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Largest Chemicals Public Companies in Germany
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
BASF, Symrise, Brenntag, Evonik Industries and Wacker Chemie.
 | BASF is one of the world’s leading chemical companies. It's headquartered in Germany near the Rhine River, which helps with logistics-related savings. Founded in 1865, it produces a vast array of chemicals, plastics, resins, and agricultural solutions. While the company serves multiple industries, it most prominently serves the automotive, agricultural, construction, and pharmaceutical industries. BASF is a first mover in the energy transition and aims to rapidly expand its recycled and bio-based product portfolio. | $60 | +23% | $53B | $77B | 1.1x | 8.7x | ||
| Symrise is a global supplier of ingredients for fragrances and flavourings across the food, beverage, household products, and pharmaceutical industries. With an estimated 12% market share, it is the world’s fourth-largest supplier of fragrances and flavourings. The company was created after a 2003 merger of two companies that originated in 1874 and 1919. With more than 12,000 employees, Symrise produces 35,000 products sourced from 10,000 mostly natural raw materials such as vanilla, citrus, blossoms, and plant or animal materials for more than 6,000 customers. | $93 | -23% | $13B | $15B | 2.6x | 11.8x | ||
| Brenntag SE manufactures, distributes, and sells chemicals and chemical-based products. It operates in two reportable segments life science and material science. Life science chemicals are used to produce cosmetics, food, animal nutrition, and pharmaceuticals. The material science chemicals are used to produce soaps and detergents, coatings, and paints as well as the extraction of oil and gas. The company organizes itself into four segments based on geography EMEA, North America, Latin America, and APAC. | $67 | -3% | $10B | $10B | 0.5x | 6.4x | ||
| Evonik Industries AG is a German chemical company offering a mix of specialty and commodity chemical products. The company engages in the development, construction, distribution, and trade of scientific equipment, chemicals, and accessories for use in the fields of life sciences and biotechnology. The company is organized into four segments: Specialty Additives, Smart Materials, Nutrition & Care, and Technology & Infrastructure. Its geographic segments include Europe, Middle East & Africa; North America; Central & South America; and Asia-Pacific. | $20 | -9% | $9B | $13B | 0.8x | 6.0x | ||
| Wacker Chemie AG manufactures and sells chemicals and silicon-based products. The firm organizes itself into four segments based on product type. The Wacker Silicones segment, which generates the majority revenue of any segment, sells silicon- and methanol-based products, including durable insulators, lubricants, and sealants. The Wacker Polymers segment provides chemical binders and additives used in construction industry products. The Wacker Biosolutions segment sells chemicals to the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. The Wacker Polysilicon segment sells material for solar power and semiconductors. The majority of revenue comes from Europe, China, India, and South Korea. | $118 | +64% | $6B | $7B | 1.1x | 13.9x | ||
| Fuchs SE is a holding company, which through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells high-grade lubricants and related specialties. The firm's product portfolio includes automotive, industrial lubricants, and other lubricants. The revenue of the company is generated from Processing industry, Off-Highway Vehicles and Transportation, Industrial Equipment and Machinery, Vehicle Components, Primary Industry and Energy, Aftermarket and Trading, and Others Segment. The company itself into three segments based on geography: Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA), Asia-Pacific, and North and South America. The EMEA segment generates the majority of revenue. | $40 | -11% | $5B | $5B | 1.3x | 8.5x | ||
| K+S AG produces two products: fertilizer and salt. The company engaged in business with potash and magnesium products from plants in Germany and Canadian sites in Bethune, as well as the European salt activities. It also includes the waste disposal and recycling business in Germany. extraction and processing of raw materials. | $17 | -7% | $3B | $3B | 0.7x | 3.5x | ||
| Verbio SE is a Germany-based company that produces and distributes biofuels. The company's products include verbiodiesel, verbioethanol, verbigas, verbioglycerine, and others. It also provides high-quality components made from sustainably produced biomass for the feed and food industry. Its operating segments include Biodiesel, Bioethanol/Biomethane, and Other. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Biodiesel segment. | $44 | +311% | $3B | $3B | 1.6x | 167.0x | ||
| Alzchem Group AG is an international chemical company. The reportable segments of the company are Specialty Chemicals, Basics and Intermediates, and Other Holdings. The specialty chemicals segment focuses on the production and distribution of high-quality growth products, and the basics and intermediates segment covers the production of basic and intermediate products. It generates a majority of its revenue from the Specialty Chemical segment. Geographically it serves Europe, Asia, and the Rest of the world whilst deriving substantial revenue from Germany. | $190 | +34% | $2B | $2B | 2.8x | 13.6x | ||
| Lanxess AG is a German chemical company that was originally spun out of Bayer. Lanxess has visibly decommoditised its portfolio by divesting its synthetic rubber business. It has business segments namely: specialty chemicals company in the fields of consumer protection chemicals, specialty additives, intermediates, and others. Geographically, it operates in EMEA (excluding Germany), Germany, Americas, and Asia-Pacific. | $20 | -37% | $2B | $4B | 0.6x | 8.6x | ||
