Businesses in North Rhine-Westphalia: 1,071,511 records
82.9% of these records carry a phone number and 69.8% a website. 225,965 have a phone number but no website. 5,839 new records were added in the last 30 days.
- Records
- 1,071,511
- With a phone number
- 82.9%887,878
- With a website
- 69.8%747,410
- Phone number, no website
- 225,96521.1%
- New in the last 30 days
- 5,839
- Share of all records in Germany
- 16.0%
Measured in our live database on November 13, 2026.
14 sectors in North Rhine-Westphalia
| Sector | Records | Phone | Website | New, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 28,890 | 89.0% | 67.7% | 188 |
| Hair and beauty salons | 27,897 | 91.3% | 43.1% | 182 |
| Auto repair shops | 14,451 | 88.9% | 57.5% | 73 |
| Real estate agencies | 14,186 | 92.4% | 72.4% | 50 |
| Construction companies | 12,703 | 88.8% | 62.8% | 63 |
| Supermarkets and grocery stores | 10,520 | 66.8% | 63.8% | 76 |
| Clothing stores | 9,682 | 78.2% | 67.8% | 44 |
| Dentists and dental clinics | 9,526 | 96.3% | 72.5% | 13 |
| Bakeries and pastry shops | 7,755 | 88.0% | 75.2% | 51 |
| Car dealers | 6,434 | 85.0% | 65.2% | 199 |
| Gyms and fitness studios | 5,622 | 81.7% | 84.1% | 39 |
| Cafés | 5,412 | 67.4% | 53.4% | 72 |
| Bars and pubs | 4,987 | 58.6% | 38.1% | 68 |
| Pharmacies | 3,853 | 95.9% | 93.7% | 12 |
Each sector links to its country-wide page. Fewer than five new records show as “<5”.
Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia
| City | Records | Phone | Website | Phone, no website | New, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne | 79,531 | 83.7% | 73.2% | 15,221 | 391 |
| Düsseldorf | 53,993 | 82.5% | 71.5% | 10,401 | 234 |
| Essen | 33,720 | 82.2% | 68.8% | 7,364 | 190 |
| Dortmund | 31,441 | 83.0% | 69.0% | 6,670 | 207 |
| Duisburg | 22,421 | 79.7% | 64.4% | 5,302 | 182 |
| Bonn | 22,394 | 86.0% | 73.3% | 4,442 | 104 |
| Münster | 21,030 | 85.4% | 76.2% | 3,461 | 108 |
| Bielefeld | 20,634 | 85.3% | 71.6% | 4,247 | 120 |
| Wuppertal | 20,271 | 83.5% | 68.5% | 4,591 | 114 |
| Bochum | 19,800 | 83.0% | 70.1% | 4,154 | 100 |
| Aachen | 16,388 | 84.0% | 71.5% | 3,258 | 84 |
| Mönchengladbach | 15,569 | 83.5% | 68.2% | 3,495 | 107 |
| Krefeld | 14,278 | 81.9% | 69.1% | 3,063 | 90 |
| Gelsenkirchen | 11,703 | 80.6% | 64.1% | 2,852 | 80 |
| Oberhausen | 10,570 | 80.8% | 67.7% | 2,308 | 71 |
The 15 largest cities with at least 30 records. Fewer than five new records show as “<5”.
Short answers
- How many businesses are there in North Rhine-Westphalia?
- Our database holds 1,071,511 business records in North Rhine-Westphalia as of November 13, 2026.
- Which sector is the largest in North Rhine-Westphalia?
- Of the 14 sectors we measure, restaurants are the largest (28,890 records), followed by hair and beauty salons, then auto repair shops.
- Which city has the most businesses?
- Cologne (79,531 records), followed by Düsseldorf and Essen.
- How many new records were added in the last 30 days?
- 5,839; among the 14 sectors, the most in car dealers (199).
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A record is a single business location in our database, placed in North Rhine-Westphalia by the state on the record. A new record is one that entered our newly opened businesses section in the last 30 days — dated by when it reached us, not by an opening date. Website information excludes social media profiles.