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Zeitungsverlage in Deutschland
Market overview of Newspaper publishers 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 Newspaper publishers in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
In Germany there are approximately 1316 Newspaper publishers.*
* This number is based on our list of Newspaper publishers in Germany. It contains approximately 1316 company addresses, of which 685 include an email address. You can find the breakdown by Bundesland in the next section.
Distribution of Newspaper publishers in Germany by Bundesland.
| Bundesland | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 160 | 12.16 % |
| Bayern | 194 | 14.74 % |
| Berlin | 68 | 5.17 % |
| Brandenburg | 23 | 1.75 % |
| Bremen | 12 | 0.91 % |
| Hamburg | 16 | 1.22 % |
| Hessen | 134 | 10.18 % |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 22 | 1.67 % |
| Niedersachsen | 128 | 9.73 % |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 288 | 21.88 % |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 75 | 5.7 % |
| Saarland | 10 | 0.76 % |
| Sachsen | 55 | 4.18 % |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | 51 | 3.88 % |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 43 | 3.27 % |
| Thüringen | 37 | 2.81 % |
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 newspaper publishers in Germany