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Best Trucking Companies in Germany

The 81 best Trucking companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: hylane.

81companies tracked
$49.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
8have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · TRUCKING × GERMANY

Our analysis of 50 Trucking companies

$4.1b in tracked funding; 71% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.

50companies analysed
71%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
2005median founding year
45median Fliar Index™
1.6Mcombined LinkedIn audience
78%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Trucking companies in Germany

#CompanyLast roundDisclosed fundingRevenueEmployeesFounderTech stackMarket signals (1y)Patents & IP focusRecent signals
1A&A Logistik-Equipment
Manufacturer of logistic equipment located in Heidenau, Germany.
———25———126 patents
Rail‑based material handling systems and automated guided forklift platforms for bulk goods
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2Activ Cars GmbH
Provider of time-critical transport solutions, including customized vehicle development
———80—————
3ALS Logistic Solutions Group
Provider of truck transportation services
——$49K
FY2024
2—particles.jsApache HTTP ServerCloudflare+11———
4apriori transport & logistics
Offers fleet management, transport and logistics services
————Gunter Netzer
Managing Director
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5AS Spedition Bramsche
Provider of national and international transportation services
——$57K
FY2024
—Alem Severi
Managing Director
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6Bgm express logistik
Provider of express delivery and logistics services
——$208K
FY2022
68Sven Bergemann
CEO & Managing Director
Windows ServerGoogle MapsMicrosoft ASP.NET+8———
7Birkart Relocations
Provider of commercial transportation services. The company operates a fleet of trucks and offers trucking of…
———25—————
8BLG LOGISTICS
Provider of integrated logistics services for automotive, container, and contract sectors
———11,492—TYPO3 CMSPHPApache HTTP Server+7—15 patents
Offshore structural foundations and buoyant heavy‑load transport systems for marine installations
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Top 12 Trucking companies in Germany

#1
Series B · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2021
$27.4Mraised
▾

Provider of truck transportation services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. Krüppert Wäsche-Dienst GmbH) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Series B—
  • May 2023Series B$27.4M
  • Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$16.6M
Founders & team
Sarah SchifferManaging DirectorBernd ZensManaging Director
Investors
Bundesregierung, Bund.de, Palladio Partners
Tech stack
AngularHammer.JsHstsMicrosoft 365Open GraphPriority Hints
#2
Acquired · Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2018 · 47 employees
$16.7Mraised
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Manufacturer of trailers

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 55how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 21%
Patents
top 22%
Funding
top 36%
Growth
top 45%
Moat
top 45%
Talent
bottom 49%
Innovation: 61 patents (top 31% of patent-holders) · 61 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21
Patents: 61 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 61 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Funding: Raised $16.7M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series B (Sep 2024)
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Senior Sales Manager
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Series B$16.7M
Founders & team
Abdullah JaberCEO and managing director
Investors
JOST World, Startup Autobahn, startport
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCookie ScriptGoogle AnalyticsHstsHttp/3
#3
Funding Raised · Schleife, Saxony · founded 1990 · 1250 employees
$3.7Mraised
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Provider of medium-sized transport and logistics services intended to make shipping processes easy for businesses. The company's services are rendered through open vehicles, trucks and cargo through extensive safety and driver assistance systems and special equipment, thus enabling businesses to get easier access to logistics and warehousing services.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$128.6K
  • Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$3.6M
Founders & team
Rene ReinertFounder & Managing Director
Investors
Bund.de, RBB Management
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerContact Form 7FancyboxGodaddyJqueryJsdelivr
#4
Funding Raised · Bremen, Bremen · founded 2018
$1.2Mraised
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Provider of logistics and trucking consulting services. It is a national and international logistics research and consulting firm that offers multiple services including research and development, data analytics supporting companies in implementing logistics solutions, and more.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$259.4K
  • Jun 2020Grant (prize money)$510K
  • Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$125.1K
  • Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$255.8K
Founders & team
Thomas NobelManaging Director
Investors
Europa
#5
Acquired · Dessau Rosslau, Saxony Anhalt · founded 2013
$110.2Kraised
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Park Your Truck is a company that aims to improve the working conditions of truck drivers and promote climate-neutral parking. They offer truck parking spaces and facilities for overnight parkers, delivery trucks, and charging stations.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2015Grant (prize money)$55K
  • Jul 2015Grant (prize money)$55.2K
Founders & team
Denise SchusterCEO
Investors
EIC Fund, Europa
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerAutoptimizeComplianzHstsJqueryMailjet
#6
Funding Raised · Germany · founded 2009
$78.5Kraised
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SLOCAT is the international, multi-stakeholder partnership powering systemic transformations and a just transition towards equitable, healthy, green and resilient transport and mobility systems for the people and the planet.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$78.5K
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
BootstrapContact Form 7Core-JsDiviDraftpress HfcmElementor
#7
Public · Leinfelden Echterdingen, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 1895 · 103541 employees
—raised
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Manufacturer of commercial vehicles and buses. It provides a range of trucks, city and intercity buses, coaches, and bus chassis. It focuses on driving technologies, safety, autonomous driving, and digitalization. It offers financial services such as leasing, financing, and fleet management for its vehicles.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Karin RadstromCEOStefano GiordaniPresident and CEOChristian WilzCEO of Mercedes-Benz Trucks & FUSO Germany
Investors
Europa, Bund.de, BAIC, Geely, OSTI
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAngularAngularjsApache Http Server
#8
Acquired · Neuburg am Rhein, Rhineland Palatinate · founded 1977
—raised
▾