| CropEnergies AG is a German company which manufactures bioethanol for the fuel sector from cereals and sugar beet. The company also produces various food and animal feed products such as ProtiWanze, a liquid protein animal feed for feeding ruminants and pigs, as well as a high-grade dry stillage protein animal feed. In addition, it produces neutral alcohol for the beverage, food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries, as well as for industrial applications, such as the production of windscreen washer fluid and disinfectants. | $16 | +1% | $1B | $1B | 244.6x | (10.0x) | ||
| SGL Carbon SE produces carbon and graphite-based products, operating through segments like Composite Solutions, Graphite Solutions, Process Technology, Carbon Fibers, and Corporate. Maximum revenue comes from the Graphite Solutions segment, offering graphite products for industrial applications and industries like semiconductors, energy, chemicals, and automotive. Process Technology specializes in constructing and repairing plants and equipment for the chemicals sector. The Carbon Fibers segment provides carbon fibers and related semi-finished products for wind energy and automotive uses. Composite Solutions delivers customized composite material components, mainly for the automotive sector. Geographically, the company generates maximum revenue from Germany, followed by other markets. | $5 | +24% | $643M | $766M | 0.8x | 6.4x | ||
| Uzin Utz SE is a manufacturer of adhesives for a provider of floor systems. The company provides installations, renovation, and maintenance of various types of flooring including wood flooring, ceramic tiles, or natural stone. It distributes its products under the brands UZIN, WOLFF, PALLMANN, Arturo, codex, and RZ. The company's geographical segments include the Netherlands; Western Europe; Southern/Eastern Europe and others. Its segments are Germany segment includes; the Laying Systems and Machines and Tools; The USA segment includes the producer of installation systems in North America; The Netherlands segment includes the Laying Systems and Wholesale; The Western Europe segment; The Southern/Eastern Europe segment; and All other segments. | $75 | +11% | $376M | $411M | 0.7x | 5.7x | ||
| H&R GmbH & Co KGaA is a manufacturer of chemical-pharmaceutical specialty products. The company organizes its operating activities into two business divisions: Chemical-Pharmaceutical Raw Materials and Plastics. It also has three business segments: ChemPharm Refining, ChemPharm Sales, and Plastics. The ChemPharm Refining segment produces specialty products from crude oil in the two domestic refineries (Hamburg-Neuhof and Salzbergen). Its ChemPharm Sales segment encompasses the production sites abroad as well as international sales activities. The company's Plastics segment manufactures high-precision plastic parts along with the associated tools and molds. The company derives a majority of its revenue from the ChemPharm Refining segment. Geographically, it derives key revenue from Germany. | $5 | -6% | $202M | $248M | 0.2x | 2.6x | ||
| Masterflex SE develops, manufactures, and marketing of high-tech hoses and connection systems for various industrial and manufacturing applications. The company sells its products under six brands. Masterflex brand produces spiral hoses and connection systems for all industrial applications. Matzen and Timm specialize in vulcanized shapes and hoses for the aerospace sector and the automotive industry. Novoplast offers pre-formed tubes and technical tubings for medical and industrial uses. Fleima-Plastic offers injection molded parts and components for medical technology. Masterduct provides spiral hoses and connection systems as well as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning elements. APT produces hoses of fluoropolymers with permanent resistance to all chemicals. | $17 | +28% | $161M | $151M | 1.3x | 7.2x | ||
| Nabaltec AG engages is a company involved in the chemical business. The product portfolio includes Aluminum hydroxide, boehmite, alumina, synthetic sintered mullite, and ceramic masses. The company functions in two segments - Functional Fillers and Specialty Alumina. It generates maximum revenue from the Functional Fillers segment. The Functional Fillers segment develops specialized aluminum hydroxide-based products and the specialty alumina segment develops materials for a wide variety of industries based on all natural ingredients. | $13 | -27% | $116M | $134M | 0.6x | 3.1x | ||
| IBU-tec advanced materials AG develops and produces quality materials for industry. Target markets include the chemical, pharmaceutical, plastics, coatings and automotive industries. The company acts both as a service provider for development and production and as a manufacturer of its materials. Their products and services cover the entire value chain from wet chemistry to thermal process engineering. With its products - such as battery materials and glass coating the IBU-tec Group places a special focus on green technologies. | $19 | +137% | $90M | $98M | 1.7x | 82.7x | ||
| BRAIN Biotech AG is an industrial biotechnology specialist focused on enzyme technology, microbial production strains, and bioprocess design to enable bio-based innovations. The Group conducts research, development, and production for client specifications and its own product portfolio, supporting customers in the food and beverage, chemical, and life sciences industries with solutions that enhance productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. Its operations are organized into two segments: BRAIN Biocatalysts, which develops, produces, and distributes specialty enzymes, microorganisms, and ingredients and generates the majority of revenue, and BRAIN BioIncubator, which focuses on development projects. The company operates in Germany and other countries. | $3 | +42% | $75M | $78M | 1.3x | (93.8x) | ||
| Median | $20 | +6% | $2B | $2B | 1.1x | 6.8x |
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