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Market overview of Executive search firms in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
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Market overview of Executive search firms in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
In Germany there are approximately 2923 Executive search firms.*
* This number is based on our list of Executive search firms in Germany. It contains approximately 2923 company addresses, of which 1930 include an email address. You can find the breakdown by Bundesland in the next section.
Distribution of Executive search firms in Germany by Bundesland.
| Bundesland | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 376 | 12.85 % |
| Bayern | 251 | 8.58 % |
| Berlin | 50 | 1.71 % |
| Brandenburg | 45 | 1.54 % |
| Bremen | 72 | 2.46 % |
| Hamburg | 118 | 4.03 % |
| Hessen | 331 | 11.31 % |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 18 | 0.61 % |
| Niedersachsen | 351 | 11.99 % |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 743 | 25.38 % |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 100 | 3.42 % |
| Saarland | 25 | 0.85 % |
| Sachsen | 251 | 8.58 % |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | 95 | 3.25 % |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 69 | 2.36 % |
| Thüringen | 28 | 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.
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