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Market overview of Football Clubs 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 Football Clubs in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
In Germany there are approximately 719 Football Clubs.*
* This number is based on our list of Football Clubs in Germany. It contains approximately 719 company addresses, of which 502 include an email address. You can find the breakdown by Bundesland in the next section.
Distribution of Football Clubs in Germany by Bundesland.
| Bundesland | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 37 | 5.08 % |
| Bayern | 76 | 10.43 % |
| Berlin | 3 | 0.41 % |
| Brandenburg | 3 | 0.41 % |
| Bremen | 3 | 0.41 % |
| Hamburg | 32 | 4.39 % |
| Hessen | 166 | 22.77 % |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 12 | 1.65 % |
| Niedersachsen | 47 | 6.45 % |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 135 | 18.52 % |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 86 | 11.8 % |
| Saarland | 20 | 2.74 % |
| Sachsen | 15 | 2.06 % |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | 6 | 0.82 % |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 71 | 9.74 % |
| Thüringen | 7 | 0.96 % |
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 football clubs in Germany