Berlin

===Companies===
[[File:DBBuildingBerling150809.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Deutsche Bahn]] is headquartered in Berlin]]

Many German and international companies have business or service centers in the city. For several years Berlin has been recognized as a major center of [[Entrepreneurship|business founders]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/03/berlin-poor-sexy-silicon-valley-microsoft-google |title=Berlin's 'poor but sexy' appeal turning city into European Silicon Valley |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 January 2014 |access-date=6 September 2014 |archive-date=21 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021144623/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/03/berlin-poor-sexy-silicon-valley-microsoft-google |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, Berlin generated the most venture capital for young [[Startup company|startup companies]] in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Frost|first1=Simon|title=Berlin outranks London in start-up investment|url=https://www.euractiv.com/sections/innovation-industry/berlin-outranks-london-start-investment-317140|website=euractiv.com|date=28 August 2015|access-date=28 October 2015|archive-date=6 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106224621/https://www.euractiv.com/sections/innovation-industry/berlin-outranks-london-start-investment-317140|url-status=live}}</ref>

Among the 10 largest employers in Berlin are the City-State of Berlin, {{lang|de|[[Deutsche Bahn]]|italic=no}}, largest railway company in the world,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fortune.com/ranking/global500/ |title=Global 500 2023 |work=Fortune |access-date=24 December 2023 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116163740/https://fortune.com/ranking/global500/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the hospital providers [[Charité]] and [[Vivantes]], the Federal Government of Germany, the local public transport provider [[Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe|BVG]], [[Siemens]] and [[Deutsche Telekom]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015|title=Berlin's Economy in Figures|url=https://www.ihk-berlin.de/blueprint/servlet/resource/blob/3178106/8435c9f495d401cf57c9109e458e8580/berlin-s-economy-in-figures-2015-1--data.pdf|access-date=27 April 2021|website=IHK Berlin|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427222910/https://www.ihk-berlin.de/blueprint/servlet/resource/blob/3178106/8435c9f495d401cf57c9109e458e8580/berlin-s-economy-in-figures-2015-1--data.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Siemens, a [[Fortune Global 500|Global 500]] and [[DAX]]-listed company is partly headquartered in Berlin. Other DAX-listed companies headquartered in Berlin are the property company [[Deutsche Wohnen]] and the online food delivery service [[Delivery Hero]]. The national railway operator {{lang|de|[[Deutsche Bahn]]|italic=no}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deutschebahn.com/site/bahn/en/group/group__affairs/schenker__frankfurt__20100714.html |title=DB Schenker to concentrate control functions in Frankfurt am Main |access-date=6 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922063223/https://www.deutschebahn.com/site/bahn/en/group/group__affairs/schenker__frankfurt__20100714.html |archive-date=22 September 2010}}</ref> Europe's largest digital publisher<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-07/axel-springer-is-winning-the-internet-with-business-insider |title=A German Publisher Is Winning the Internet |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=7 August 2018 |access-date=25 June 2020 |archive-date=2 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902072725/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-07/axel-springer-is-winning-the-internet-with-business-insider |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Axel Springer SE|Axel Springer]] as well as the [[MDAX]]-listed firms [[Zalando]] and [[HelloFresh]] and also have their main headquarters in the city. Among the largest international corporations who have their German or European headquarters in Berlin are [[Bombardier Transportation]], [[Securing Energy for Europe]], [[Coca-Cola]], [[Pfizer]], [[Sony]] and [[TotalEnergies]].

As of 2023, [[Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe]], a network of [[public bank]]s that together form the largest financial services group in Germany and in all of Europe, is headquartered in Berlin. The [[Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken]] has it´s headquarters in Berlin, managing around 1.200 trillion euros.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bvr.de/press/facts_and_figures | title=Press – Facts and figures – BVR – National Association of German Cooperative Banks | access-date=8 January 2024 | archive-date=8 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108213602/https://www.bvr.de/press/facts_and_figures | url-status=live }}</ref> The three largest banks in the capital are [[Deutsche Kreditbank]], [[Landesbank Berlin]] and [[Berlin Hyp]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.die-bank.de/fileadmin/images/top100/diebank_07-2019_Top-100.pdf |title=TOP 100 der deutschen Kreditwirtschaft |website=die-bank.de |language=de |access-date=25 June 2020 |archive-date=25 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225005847/https://www.die-bank.de/fileadmin/images/top100/diebank_07-2019_Top-100.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Mercedes-Benz Group]] manufactures cars, and [[BMW Motorrad|BMW builds motorcycles]] in Berlin. In 2022, American electric car manufacturer [[Tesla, Inc.|Tesla]] opened its first European Gigafactory outside the city borders in [[Grünheide (Mark)]], Brandenburg. The Pharmaceuticals division of [[Bayer]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bayer.com/en/german-sites.aspx |title=Bayer Worldwide: Activities and Directions to the German Sites |website=bayer.com |access-date=25 June 2020 |archive-date=11 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611020108/https://www.bayer.com/en/german-sites.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Berlin Chemie]] are major pharmaceutical companies in the city.