MARKET ANALYSIS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING GERMANY: TOP 100 RANKING
The new market analysis Mechanical Engineering Germany 2020 by MEYER INDUSTRY RESEARCH, published in March 2020, provides an overview of the 100 leading mechanical engineering companies in Germany, their sales and employee figures as well as data on the profitability of the industry. The study is available for download free of charge on our website.
Industry diversity - from global player to hidden champion: whether machine tools, packaging machines or plastics and rubber processing machines - German machinery manufacturers are among the leaders in the world market. Our market study on the top 100 mechanical engineering companies in Germany shows both well-known global players such as GEA, Voith or KUKA. At the same time, our ranking of Germany's leading mechanical engineering companies also includes numerous hidden champions that also employ hundreds or thousands of people and are among the market and technology leaders worldwide within their machine category.
MATTHIAS MEYER, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MEYER INDUSTRY RESEARCH, ON THE MARKET STUDY
"In our market analysis projects, we repeatedly see how diverse the corporate landscape in mechanical engineering is and how strongly individual market segments are characterized by specialized hidden champions. In many cases, international investors have recently invested in German mechanical engineering companies. Against this background, we wanted to take a closer look at the high-performing German companies behind them and have compiled a ranking of the leading 100 German mechanical engineering companies. We believe that our market study on the leading mechanical engineering companies can be a helpful source of information for our customers and interested parties."
RISING SALES, BUT STAGNATING PROFITS AT TOP 100 MACHINE BUILDERS
Growing sales: At 3.8%, the German TOP 100 mechanical engineering companies grew faster in 2018 than the mechanical engineering market as a whole (2.8%, VDMA) and also faster than the German economy (1.5%, Destatis). Compared with 2017, however, growth at the TOP 100 slowed significantly.
Employment continues to rise: The number of employees at the TOP 100 mechanical engineering companies rose by 3.0% to around 281,000 in 2018, roughly in line with the sector trend (+3.2%, VDMA).
Stagnating profits: The average EBIT margin of the top 100 mechanical engineering companies was 6.7% in 2018. Compared with previous years, this shows a sideways movement in profitability.
Increased labor productivity: In 2018 the TOP 100 mechanical engineering companies in Germany increased their sales per employee by 0.8%, while in the same period labor productivity in the mechanical engineering sector as a whole decreased by 0.5%. This means that the top 100 mechanical engineering companies were able to increase efficiency significantly more than the industry as a whole.
REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION: STUTTGART CONFIRMED AS HOT-SPOT OF GERMAN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
The heart of mechanical engineering beats in three German states: 84 of the TOP 100 companies have their headquarters in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria or NRW. In addition, Hesse (6% of the companies) and Lower Saxony (4% of the companies) are other important locations for German mechanical engineering.
Christian Scherer, Automotive Analyst at MEYER INDUSTRY RESEARCH and co-author of the study, comments: "The hot spot of German mechanical engineering is clearly located in the Stuttgart region. Within a 50 km radius of Stuttgart, 23 of the 100 largest mechanical engineering companies in Germany are located. On our map to the headquarters, the Swabian region is densely populated with large mechanical engineering companies."
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