List of German companies by employees in 1907

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Ammunition production at Friedrich Krupp in 1905.

This is a list of German companies by employees in 1907. The largest 127 companies of the German Empire in 1907 accounted for 7.8 percent of all employees in the German Empire; excluding railways and state-owned enterprises the share was only 3.6 percent. This compares to corresponding percentage shares of 8.2 respectively 4.6 for the United Kingdom at the same time. The largest German companies were predominantly in the heavy industries (mining, coal, iron, iron ore, steel and metals), accounting for 38.7 percent of all employees and the transport and communication sector (railways, postal service, shipping), accounting for 45.4 percent of all employees. State-owned enterprises such as the state railways companies, the postal administration, the Prussian state mines, military workshops and the Imperial shipyards are dominant among the very largest companies.[1]

Companies by employees

The list is based on Wardley (1999), who compiled data from three different sources: the work of Kocka and Siegrist (1979) and Fiedler (1999) on German companies in 1907, and the work of Kunz (1990) on Prussian state-owned enterprises in 1913. Given the shortage of historical employment data some employment numbers are only estimates and some companies might be missing from this list. Employment numbers are including all subsidiaries as long as the parent company is the majority shareholder, that is, holds more than 50 percent of the stock. Employee numbers are not including those employed in foreign subsidiaries. The only two companies in 1907 with large foreign subsidiaries were Siemens with 19.9 percent of the workforce employed abroad (8,542 employees) and Mannesmann with 34 percent of the workforce employed abroad (2,680 employees). With the de Wendel'sche Berg-und Hüttenwerke the list also includes the German subsidiary of the French de Wendel group. Originally this establishment was located in France, but became part of the German empire with the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine in 1871.[2]

