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Privatschulen in Deutschland
Market overview of Private schools 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 Private schools in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
In Germany there are approximately 1331 Private schools.*
* This number is based on our list of Private schools in Germany. It contains approximately 1331 company addresses, of which 761 include an email address. You can find the breakdown by Bundesland in the next section.
Distribution of Private schools in Germany by Bundesland.
| Bundesland | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 123 | 9.24 % |
| Bayern | 150 | 11.27 % |
| Berlin | 61 | 4.58 % |
| Brandenburg | 25 | 1.88 % |
| Bremen | 18 | 1.35 % |
| Hamburg | 91 | 6.84 % |
| Hessen | 226 | 16.98 % |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 59 | 4.43 % |
| Niedersachsen | 114 | 8.56 % |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 178 | 13.37 % |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 69 | 5.18 % |
| Saarland | 15 | 1.13 % |
| Sachsen | 29 | 2.18 % |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | 32 | 2.4 % |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 136 | 10.22 % |
| Thüringen | 5 | 0.38 % |
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 private schools in Germany