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Major companies in Bremen

List of the largest companies and employers in the city

Major companies in Bremen
A selection of large companies in Bremen. © Pusch, Airbus, BLG, Mercedes-Benz

When talking about Bremen's major companies, Mercedes-Benz inevitably comes to mind. The city's largest private employer produces up to 400,000 vehicles with the iconic star on their bonnets. The corporation has 12,000 workers at its plant in the Bremen district of Sebaldsbrück.

In addition to Mercedes-Benz, a number of other big-ticket firms have made their home in Germany's eighth-largest industrial hub. They are mainly from the four pillars of Bremen's economy: the automotive sector, the maritime economy and logistics, wind energy, and the aerospace industry. Among the big players in these areas are Airbus, the BLG Logistics Group, ArcelorMittal and Atlas Elektronik.

But large corporations from other sectors have also settled in Bremen and Bremerhaven, most notably from the food industry, with big names including Anheuser-Busch InBev, Nordsee and Frozen Fish.

These are some of the major companies, in order of their number of employees in Bremen.

(This list is not intended to be exhaustive. All figures from 2022.)

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Mercedes-Benz Werk Bremen
Automotive
Gesundheit Nord gGmbH Klinikverbund Bremen
Gesundheitswirtschaft / Health Economics
BLG Logistics Group AG & Co. KG
Logistik / Logistics
Maritime Wirtschaft / Maritime industry
Airbus Group
Luft- u. Raumfahrt / Aerospace
Employees 4500
www.airbus.com
ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH
Stahlerzeugung / Steel production
swb AG
Umwelttechnologie / Environmental Technology
wirtschaftsnahe Dienstleistungen / business-related services
Employees 2255
www.swb-gruppe.de
Bremer Straßenbahn AG
ÖPNV / Public transport
Employees 2217
www.bsag.de
Deutsche Post DHL Group (Stand 2018)
Logistik / Logistics
Employees 2200
www.deutschepost.de
Klinikum Bremerhaven-Reinkenheide gemeinnützige GmbH
Gesundheitswirtschaft / Health Economics
AWO Bremen
Wohlfahrtsverband / Welfare Association
Employees 1700
www.awo-bremen.de/
Nordsee-Medienverbund
Design & Medien / Design & Media
WESER-KURIER Mediengruppe
Design & Medien / Design & Media
Employees 1578
www.weser-kurier.de