Rank Company Employees Industry Source
1. Preußische Staatseisenbahnen 486,318 Railway Fiedler
2. Deutsche Reichspost 277,116 Postal administration Fiedler
3. Preußische Berg-, Hütten-und Salinenverwaltung (English: Prussian state mines) 180,000 (1913 data) Mining Kunz
4. Friedrich Krupp 64,354 Mining and steel Kocka & Siegrist
5. Bayerische Staatseisenbahn 55,295 Railway Fiedler
6. Sächsische Staatseisenbahn 40,000 Railway Fiedler
7. Siemens (Siemens & Halske and Siemens-Schuckert) 34,324 Electrical engineering Fiedler
8. Elsass-Lothringen Reichseisenbahn 32,545 Railway Fiedler
9. Phoenix AG für Bergbau und Hüttenbetrieb 32,000 Mining and steel Fiedler
10. Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-AG 31,261 Mining and steel Fiedler
11. Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft 30,667 Electrical engineering Kocka & Siegrist
12. Preußische Rüstungswerkstätten (English: Prussian military workshops) 30,000(1913 data) Mechanical engineering Kunz
13. Kaiserliche Werften 27,000(1913 data) Shipbuilding Kunz
14. Harpener Bergbau 26,317 Mining Fiedler
15. Badische Staatseisenbahnen 25,709 Railway Fiedler
16. Norddeutscher Lloyd 25,000 Shipping Fiedler
17. Vereinigte Königs- und Laurahütte 24,885 Mining and metals Fiedler
18. Gutehoffnungshütte 21,657 Mining and steel Kocka & Siegrist
19. Mansfeld'sche Kupferschiefer-bauende Gewerkschaft 21,283 Mining and metals Kocka & Siegrist
20. Württembergische Staatseisenbahnen 20,234 Railway Fiedler
21. Bergwerksgesellschaft Hibernia 19,109 Mining Fiedler
22. Gewerkschaft Deutscher Kaiser 18,931 Mining and steel Kocka & Siegrist
23. Gebrüder Stumm GmbH 17,000 Steel Fiedler
24. Hamburg-Amerika Linie 17,000 Shipping Fiedler
25. von Giesche Erben Bergwerksgesellschaft 13,291 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
26. de Wendel'sche Berg-und Hüttenwerke 12,500 Mining and steel Fiedler
27. Hohenlohe-Werke 12,367 Mining and steel Kocka & Siegrist
28. Kattowitzer AG für Bergbau und Hüttenbetrieb 12,218 Mining and steel Fiedler
29. Bochumer Verein 12,173 Mining and steel Fiedler
30. Felten & Guilleaume 11,848 Electrical engineering Fiedler
31. Dortmunder Union 11,605 Mining and steel Kocka & Siegrist
32. Oberschlesische Eisenbahnbedarf 11,500 Mining and steel Kocka & Siegrist
33. Deutsch-Luxemburgische Bergwerks- und Hütten-AG 11,038 Mining and steel Fiedler
34. Ludwig Loewe & Company 11,000 Mechanical engineering Fiedler
35. Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg 10,908 Mechanical engineering Kocka & Siegrist
36. Große Berliner Straßenbahn 10,391 Public transport Fiedler
37. Borsig 10,000 Rail vehicles Fiedler
38. Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden 10,000 Mechanical engineering Kocka & Siegrist
39. Schichau-Werke 10,000 Shipbuilding Fiedler
40. Schlesische AG für Bergbau und Zinkhütten 10,000 Mining and metals Kocka & Siegrist
41. Eschweiler Bergwerksverein 9,648 Mining and steel Fiedler
42. Oberschlesische Eisenindustrie 9,500 Metals Kocka & Siegrist
43. Rheinische Stahlwerke 9,435 Mining and steel Fiedler
44. Rheinpreußen Gewerkschaft 9,277 Mining Fiedler
45. Hoesch Eisen-und Stahlwerk 9,183 Mining and steel Fiedler
46. Gräflich Henckel von Donnersmarckische Verwaltung 9,122 Metals Kocka & Siegrist
47. Badische Anilin-& Soda-Fabrik 8,877 Chemicals Kocka & Siegrist
48. Fürstlich Pless'sche Kohlenbergwerke 8,560 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
49. Donnersmarckhütte 8,000 Mining and steel Kocka & Siegrist
50. Henschel 8,000 Rail vehicles Kocka & Siegrist
51. Norddeutsche Wollkämmerei 8,000 Textiles Kocka & Siegrist
52. Röchling'sche Eisen-und Stahlwerke 8,000 Steel Kocka & Siegrist
53. Villeroy & Boch 8,000 Ceramics Fiedler
54. Farbenfabriken Bayer 7,811 Ceramics Kocka & Siegrist
55. Mathias Stinnes 7,700 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
56. Bismarckhütte 7,505 Steel Fiedler
57. Georgs-Marien-Bergwerks- und Hüttenverein 7,296 Mining and steel Fiedler
58. Rombacher Hüttenwerke 7,120 Steel Fiedler
59. Schalker Gruben- und Hüttenverein 7,091 Steel Fiedler
60. Stettiner Maschinenbau Vulkan 6,748 Shipyard Fiedler
61. Ewald bei Herten Gewerkschaft 6,500 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
62. Kaiserliche Werft Kiel 6,500 Shipbuilding Fiedler
63. Thyssen & Co. 6,489 Mechanical engineering Fiedler
64. Arenbergische AG für Bergwerk und Hüttenbetrieb 6,292 Steel Fiedler
65. Consolidation Bergwerks AG 6,000 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
