Software makers in Germany

75 organizations in Germany that make software listed on AirStack: businesses ranked by headcount as Wikidata dates it (2015 or later), then every other maker A to Z.

Largest businesses by headcount

#	Maker	Country	Founded	Employees, as Wikidata records it	Products listed
1	Mercedes-Benz Group	Germany	1998	168,336 (2023)	1
2	SAP	Germany	1972	106,043 (2023)	7
3	Vector Informatik	Germany	1988	2,440 (2021)	3
4	SUSE	Germany	1992	2,000 (2021)	5
5	PTV Group	Germany	1979	900 (2019)	1
6	Buhl Data Service	Germany	1986	800 (2026)	1
7	Robotron Datenbank-Software GmbH	Germany	1990	526 (2017)	1
8	Avira	Germany	1986	459 (2017)	1
9	sevDesk GmbH	Germany	2013	230 (2025)	1
10	Cultured Code	Germany	2004	5 (2023)	1

Every other maker, A to Z

Maker	Country	Founded	Employees, as Wikidata records it	Products listed
Abas Software AG	Germany	1980	Not recorded	1
Ableton	Germany	1999	Not recorded	1
AbsInt	Germany	1998	Not recorded	1
Adiscon GmbH	Germany	1997	Not recorded	1
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research	Germany	1980	Not recorded	1
Ashampoo	Germany	1999	Not recorded	4
Bellevue Investments	Germany	1993	Not recorded	1
Blue Systems	Germany	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Boinx Software	Germany	1996	Not recorded	1
Bundeswehr	Germany	1955	186,221 (2026)	1
CFosSpeed	Germany	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Cliqz GmbH	Germany	2008	Not recorded	1
Deutscher Wetterdienst	Germany	1952	Not recorded	1
European XFEL	Germany	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Evorim GmbH	Germany	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Federal Statistical Office of Germany	Germany	1948	2,553 (2023)	1
Forschungszentrum Jülich	Germany	1956	Not recorded	1
Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems	Germany	1988	Not recorded	1
Fraunhofer Society	Germany	1949	30,350 (2022)	1
fruux GmbH	Germany	2010	Not recorded	2
Fugro Germany Land	Germany	1975	Not recorded	1
German Aerospace Center	Germany	1907	Not recorded	1
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment	Germany	2002	Not recorded	1
Governikus KG	Germany	1999	Not recorded	2
Greenbone AG	Germany	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Haage & Partner	Germany	1995	Not recorded	1
INTREXX GmbH	Germany	1998	Not recorded	1
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Germany	2009	Not recorded	2
KDE e.V.	Germany	1997	Not recorded	1
Kitodo. Key to digital objects	Germany	2012	Not recorded	1
komoot GmbH	Germany	2010	Not recorded	1
LaserSoft Imaging	Germany	1986	Not recorded	1
Liquid Democracy e.V.	Germany	2009	Not recorded	1
MAGIX Software GmbH	Germany	1993	Not recorded	5
Mastodon gGmbH	Germany	2021	Not recorded	1
Max Planck Institute for Informatics	Germany	1988	Not recorded	1
MAXON Computer	Germany	1986	Not recorded	2
Molecular Simulations from First Principles e.V.	Germany	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Native Instruments	Germany	1996	Not recorded	4
Omninet	Germany	1995	Not recorded	1
OTRS Group	Germany	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
ownCloud GmbH	Germany	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Paragon Software Group	Germany	1994	Not recorded	2
RARLAB	Germany	2002	Not recorded	2
Rěčny centrum WITAJ	Germany	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Schlafender Hase GmbH	Germany	2001	Not recorded	1
SHAPE Services	Germany	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Siemens Digital Industries Software	Germany	1963	Not recorded	3
Skymatic GmbH	Germany	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
SoftMaker Software GmbH	Germany	1987	Not recorded	5
Software AG	Germany	1969	Not recorded	4
Star Division	Germany	1985	Not recorded	1
SYSGO	Germany	1991	Not recorded	2
Technical University of Darmstadt	Germany	1877	5,173 (2023)	1
The Document Foundation	Germany	2010	Not recorded	8
Trados	Germany	1984	Not recorded	1
Tribe29 GmbH	Germany	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
uib GmbH	Germany	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
University of Duisburg-Essen	Germany	1972	6,070 (2021)	1
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg	Germany	1961	Not recorded	2
University of Kassel	Germany	1971	Not recorded	1
University of Siegen	Germany	1972	1,177 (2022)	1
Veyon Solutions	Germany	2017	Not recorded	1
WhereGroup	Germany	2007	Not recorded	1
Zuse Institute Berlin	Germany	1984	Not recorded	2

A headcount is shown with the year Wikidata gives for it; “Not recorded” means Wikidata has none.