Rank Fortune 500 rank Name Industry Revenue (USD millions) Profits (USD millions) Employees Headquarters 1 9 Volkswagen Automotive 278,342 14,322 664,496 Wolfsburg 2 18 Daimler AG Automotive 197,515 8,555 298,683 Stuttgart 3 45 Allianz Insurance 126,799 8,806 142,460 Munich 4 53 BMW Automotive 115,042 8,399 134,682 Munich 5 70 Siemens Conglomerate 98,802 6,909 379,000 Munich / Berlin 6 77 Robert Bosch GmbH Automotive parts 92,602 3,596 409,881 Stuttgart 7 78 Uniper Electric utility 92,260 −533 11,828 Düsseldorf 8 90 Deutsche Telekom Telecommunications 89,286 2,556 215,675 Bonn 9 115 BASF Chemicals 78,799 5,555 122,404 Ludwigshafen 10 124 Deutsche Post Transportation 75,001 2,449 499,018 Bonn 11 145 Munich Re Insurance 67,226 2,726 41,410 Munich 12 183 RWE Electric utility 56,017 465 58,441 Essen 13 205 Continental AG Automotive parts 52,404 3,419 243,226 Hanover 14 208 Deutsche Bahn Transportation 52,004 623 318,528 Berlin 15 215 ThyssenKrupp Conglomerate 50,856 9 161,096 Essen 16 239 Deutsche Bank Banking 46,969 315 91,737 Frankfurt 17 240 Bayer Pharmaceuticals 46,718 2,000 116,998 Leverkusen 18 266 ZF Friedrichshafen Automotive parts 43,582 1,065 148,969 Friedrichshafen 19 267 Metro AG Retail 43,467 409 132,229 Düsseldorf 20 282 Talanx Insurance 42,391 830 20,780 Hanover 21 284 Lufthansa Airline 42,302 2,553 115,882 Cologne 22 313 Fresenius Healthcare 39,571 2,392 276,750 Bad Homburg 23 348 E.ON Electric utility 35,703 3,803 43,302 Essen 24 392 DZ Bank Banking 31,975 973 28,682 Frankfurt 25 412 Phoenix Pharmahandel Retail 30,296 −175 29,631 Mannheim 26 427 SAP SE Technology 29,159 4,819 96,498 Walldorf 27 477 Ceconomy Retail 26,129 −252 53,954 Düsseldorf 28 481 Adidas Apparel 25,920 2,009 57,016 Herzogenaurach