495 contacts →

“We are a leading player and one of the world’s most research-intensive chemical and biotechnology companies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
6Indirect evidenceTübingen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000821 contacts →

“SMART CHEMISTRY WITH CHARACTER.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
7Strong evidenceWesel, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000785 contacts →

“BYK is a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
8Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000554 contacts →

“HELM AG is a Hamburg-based family company established in 1900.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
9Partial evidenceLiedberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000535 contacts →

“The OQEMA Group, formerly Overlack, is one of the five largest chemical distributors in Germany and one of the top ten in Europe.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
10Strong evidenceBudenheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000447 contacts →

“Budenheim is a global specialty chemical company.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
11Strong evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000423 contacts →

“Süd-Chemie is a highly-innovative, listed, specialty chemicals company headquartered in Munich.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
12Partial evidenceDuisburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 2026501-1,000420 contacts →

“With best chemical products we enable our customers to impress their customers.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
13Strong evidenceLahnstein, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000405 contacts →

“Zschimmer & Schwarz is a global supplier of chemical auxiliaries and specialties headquartered in Lahnstein near Koblenz, Germany.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
14Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 2026501-1,000313 contacts →

“A leading multinational chemical distribution company with subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and North America, Nordmann distributes natural and chemical raw materials, additives and…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
15Strong evidenceWesel, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 20265,001-10,000306 contacts →

“ALTANA is a global leader in true specialty chemicals.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
16Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000249 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
17Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-500231 contacts →

“HSH Chemie is the No.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
18Strong evidenceBensheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-500227 contacts →

“SurTec develops, manufactures and supplies chemical specialities for surface finishing.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
19Strong evidenceTrostberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000203 contacts →

“Alzchem is a globally active specialty chemicals company that is one of the market leaders in most of its fields of activity.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
20Strong evidenceOffenbach, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-500203 contacts →

“Bodo Möller Chemie is one of the leading distributors of speciality chemical products and bonding solutions in Europe.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
21Indirect evidenceHildesheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000197 contacts →

“PETROFER is an internationally operating industrial company with headquarters in Hildesheim, Germany.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
22Partial evidenceMonheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-500174 contacts →

“BTC Europe belongs to the world's leading chemical group, BASF – We create chemistry.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
23Indirect evidenceBielefeld, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000164 contacts →

“ABOUT US STOCKMEIER Chemie is a company of the STOCKMEIER Group.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
24Indirect evidenceMünster, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 2026501-1,000152 contacts →

“COMPO EXPERT GmbH with headquarters in Münster/Westphalia is an international company with 21 sales offices in Europe, North and South America as well as in Asia and Africa.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
25Strong evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000139 contacts →

“As a specialty chemicals company, the H&R Group is active worldwide in the development and manufacture of crude oil-based specialty chemical and pharmaceutical products and in the…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026

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Specialty chemicals companies based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 6, 2026
43.8%Verified-email coverage
11.5%Mobile-number coverage
276.9Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
12.5%Largest-city concentration · Hamburg
Sep 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
116
11-50
104
51-200
77
201-500
26
501-1,000
19
1,001-5,000
20
5,001-10,000
3
10001+
8

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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 specialty chemicals 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 “specialty chemicals 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 specialty chemicals 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 specialty chemicals 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, 45,497 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 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Specialty chemicals companies by metro

  • Specialty chemicals 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 specialty chemicals 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 specialty chemicals companies are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 375 specialty chemicals 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 specialty chemicals companies?

Hamburg leads with 47 headquartered companies, followed by Dusseldorf (11) and Berlin (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 45,497 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 375 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 6, 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.