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Market overview of Recruitment agencies in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
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Market overview of Recruitment agencies in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
In Germany there are approximately 3917 Recruitment agencies.*
* This number is based on our list of Recruitment agencies in Germany. It contains approximately 3917 company addresses, of which 2464 include an email address. You can find the breakdown by Bundesland in the next section.
Distribution of Recruitment agencies in Germany by Bundesland.
| Bundesland | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 444 | 11.31 % |
| Bayern | 325 | 8.28 % |
| Berlin | 89 | 2.27 % |
| Brandenburg | 116 | 2.95 % |
| Bremen | 78 | 1.99 % |
| Hamburg | 146 | 3.72 % |
| Hessen | 315 | 8.02 % |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 35 | 0.89 % |
| Niedersachsen | 452 | 11.51 % |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 825 | 21.01 % |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 125 | 3.18 % |
| Saarland | 19 | 0.48 % |
| Sachsen | 631 | 16.07 % |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | 150 | 3.82 % |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 90 | 2.29 % |
| Thüringen | 77 | 1.96 % |
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 recruitment agencies in Germany