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Market overview of Freight forwarding companies in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
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Market overview of Freight forwarding companies in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
In Germany there are approximately 11352 Freight forwarding companies.*
* This number is based on our list of Freight forwarding companies in Germany. It contains approximately 11352 company addresses, of which 5520 include an email address. You can find the breakdown by Bundesland in the next section.
Distribution of Freight forwarding companies in Germany by Bundesland.
| Bundesland | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 897 | 7.9 % |
| Bayern | 1660 | 14.61 % |
| Berlin | 133 | 1.17 % |
| Brandenburg | 488 | 4.3 % |
| Bremen | 266 | 2.34 % |
| Hamburg | 297 | 2.61 % |
| Hessen | 860 | 7.57 % |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 85 | 0.75 % |
| Niedersachsen | 1362 | 11.99 % |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 2468 | 21.73 % |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 472 | 4.15 % |
| Saarland | 83 | 0.73 % |
| Sachsen | 1309 | 11.52 % |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | 492 | 4.33 % |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 261 | 2.3 % |
| Thüringen | 219 | 1.93 % |
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 freight forwarding companies in Germany