Medium-Sized Companies in Bremen Showcasing the Full Range of the Local Economy

Medium-sized companies form the backbone of Bremen’s economy. They create jobs and produce goods that are in demand worldwide. Here is a selection of ten businesses that illustrate the diversity of Bremen’s economic landscape.

What Defines a Medium-Sized Company? That’s not so easy to pin down. Several different definitions can be considered.

For our list of ten exemplary medium-sized companies in Bremen, we adopt the second definition. This allows us to show a greater variety of companies in the city and also provides a seamless link to our list of large companies in Bremen, which begins at 500 employees.

The following list highlights companies that reflect Bremen’s economic diversity. The city’s strengths lie in clusters such as aerospace, maritime economy and logistics, wind energy, automotive, and food & beverage production. Cross-cutting fields like IT technologies, hydrogen, and 3D printing also play an important role. With more than 1,000 medium-sized enterprises, this selection is just a starting point. Many more can be found in our business directory.

10 Medium-Sized Companies in Bremen

1. Manfred J.C. Niemann Zentrale KG
   Niemet, a family-owned business, is one of Europe’s leading distributors of semi-finished metal products like pipes, sheets, strips, and similar materials. The company specializes in non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, copper, brass, bronze, and special alloys. Its Bremen site covers 60,000 square meters of storage space. Across 16 locations, the company operates 29 subsidiaries with around 300 employees.
2. ENSO eCommerce GmbH
   Rethinking local supply: The Bremen-based company Tante Enso aims to close gaps in regional retail. It runs both an online supermarket and about 60 physical stores in areas with little or no shopping infrastructure, often in small rural communities. These “Tante Enso” shops operate without permanent staff at the checkout. Entry is reserved for registered members with a myEnso card, saving personnel costs and making rural supply feasible. With 400 employees, the cooperative model also allows members to buy shares and participate in decision-making.
3. OMNILAB-LABORZENTRUM GmbH & Co. KG
   From pipettes to gas chromatographs: Omnilab supplies laboratories with equipment. Customers can choose from 10,000 items via the online shop, including devices, consumables, and common chemicals. With 130 employees across three countries, the company also offers services such as laboratory planning.
4. Karibu Holztechnik GmbH
   Every year, Karibu produces around 100,000 wooden garden houses, saunas, carports, and gazebos, making it a market leader in online sales. A special feature: almost the entire product range is made in Germany, part of it directly in Bremen. Around 200 employees ensure the company remains firmly rooted in its wooden tradition.
5. Team Beverage AG
   Team Beverage brings together retail and wholesale companies in the beverage trade to negotiate better terms and streamline procurement processes. The company handles 3.9 billion products annually (such as beer bottles or cans), with a combined total turnover of €1.3 billion across all participating retailers. Having relocated to Bremen in 2018, Team Beverage now employs 264 people.
6. Brüning Group
   Founded in 1992 as a small organic gardening business, Brüning has grown into a leading specialist in biomass trading. The company supplies materials such as wood chips, waste wood, and landscape maintenance by-products as fuels for biomass power plants. With 250 employees, the company moved into its new headquarters in Bremen’s Überseestadt in 2023.
7. Governikus GmbH & Co. KG
   This IT company specializes in security applications for public authorities. Its products include services for digital ID card functions and internal government software. Meeting the highest security standards is essential—something ensured by its 335 employees across Bremen, Berlin, Erfurt, Kempten and Cologne.
8. Affinis AG
   Implementing SAP or Microsoft software across small and large enterprises is complex, often requiring adjustments to every business process. Affinis AG, with 350 employees, specializes in exactly that – bringing the latest cloud and AI technologies into companies. The group operates eleven locations, including branches in Spain, Hungary, and Portugal.
9. Emigholz GmbH
   Whether it’s tires, rims, exhaust systems, or batteries – Emigholz offers full automotive and truck service. The company runs 17 workshops and service centers across northwest Germany with around 200 employees.
10. TERRATRANS Internationale Spedition GmbH
    As a major logistics hub in northern Germany, Bremen would not be complete without freight forwarding. Terratrans has been in the transport business for over 50 years, handling land and sea freight, intermodal transport, and warehousing. With 180 employees, two international sites in Italy, and a strong focus on innovation (for example, CEO Arne Müller recently joined a Bremen delegation to Silicon Valley), the company is determined to remain a key player in logistics.