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Top Manufacturing & Industrial Employers in Germany 2026

Last updated

October 2026

Companies

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The PerceptionX Employer Visibility Index ranks 78 Manufacturing & Industrial employers in Germany by how often they appear in AI assistants' answers — ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Perplexity — when candidates ask where they should work and why. Data period: October 2026. Read the methodology.

Bosch

Siemens

BASF

RankCompanyChangeEVI

Bosch▲ 187.2 2

Siemens▼ 184.6 3

BASF▲ 169.2 4

Volkswagen—61.5 6

Thyssenkrupp▲ 1046.2 7

Continental▲ 1743.6 8

Mercedes-Benz▼ 243.6 9

Daimler▼ 235.9 10

Henkel▼ 228.2 11

ZF Friedrichshafen▲ 628.2 12

Audi▲ 220.5 13

Schaeffler▲ 720.5 14

Porsche▼ 317.9 15

TRUMPF▼ 512.8 16

Bayer—10.3 17

Evonik▲ 1710.3 18

Skoda—10.3 19

Endress+Hauser—7.7 21

Infineon▼ 127.7 22

Krones—7.7 23

Siemens Energy▼ 87.7 24

Wacker Chemie▲ 307.7 26

Windmöller & Hölscher—7.7

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ABB—5.1

Airbus▼ 105.1 29

Covestro—5.1 30

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FANUC—5.1

HeidelbergCement—5.1 33

Knorr-Bremse—5.1 34

Lufthansa—5.1 35

Merck▲ 65.1 36

Salzgitter—5.1 37

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SEAT—5.1

adidas▼ 262.6 40

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems—2.6 41

DMG Mori—2.6 43

Festo▼ 312.6 44

Friedhelm Loh Group—2.6 45

GEA▼ 262.6 46

Google▼ 102.6 47

Haver & Boecker—2.6 48

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen—2.6 49

Hochland—2.6 50

Kärcher▼ 262.6 52

K.A. Schmersal—2.6 53

Liebherr—2.6 54

MAN Diesel & Turbo—2.6 56

MAN SE—2.6 57

Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen—2.6 58

MTU Aero Engines—2.6 61

Nabtesco—2.6 62

Rheinmetall▼ 172.6 64

Sartorius—2.6 65

Schmersal—2.6 66

Schneider Electric—2.6 67

Schüco—2.6 68

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Siemens Gamesa—2.6

Siemens Gas And Power—2.6 71

Stihl▼ 192.6 72

Syntegon▼ 512.6

73

Traton—2.6

Viessmann—2.6 75

VSB Group—2.6 76

Vw Nutzfahrzeuge—2.6 77

Previously ranked in Manufacturing & Industrial (Germany)

These employers appeared in an earlier edition of the index but are not in the current ranking. Their profiles show the data from the last period in which they ranked.

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Manufacturing & Industrial rankings in other markets

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates143 🇨🇳China135 🇬🇧United Kingdom117 🇺🇸United States98 🇧🇷Brazil88 🇫🇷France73 🇮🇳India59

Machine-readable data: https://employers.perceptionx.ai/api/rankings/manufacturing-and-industrial/de · API docs · All industries