Provider of logistics solutions. It offers services such as freight forwarding, cold storage, warehousing, and processing.

Founders & team
Hans BrummerCEO
Investors
Bund.de
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerApple Icloud MailBootstrapContaoIisJquery
#9
Funding Raised · Kempten, Bavaria · founded 1930 · 201 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of global transport, warehousing, and supply chain management services. The company facilitates distribution and procurement logistics through its network. It offers industry-specific solutions, including food logistics. The company focuses on professional development opportunities and provides training programs.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 289k LinkedIn followers — 18.5% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Burkhard ElingCEO
Investors
Bund.de, Genesis Capital
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAngularApache Http ServerApache WicketAstra
#10
Acquired · Germany · founded 1912 · 158 employees
—raised
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Provider of global logistics services including transport, warehousing, and supply chain. The company offers air, sea, road, and rail transport options. Warehousing solutions include locations and innovations. Port logistics services encompass agency and locations. Commodity logistics handles raw materials, high-tech, consumer, bulk, dangerous, and recyclable goods. Digital solutions cover document management, supply chain visibility, and customs.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 515k LinkedIn followers — 32.9% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Tobias BartzCEOClaus KuhnertChief Executive Officer Warehousing Solutions Southeast Asia & OceaniaMarkus LingohrCEO Air & Ocean Europe
Investors
Bund.de
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsGoogle Tag ManagerHstsJquery
#11
Funding Raised · Osnabruck, Lower Saxony · founded 1871 · 1750 employees
—raised
▾

Internet first provider of multi modal freight forwarding and logistic services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 416k LinkedIn followers — 26.5% of this cohort's audience · 172 engagements/post (2.2× cohort median)
Founders & team
Jens TarnowskiCeo West Europe
Investors
Bund.de, Europa
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotDrupal
#12
Funding Raised · Ulm, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 1881 · 1800 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of air, road, rail, and sea freight forwarding services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Activity: 1 partnerships · 3 expansions (incl. EDELRID) announced in 12 mo
Investors
Bund.de
Tech stack
AngularAngularjsApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailBootstrapCdnjs

Funding & investor landscape

$49.2Mtotal disclosed funding
6companies funded
12disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Bund.de10 rounds
Europa8 rounds
Gov.cz2 rounds
Aurelius Group1 rounds
BAFA1 rounds
BAIC1 rounds
BayBG1 rounds
Bundesregierung1 rounds
Cullom Capital1 rounds
Deutsche Bank1 rounds

