On a Large Scale and on a Small Scale
Volkswagen, TUI, Continental, Rossmann and many other corporations that enjoy a worldwide reputation are based in Niedersachsen. Along with traditional industry sectors such as shipbuilding and the food-processing industry there are major services and biotechnology enterprises.
Niedersachsen is the home of approx. 290,000 businesses. 99.8 percent of these are small and medium-sized enterprises which also represent success abroad.
Niedersachsen Top 100 Businesses 2010
| Rang* |
Unternehmen |
Sitz | Wert- schöpfung (€ Mio) |
Beschäftigte 2010 |
| 1 (1) |
Volkswagen AG (K) |
Wolfsburg |
32.922,0 |
388.536 |
| Volkswagen AG Straßenfahrzeugbau |
Wolfsburg | 10.898,0 | 98.191 | |
| Volkswagen Leasing GmbH Finanzdienstleistung |
Braunschweig | 2.045,0 | 6.690 | |
| Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge Straßenfahrzeugbau |
Hannover | 402,7 | 616 | |
| 2 (2) | Continental AG (K) Automobilzuliefer-Industrie |
Hannover | 2.979,1 | 144.941 |
| ContiTech Holding GmbH (K) Automobilzuliefer-Industrie |
Hannover |
1.677,4 |
25.833 |
|
| 3 (3) | TUI AG (K) Touristik |
Hannover | 16.350,1 | 65.74 |
| TUI AG Touristik |
Hannover | 658,8 | 303 | |
| 4 (4) |
Salzgitter AG (K) |
Salzgitter | 8.305,0 | 23.190 |
| Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH Stahlerzeugung |
Salzgitter | 2.509,9 | 4.445 | |
| DEUMU Deutsche Erz- und Metall-Union GmbH Metallrecycling |
Peine | 623,3 | 250 | |
| Peiner Träger GmbH Metallindustrie |
Peine | 526,8 | 1.143 | |
| 5 (5) | EWE AG (K) Energieversorgung |
Oldenburg | 6.969,6 | 8.464 |
| EWE ENERGIE AG Energieversorgung |
Oldenburg | 4.381,7 | 778 | |
| EWE Netz GmbH Energieversorgung |
Oldenburg | 1.996,7 | 1.703 | |
| 6 (6) | AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG (K) Agrarhandel |
Hannover | 5.435,3 | 4.864 |
| 7 (7) | MGL Metro Group Logistics Warehousing GmbH & Co. KG Großhandel und Logistik |
Sarstedt | 4.866,2 | 3.204 |
| 8 (8) | hagebau Handels-GmbH für Baustoffe & Co. KG Groß- und Einzelhandel (Baustoffe), Baumärkte |
Soltau | 4.160,6 | 308 |
| 9 (10) | Enercon GmbH Herstellung und Btreb von Windenergieanlagen |
Aurich | 3.688,2 | 605 |
| 10 (9) | E.ON Avacon AG (K) Energieversorgung |
Helmstedt | 3.675,5 | 2.739 |
| 11 (17) | Unternehmensgruppe Hellmann (K) Verkehrsgewerbe |
Osnabrück | 3.024,4 | 7.390 |
| 12 (12) | Dirk Rossmann GmbH Groß- und Einzelhandel (Drogerieartikel) |
Burgwedel | 2.955,0 | 17.428 |
| 13 (16) | Faurecia Automotive GmbH (K) Automobilzuliefer-Industrie |
Stadthagen | 2.898,7 | 9.986 |
| 14 (20) | KME AG (K) NE-Metallindustrie |
Osnabrück | 2.718,7 | 6.461 |
| KME Germany AG & Co. KG NE-Metallindustrie |
Osnabrück | 1.405.7 | 2.830 | |
| 15 (14) | EDEKA Minden-Hannover Stiftung & Co. KG Großhandel (Lebensmittel) |
Hannover | 2.495,0 | 12.033 |
| 16 (11) | Stadtwerke Hannover AG Energieversorgung, Energiedienstleistungen |
Hannover | 2.482,4 | 2.416 |
| Stadtwerke Hannover AG (K) Energieversorgung, Energiedienstleistungen |
Hannover | 2.422,5 | 2.700 | |
| 17 (15) | Dow Deutschland Anlagen-GmbH Chemische Industrie |
Stade | 2.420,0 | 2.260 |
| 18 (18) |
Georgsmarienhütte Holding (K) |
Georgs-marienhütte | 2.403,9 | 10.210 |
| Georgsmarienhütte GmbH Eisen- und Stahlerzeugung |
Georgs-marienhütte | 610,4 | 1.096 | |
| 19 (24) | Novelis Deutschland GmbH | Göttingen | 2.159,6 | 2.307 |
| 20 (25) | BASF Polyurethanes Europe Group Chemische Industrie |
Lemförde | 2.103,8 | 1.887 |
* Vorjahresrang in Klammern, (K) konsolidierte Konzern- (bzw. Gruppen-) Angabe
Quelle: Broschüre "Wirtschaft Niedersachsen NORD/LB", Stand 2011
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The 100 largest companies in Niedersachsen (analyses and comments by Nord/LB November 2011)
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) dominate the business scene in Niedersachsen. SMEs employing less than 500 people, are often very innovative. They are the economy's driving force and determine the economic structure of the state. Statistically speaking, 99.6 % of the state's enterprises fall into this category. Around 71.5 % of Niedersachsens employees subject to social-security contributions work in smaller enterprises. SMEs are the training provider par excellence: over 78 % of those undergoing traineeships do so within the small-business community.
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