Best Retail Companies in Saxony, Germany
The 43 best Retail companies in Saxony, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Spreadshirt.
Ranked: Best Retail companies in Saxony
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CityDeal German Daily Deal Site | $7M | 2,382 | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | KOMSA Provider of distribution, marketing, and service solutions for ITK products | — | 1,200 | 1992 | — | TYPO3 CMSPHPBootstrap+13 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 3 | GK Software Cloud-based end-to-end software solutions for offline retailers | $3M | 1,096 1,096 → 981 (-10%) | 1990 | Michael Scheibner Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the board | Atlassian JiraApple iCloud MailCKEditor+20 | Top 5M | 700 patents Enterprise data quality, testing automation, and ML-driven software management solutions | — |
| 4 | OSP Provider of software suite solutions for retail businesses | — | 271 | 1991 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Cyberport Computer equipment & consumer electronics online retailer | — | 247 | 1998 | — | Cart FunctionalityAdobe Experience ManagerSentry+15 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 6 | Spreadshirt Online platform for apparel merch | $13M | 239 | 2002 | — | Cart FunctionalityAmplienceVarnish+15 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 7 | Vowalon Contract manufacturer of artificial leather and technical coatings | — | 191 | 1900 | Gregor Gotz Managing Director | TYPO3 CMSPHPApache HTTP Server+4 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 8 | LinsenQuelle Online retailer platform offering eyewear | — | 160 | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Retail companies in Saxony
#1
Series B · Leipzig, Saxony · founded 2002 · 239 employees$12.7Mraised▾
Spreadshirt is an online platform for apparel merchandising that allows internet site operators to create their own online shops for free and sell customized products. Spreadshirt lets anyone from companies to individuals to bands to sports teams integrate these online shops with their own websites. These shop partners can then earn self-determined commissions on each sale through Spreadshop. Once designed Spreadshirt does the rest for its over 300,000 shop partners by handling the production, shipping, payment processing, customer service, and providing other online merchandising tools. For people who just want to create (and order) personalized shirts with a design and text of their choice, Spreadshirt also has the “Spreadshirt Designer” shop available on their website. Spreadshirt is active in eighteen markets, available in ten languages, and operates five global production sites. Spreadshirt had over 70,000 active sellers in 2014 including such notable partners as Dr. Pepper, Otto, Orangina Schweppes, Chuck Norris and Doctors without Borders.
- Feb 2009Series B$12.7M
- Jul 2006Series A—
#2
Acqui-Hired · Dresden, Saxony · founded 2009 · 2382 employees$6.9Mraised▾
Citydeal.de is a daily deals site providing consumers with discounted deals for products and services in Germany. It offers deals and vouchers for online stores, restaurants, theme parks, cinemas, and more. Founded in January 2010, the company got acquired by Groupon in May 2010.
- Mar 2010Series A$6.9M
#3
Seed · Leipzig, Saxony · founded 2015$1.3Mraised▾
Blugento is an e-commerce extension tool for multi-channel selling. It enables businesses to create, manage and optimize multiple Magento stores in one place. It also offers product management, user rights & role management, real-time monitoring, backup & restoring solutions & more. The company has clients such as Wrangler, Made, etc.
- Jun 2019Seed$1.1M
- Jun 2017Angel$134.3K
#4
Public · Schoneck, Saxony · founded 1990 · 1096 employees$2.7Mraised▾
GK Software provides cloud-based end-to-end software solutions for offline retailers. It's POS software has features like order & inventory management, CRM, marketing tools, reporting & analytics and more. The company also offers solutions like product finder, customer assistant, analytics tools and more. The company also offers project management, consulting and other services.
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$142.1K
- Dec 2013Post IPO$2.6M
#5
Series A · Leipzig, Saxony · founded 2012 · 27 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Webdata Solutions is a platform offering business intelligence and pricing solutions for eCommerce businesses. The business intelligence software is able to compare all products from all providers in a semi-automatic learning process with training data and feedback mechanisms. Also uses matching technology through machine learning and image recognition to recognizes articles with names, pictures, and product descriptions. Its solution offerings include Price monitoring tracks the competitors' prices on a daily basis time of purchase, Price management optimizes the price management & price strategy in online trading, Market analysis monitors competitors on changing prices, product features, and product ranges to assess the market position, Range analysis provides insights on product management and allows to compare the development of the brands with other brands, and Channel monitoring helps to monitor which products are offered by which retailers on price comparison portals, online marketplaces and in online shops.
- Feb 2015Series A$4.5M
- Jan 2013Seed—
#6
Funding Raised · Leipzig, Saxony · founded 2016 · 14 employees$6.7Kraised▾
Online retailer of plus-size clothing, lingerie, swimwear, and accessories. It offers dresses, jackets, sweaters, blouses, pants, jeans, and outerwear. The retailer also provides shapewear, hosiery, shoes, and sportswear. Additionally, it offers style advice and inspiration through articles focused on body shapes.
- Oct 2016Grant (prize money)$6.7K
#7
Seed · Leipzig, Saxony · founded 2023—raised▾
Platform offering AI-powered CRM agent. It aimed at boosting e-commerce revenues by sending personalized emails to customers.
- Aug 2023Seed—
#8
Series A · Dresden, Saxony · founded 2008 · 102 employees—raised▾
Offerista provides consumer-facing apps catering to offline retail stores. They offer two apps: Barcoo and Marktjagd. Barcoo is a barcode and QR scanner app that enables shoppers to retrieve product information, compare prices in multiple stores, and discover deals and promotions from partner retailers. Marktjagd is a coupon and deals app where shoppers discover brochures and offers from retailers nearby.
- 2018Series A—
#9
Seed · Lichtentanne, Saxony · founded 2016—raised▾
Unamera is an online marketplace for raw materials for the brewing industry. It connects the buyers and the suppliers on its platform. Suppliers can list their products like barley, hops, yeast and other auxiliary materials on the platform. Buyers can browse through the list of suppliers, send purchase requests, negotiate the prices, finalize the contracts and place the orders on the platform. It charges a sales commission from the sellers.
- Oct 2016Seed—
#10
Acquired · Dresden, Saxony · founded 2014 · 12 employees—raised▾
Semknox has developed a semantic product which can answer customer requests in colloquial language. Misspellings are corrected reliably. Detects the requested product category and also answers specific requests for individual products. It is aimed at online shops and price comparison portals. By simplifying the product search, Semknox can help its customers to reduce their bounce rate, to increase the conversion rate and to increase the basket value.
- Jun 2015Seed—
#11
Seed · Leipzig, Saxony · founded 2011 · 13 employees—raised▾
VivoSensMedical, a young, medical company, develops products for diagnosis and treatment in the fields of gynaecology, reproductive and sexual medicine, and immunology and autoimmune diseases. They have developed, OvulaRing, a biosensor for women’s cycle diagnostics and the determination of the fertile window. It is comprised of a plastic ring, a temperature sensor, a readout unit, and the option for analysis via software. VivoSensMedical has been able to raise over 1.8 million euros.
- Jan 2014Angel—
- 2012Seed—
- Jun 2011Seed—
#12
Series A · Dresden, Saxony · founded 2011 · 32 employees—raised▾
Happy Kidz is an online store for nursery furniture. They sell furniture in categories such as high chairs, park tables, cribs, and more. The company is based in Dresden, Germany.
- Nov 2012Series A—
- Nov 2011Series A—
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