Notable founders

Sarah Schiffer
Managing Director · hylane
Bernd Zens
Managing Director · hylane
Abdullah Jaber
CEO and managing director · Trailer Dynamics
Rene Reinert
Founder & Managing Director · Reinert Logistics
Thomas Nobel
Managing Director · to-be-now-logistics-research-
Denise Schuster
CEO · Park Your Truck
Karin Radstrom
CEO · Daimler Truck
Stefano Giordani
President and CEO · Daimler Truck
Hans Brummer
CEO · Brummer Logistik
Burkhard Eling
CEO · DACHSER
Tobias Bartz
CEO · Rhenus Group
Claus Kuhnert
Chief Executive Officer Warehousing Solutions Southeast Asia & Oceania · Rhenus Group
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 180,556 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Trucking coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Germany

How research on Logistics & Supply Chain Tech is moving in Germany

A read on the academic research around Logistics & Supply Chain Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 169 Germany-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201620222026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 28% → 29% across 2016–2026.
top research entities
  • RWTH Aachen University17
  • Technical University of Munich16
  • Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.12
  • Technische Universität Berlin8
  • Universität Hamburg6
leading researchers
Markus Lienkamp · Walther, Grit · M. Maciejewski · Zardoshti Zadeh Yazdi, Mohammad · Joschka Bischoff · Asvin Goel · Michael Schneider · Klaus Bogenberger
▲ Breakthroughs33 · 20%
▼ 19%→18% share
▼0.9× share momentum2 median citations55% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (19%→18% of field), led by Fleet management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Fleet management3→6
Landmark An Exact Method for Vehicle Routing and Truck Driver Scheduling Problems · 72 cites
◆ Advancements82 · 49%
▲ 50%→51% share
▲1.0× share momentum3 median citations62% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (50%→51% of field), led by Fleet management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Fleet management13→18
  • Supply chain optimization2→7
  • Electrification1→4
  • Truck4→6
  • Service (business)4→6
Newly emergingScheduling (production processes) 0→7
Landmark Simulation of City-wide Replacement of Private Cars with Autonomous Taxis in Berlin · 289 cites
▼ Concerns23 · 14%
▲ 12%→15% share
▲1.2× share momentum3 median citations65% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (12%→15% of field), led by Transport engineering.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Transport engineering1→5
  • Fleet management2→5
Landmark Impact of vehicle automation and electric propulsion on production costs for mobility services worldwide · 71 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Germany

Where logistics supply chain is researched across Germany

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Munich18 · +0.36
Hot · Fleet managementOpportunity · Electrification
Aachen17 · +0.21
Hot · Fleet managementOpportunity · Renewable energy
Berlin12 · +0.60
Hot · Fleet managementAdvancing · Scheduling (production processes)Opportunity · Supply chain management
Karlsruhe5 · +0.48
Stuttgart5 · +0.72
Jülich/Bonn5 · +0.14
Hot · Fleet management
PATENT SIGNAL · Germany

Who's filing logistics supply chain patents in Germany

Germany logistics supply chain patent filing is cooling — 167 filings from 298 assignees (2016–2025), led by Telair INT, Airbus Operations, Airbus; annual filings 20→16.

167 filings298 assigneespeak 30/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Telair INT66
  • Airbus Operations56
  • Airbus24
  • Wittenstein18
  • Deutsche POST18
  • Huber Thomas16
  • Knorr Bremse Systeme16
  • Siemens16

Common questions

How many Trucking companies are there in Germany?
Radar tracks 81 indexable Trucking companies headquartered in Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Trucking companies in Germany?
The Trucking companies in Germany on this list have raised a combined $49.2M in disclosed equity funding across 6 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Trucking company in Germany?
hylane is the highest-funded Trucking company in Germany, with $27.4M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Trucking companies in Germany are funded?
6 of the 81 Trucking companies in Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Trucking unicorns are there in Germany?
None of the Trucking companies in Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Germany Trucking companies?
The most active investors in Germany Trucking companies on this list include Bund.de, Europa, Gov.cz, Aurelius Group, BAFA.
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