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Market overview of Craft businesses in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
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Market overview of Craft businesses in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
In Germany there are approximately 8411 Craft businesses.*
* This number is based on our list of Craft businesses in Germany. It contains approximately 8411 company addresses, of which 5050 include an email address. You can find the breakdown by Bundesland in the next section.
Distribution of Craft businesses in Germany by Bundesland.
| Bundesland | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 414 | 4.92 % |
| Bayern | 345 | 4.1 % |
| Berlin | 59 | 0.7 % |
| Brandenburg | 82 | 0.97 % |
| Bremen | 193 | 2.29 % |
| Hamburg | 157 | 1.87 % |
| Hessen | 247 | 2.94 % |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 35 | 0.42 % |
| Niedersachsen | 3128 | 37.18 % |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 2081 | 24.73 % |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 113 | 1.34 % |
| Saarland | 25 | 0.3 % |
| Sachsen | 258 | 3.07 % |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | 1076 | 12.79 % |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 119 | 1.41 % |
| Thüringen | 79 | 0.94 % |
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 craft businesses in Germany