Current major manufacturers
Brand Parent Company Audi (1909–present) Volkswagen Group BMW (1916–present) BMW Group Mercedes-Benz (1886–present) Mercedes-Benz Group Opel (1862–present) Stellantis Porsche (1931–present) Volkswagen Group Volkswagen (1937–present) Volkswagen Group
Foreign manufacturers Brand Parent Company Ford-Werke GmbH (1925–present) Ford of Europe
Current minor manufacturers
9FF (2001–present) Aaglander (2003–present) AC Schnitzer (1987–present) Alpina (1965–present) - BMW Group Apollo Automobil (2016–present) Arden Artega (2016–present) Artemis (2021–present) BAT Binz Bitter (1971–present) Borgward (1924–1963; 2008–2022) Brabus (1977–present) CityEl (1987–present) Citysax e.Go Elektron Motors (2021–present) Elia Gumpert (2004–present) Jetcar (2000–present) Keinath (1996–present) Lotec (1981–present) Mansory (1989–present) Maybach (1909–present) - Mercedes-Benz Group Naran Automotive (2021–present) Pegasus (1995–present) RG - Roland Gumpert (2017–present) Ruf Automobile (1982–present) Weineck Engineering Wiesmann (1988–present) Yes! (1999–present)
Former manufacturers
AAA (1919) Aachener (1902) AAG (1900–1901) Adler (1900–1939) AEG (1901–1906) Alan (1923–1925) AFM (1949–1953) AGA (1919–1929) Alfi (1921–1924) Alliance (1904–1905) Allright (1908–1913) Altmann (1905–1907) Amor (1924–1925) Amphicar (1961–1968) Andreas (1900–1902) Ansbach (1910–1913) Anker (1919–1920) Apollo (1910–1927) Argus (1902–1910) Arimofa (1921–1922) Artega (2006–2012) (2015– ) Asdomobil (1913–1914) Äskulap (1900–1901) Atlantic (1921–1923) Autet (1919) Autognom (1906–1908) Auto Union (1932–1962) AWS (1971–1974) Baer (1921–1924) Beaulieu & Krone (1905–1907) Beaufort (1901–1906) Beckmann (1900–1926) BEF (1907–1913) Benz (1883–1926) Benz Söhne (1906–1926) Bergmann (1911–1913) Bergmann-Metallurgique (1909–1922) Berliner Maschinenbau AG (1902) Berliner Motorwagen-Fabrik (BMF) (1900–1905) Boes (1903–1905) Borgward (1939–1961) Brennabor (1908–1934) Brütsch (1952–1958) Bugatti (1910–1918) Büssing (1902–1979) Butz (1934) Carlsson (1989–2023) Central-Auto (1899–1906) Certus (1928–1929) Champion (1948–1954) Chatel-Jeannin (1902–1903) Cito (1905–1909) Cloumobil (1906–1908) Club (1922–1924) Colibri (1908–1911) Corona (1904–1914) Cudell (1899–1908) Cyklon (1902–1929) Daimler (1885–1889) De Dietrich (1896–1904) Dehn (1924) Der Dessauer (1911–1913) Dessavia (1907) Deutz (1907–1911) Diabolo (1922–1927) Diana (1922–1923) Diem (1906–1909) Dinos (1920–1924) Dixi (1904–1928) DKW (1928–1966) DMG (1890–1902) Dürkopp (1898–1927) Dux (1905–1926) EAM (1990) Ego (1921–1927) Ehrhardt (1905–1924) Ehrhardt-Szawe (1924–1925) Eisenach (1898–1903) Electra (1899–1900) EMW (1945–1956) Engelhardt (1898–1904) Erdmann (1904–1908) Excelsior-Mascot (1911–1922) Exor (1923) Express (1901–1910) Fadag (1921–1925) Fafag (1921–1923) Fafnir (1908–1926) Falcon (1921–1926) Falke (1899–1908) Faun (1921–1928) Favorit (1908–1909) F.E.G. Friedrich Erdmann Gera (1904–1907) Feldmann (1905–1912) Ferbedo (1923–1925) Fiat-Neckar (1957–1971) Fiedler (1900) Flitzer (1948–1953) Flocken (1888–1903) Foth (1902–1909) Framo (1932–1937) Frankonia F.A.F. (1906–1909) Freia (1922–1927) Freibahn (1905–1910) Fuldamobil (1950–1960) Fulmina (1913–1926) Gaggenau (1905–1911) Gasi (1921) Geha (1910–1923) Glas (1955–1969) Goggomobil (1955–1969) Goliath (1931–1963) Goossens (1913–1928) Göricke (1907–1909) Grade (1921–1926) Gridi (1923–1924) Gutbrod (1904–2005) HAG (1922–1925) HAG-Gastell (1925–1927) Hanomag (1925–1952) Hansa (1906–1939) Hartmann (1905–1906) Hataz (1921–1925) Hartge (1985–2019) Hawa (1923–1925) Heim (1921–1926) Heinkel (1955–1958) Helios (1903–1906) Hellmann (1902–1903) Henschel (1899–1918) Hentschel (1906–1914) Hercules (1898–1926) Hermes-Simplex (1904–1906) Heucke (1894–1945) Hexe (1905–1907) Hildebrand (1922–1924) Hille (1910–1926) Hoffmann (1954–1955) Horch (1900–1939) Hüttis & Hardebeck (1906–1907) Immermobil (1905–1907) IFA (1948–1956) Induhag (1922) Isdera (1983–2025) Joswin (1920–1924) Juho (1922) Karmann (1901–2010) K.A.W. Urbanus (1904–1908) Kempten (1901–1902) Kenter (1923–1925) K.E.W. Abam (1898–1907) Kleinschnittger (1950–1957) Kliemt (1899–1903) Klingenberg (1898–1899) Koco (1921–1926) Komet (1922–1924) Komnick (1907–1927) Kondor (1902–1904) Körting (1922–1924) Kroboth (1954–1955) Krupkar (1904–1908) Kruse (1899–1909) Kühlstein (1898–1902) Leichtauto (1924) Lindcar (1922–1925) Lipsia (1922–1924) Lloyd (1906–1914; 1950–1963) Loeb Luc (1909–1920) Loreley (1906–1928) Lutzmann (1894–1899) Lux (1897–1902) Mada (1947–1949) MAF (1897–1921) Magnet (1903–1926) Maico (1955–1958) Maja (1923–1924) Mannesmann (1923–1929) Mars (1906–1908) Mathis (1910–1918) Maurer-Union (1900–1910) Mauser (1923–1929) Maxwerke (1900–1903) MCA (1962–1964) Miele (1912–1914) Melkus (1969–1980; 2006–2012) Mercedes (1901–1926) Merkur (1985–1989) Meyra (1948–1956) Minimus (1921–1924) M.M.B. Motorfahrzeug und Motorenfabrik Berlin (1896–1902) M.M.W. Magdeburger Motorfahrzeug Werke (1900–1903) Mock (1924) Mölkamp (1923–1926) Mono (1909–1912) Morgan (1924–1925) Motorfahrzeug-Fabrik Köln (1909–1912) MWD (1911–1912) Nacke (1901–1913) NAG (1901–1934) NAW Norddeutsche Automobil Werke (1908–1917) Neckar (1957–1971) Noris (1902–1904) NSU (1905–1929; 1958–1977) NSU-Fiat (1929–1957) Nug (1921–1925) Omikron (1922–1925) Omnimobil (1904–1910) Orient Express (1895–1903) Oryx (1907–1922) Panther (1900–1904) Pasing (1901–1904) Pawi (1921) Peter & Moritz AG (1919–1925) Pflüger (1900) Phänomen (1907–1927) Piccolo (1904–1912) Pilot (1923–1925) Pinguin (1953–1955) Pittler Hydromobil (1903) Pluto (1924–1927) Podeus (1911–1914) Polymobil (1904–1920) Premier ; Braun-Premier (1906–1914) Presto (1901–1927) Priamus (1901–1923) Primus (1899–1903) Protos (1899–1926) Rabag / Rabag-Bugatti (1922–1926) Record (1905–1907) Regent (1902–1904) Reissig (1907–1918) Rex-Simplex (1910–1918) Röhr (1927–1935) Rollfix (1933–1936) Rumpler (1921–1926) Sablatnig-Beuchelt (1925–1926) Sachsenring (1956–1959) SAF Süddeutsche Automobil Fabrik GmbH (1905–1911) SB / Slaby-Beringer (1920–1924) Scheele (1899–1910) Scheibler (1900–1907) Schiemann (1901–1914) Schöche (1895) Schulz (1902–1907) Schütze Bauer (1899–1902) Schwenke (1904–1905) Seck (1897) Securus Sekurus (1906) Seidel-Arop (1925–1926) Selve (1919–1929) S.H.W. (1924–1925) Siegel (1907–1911) Siemens & Halske (1892–1900) Siemens-Schuckert (1906–1910) Simson / Simson Supra (1911–1933) Smart (1994–2019) Söhnlein (1873) Solidor (1905–1907) Solomobil (1921–1923) Sperber (1911–1919) Sphinx (1920–1925) Staiger (1923–1924) Standard (1911–1912) Standard Superior (1933–1935) Staunau (1950–1951) Steiger (1914–1926) (1904–1911) Stoewer (1899–1940) Stoll (1902–1909) Stolle (1924–1927) Stoltz (1903–1905) Sun (1906–1908) Szawe (1920–1924) Taifun (1905–1907) Taunus (1907–1909) Tempo (1933–1956) Thüringer Motorwagen (1894–1895) Thurner (1970–1973) Titan Tornax (1934–1937) Torpedo (1907–1920) Tourist (1907–1920) Trabant (1957–1991) Treskow (1906–1908) Triomobil (1903–1908) Trippel (1934–1944) Tuchscherer (18??) Turbo (1923–1924) Ultramobile (1904–1908) Union (1914–1921) Utilitas (1920–1921) Velomobil (1905–1906) Veni (1911) Veritas (1947–1953) Victoria (1900–1909; 1957–1958) Vindelica Blessing (1898–1900) Vomag (1915–1945) Voran (1926–1928) Vogtland (1910–1912) Vulkan (1895–1905) Walmobil (1919–1921) Wanderer (1911–1942) Wartburg (1898–1904, 1956–1990) Weck (1903–1918) Weichelt (1908) Weiss (1902–1906) Wendax (1950–1951) Wenkelmobil (1904–1907) Wesnigk (1920–1925) Westfalia (1906–1914) Windhoff (1908–1914) Wittekind (1922–1925) Wolf (1862–1928) YES! (2000–2009) Zender (1969–2008) Zentralmobil (1907–1908) Zündapp (1956–1958) Zwickau (1956–1959)
See also Automotive industry in Germany Automotive industry List of automobile marques List of motorcycle manufacturers List of truck manufacturers
References
Sources Georgano, Nick (Ed.). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. Mazur, Eligiusz (Ed.). World of Cars 2006 / 2007: Worldwide Car Catalogue. Warsaw: Media Connection, 2006. ISSN 1734-2945