66. Hoechster Farbwerke 6,000 Chemicals Kocka & Siegrist
67. Zollverein Gewerkschaft 5,958 Mining Fiedler
68. Gerresheimer Glashüttenwerk 5,800 Glass Fiedler
69. Preußische Bergwerksdirektion Recklinghausen 5,745 Mining Fiedler
70. Concordia Bergbau 5,741 Mining Fiedler
71. Constantin der Große Verein Gewerkschaft 5,583 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
72. Leop. Engelhardt & Biermann Cigarettenfabrik 5,523 Tobacco Fiedler
73. Ilseder Hütte 5,400 Steel Fiedler
74. Deutsch-Österreichische Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG 5,200 Steel Fiedler
75. Continental-Caoutchouc-Companie 5,185 Rubber Fiedler
76. König Ludwig Gewerkschaft 5,157 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
77. Graf von Ballestremische Güterverwaltung 5,000 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
78. Gräflich Schaffgotschische Werke GmbH 5,000 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
79. Mülheimer Bergwerksverein 4,933 Mining Fiedler
80. Julius Pintsch AG 4,918 Mechanical Engineering Fiedler
81. Essener Steinkohlenbergwerke 4,840 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
82. Eisenhüttenwerke Thale 4,795 Steel Fiedler
83. Lothringer Hüttenverein Aumetz-Friede 4,700 Steel Fiedler
84. Blohm + Voss 4,630 Shipbuilding Fiedler
85. Breslauer AG für Eisenbau-Wagenbau 4,600 Rail vehicles Fiedler
86. Gewerkschaft des Steinkohlenbergwerks Neumühl 4,600 Mining Fiedler
87. Strassen-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft Hamburg 4,500 Public Transport Fiedler
88. Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik 4,500 Metalware Fiedler
89. Deutsche Bank 4,439 Banking Fiedler
90. Buderus'sche Eisenwerke 4,400 Steel Kocka & Siegrist
91. Vereinigte Gummiwaaren-Fabrik 4,320 Rubber Fiedler
92. Oberschlesische Kokswerke & Chemische Fabrik 4,259 Coal products and chemicals Kocka & Siegrist
93. Graf Bismarck Gewerkschaft 4,234 Mining Fiedler
94. Riebeck'sche Montanwerke 4,104 Chemicals Kocka & Siegrist
95. Friedrich der Große Gewerkschaft 4,076 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
96. Aktien-Gesellschaft Weser 4,059 Shipbuilding Fiedler
97. AG für Bergbau-, Blei-und Zinkfabrikation 4,025 Metals Kocka & Siegrist
98. Bergmann Elektricitäts-Werke 4,000 Electrical engineering Fiedler
99. Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron 4,000 Chemicals Kocka & Siegrist
100. Deutsche Gasglühlicht (Auer-Gesellschaft) 4,000 Electrical engineering Fiedler
101. Luxemburger Bergwerk und Saarbrückener Eisenhütte 4,000 Steel Fiedler
102. Rheinische Metallwaren-und Maschinenfabrik 4,000 Mechanical engineering Kocka & Siegrist
103. Sächsische Maschinenfabrik 4,000 Mechanical engineering Fiedler
104. Königsborn AG für Bergbau 3,927 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
105. Lauchhammer AG 3,774 Steel Fiedler
106. Saar-und Mosel Bergwerks Gesellschaft 3,758 Mining Fiedler
107. Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG 3,744 Mechanical engineering Fiedler
108. Dortmunder Steinkohlebergwerk Louise Tiefbau 3,724 Mining Fiedler
109. Orenstein & Koppel 3,700 Mechanical engineering Kocka & Siegrist
110. Bergwerksgesellschaft Dahlbusch 3,600 Mining Fiedler
111. Maschinenfabrik Gritzner 3,595 Mechanical engineering Fiedler
112. Gasmotorenfabrik Deutz 3,470 Mechanical engineering Kocka & Siegrist
113. Maschinenbauanstalt Humboldt 3,470 Mechanical engineering Fiedler
114. Essener Bergwerksverein König Wilhelm 3,277 Mining Fiedler
115. Zeche Königin Elisabeth 3,150 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
116. Berlin Anhaltische Maschinenbau 3,117 Mechanical engineering Kocka & Siegrist
117. Deutsche Reichsbank 3,084 Banking Fiedler
118. Adlerwerke vormals Heinrich Kleyer 3,000 Mechanical engineering Fiedler
119. Berliner Maschinenbau Schwartzkopff 3,000 Rail vehicles Fiedler
120. Kammgarnspinnerei Stöhr 3,000 Textiles Kocka & Siegrist
121. Gewerkschaft Lothringen 3,000 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
122. Gewerkschaft Mont Cenis 2,978 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
123. Saar- und Mosel-Bergwerks-Gesellschaft 2,933 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
124. Gebrüder Körting 2,800 Mechanical engineering Kocka & Siegrist
125. Gewerkschaft Vereinigte Helene & Amalie 2,598 Mining Kocka & Siegrist
126. Gebrüder Stollwerck 2,500 Food Kocka & Siegrist
127. Portland-Cement-Fabrik AG Heidelberg 2,500 Cement Kocka & Siegrist

See also

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