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Top 25 Vehicle software development companies based in Germany
RevenueBase identified 239 vehicle software development companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 46,946 professional contacts across them, including 11,941 with verified work emails. Munich is the largest hub.
This list covers vehicle software development 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 29, 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 vehicle software development companies based in Germany
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,326 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CARIAD is the automotive software company of the Volkswagen Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 3,012 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We develop the mobility of the future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 2,223 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Elektrobit is the trusted partner in the transition to the software-defined vehicle (SDV).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,613 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ETAS provides vehicle software, middleware, development tools, cloud services, and cybersecurity solutions, helping manufacturers efficiently develop and secure software-defined…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,368 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “dSPACE is a leading provider of simulation and validation solutions worldwide for developing networked, autonomous, and electrically powered vehicles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,187 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As a technology company and partner to all car manufacturers and new mobility players, Valeo has been innovating for 100 years to make mobility cleaner, safer and smarter.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 1,031 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “FEV is a leading independent international service provider of vehicle and powertrain development for hardware and software.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 984 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Data Privacy Notice: https://mbition.io/privacy-policies-legal-notice-social-media/ As a 100% subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG, MBition designs, develops, and delivers…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 676 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We create the mobility of the future: in-tech develops innovative solutions for Automotive, Smart City and Smart Factory.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 671 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ACCESS launched the first mobile web browser in the 1980s and now provides software solutions to over 1.5 billion connected and mobile devices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 669 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Volkswagen Infotainment GmbH develops tomorrow's mobility solutions as a component of the Volkswagen Group, under the CARIAD-umbrella.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 639 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Automotive Systems And Projects – das sind wir, die ASAP Gruppe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 632 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “e.solutions develops highly complex infotainment devices for Audi as well as the other brands of the Volkswagen Group at our sites in Ingolstadt and Erlangen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 580 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a specialized solution provider for complex electronic and IT systems, supporting industries where intelligent mobility and machinery define the future - from passenger…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 552 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die AVL List GmbH („AVL“) mit Hauptsitz in Graz ist eines der weltweit führenden Mobilitäts-Technologieunternehmen für Engineering, Simulation und Testen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 337 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Als 100-prozentige Tochter der AUDI AG verfügen wir über ein breites technisches Leistungsspektrum, mit dem wir die Mobilität der Zukunft mitgestalten.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 329 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Technica Engineering is an electronics company specialized in the design of vehicle electrical systems.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 206 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “As a global leader in virtual test driving technology, IPG Automotive develops innovative simulation solutions for vehicle development.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 195 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Engineering is our Passion We are an international team of more than 850 employees with our own subsidiaries in eight countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 171 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MicroFuzzy GmbH (Estd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 160 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Vision: We ensure that safety-critical vehicle intelligence is reliably validated, trustworthy, and ready for deployment - for every mission.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 154 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MAGNA Telemotive ist ein führender strategischer Entwicklungspartner international agierender Unternehmen im Automotive-Umfeld.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 151 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Als Entwicklungsdienstleister hat sich die KET Karosserie Entwicklung Thurner GmbH in über 30 Jahren einen exzellenten Ruf in der Automobilindustrie erarbeitet.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 127 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “OUR Vision: To become tomorrow’s leading performer in the European automotive embedded software services industry by providing solutions to top-tier customers developed with our…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 127 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Providing solutions to Automakers and Tier 1 Automotive Suppliers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 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: vehicle software development 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 vehicle software development companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of vehicle software development companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name vehicle software development 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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Vehicle software development companies based in Germany at a glance
As of Sep 29, 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 239 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 vehicle software development 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 “vehicle software development 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 vehicle software development 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 vehicle software development 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, 11,941 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 29, 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 vehicle software development 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 vehicle software development companies are there based in Germany?
RevenueBase identified 239 vehicle software development 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?
Cariad, headquartered in Wolfsburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most vehicle software development companies?
Munich leads with 31 headquartered companies, followed by Berlin (18) and Aachen (7).
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 11,941 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 239 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 29, 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.
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