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Feuerwehren in Deutschland
Market overview of Fire departments in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
Current figures, data, facts and statistics on
Market overview of Fire departments in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
In Germany there are approximately 5406 Fire departments.*
* This number is based on our list of Fire departments in Germany. It contains approximately 5406 company addresses, of which 1158 include an email address. You can find the breakdown by Bundesland in the next section.
Distribution of Fire departments in Germany by Bundesland.
| Bundesland | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 648 | 11.98 % |
| Bayern | 1399 | 25.87 % |
| Berlin | 5 | 0.09 % |
| Brandenburg | 274 | 5.07 % |
| Bremen | 5 | 0.09 % |
| Hamburg | 13 | 0.24 % |
| Hessen | 364 | 6.73 % |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 161 | 2.98 % |
| Niedersachsen | 486 | 8.99 % |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 433 | 8.01 % |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 184 | 3.4 % |
| Saarland | 56 | 1.04 % |
| Sachsen | 655 | 12.11 % |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | 222 | 4.11 % |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 271 | 5.01 % |
| Thüringen | 230 | 4.25 % |
All company addresses from this analysis as an immediately usable Excel list — including address, phone number, website, and email address, where publicly available.
List of fire departments in Germany