Companies based in Cologne

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (), trading as the Lufthansa Group, is a German aviation holding company. Its principal airline, Lufthansa German Airlines, branded as Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Germany. The Lufthansa Group is the second-largest airline group in Europe by passengers carried, as well as largest in Europe and fourth largest in the world by revenue. Lufthansa Airlines is also one of the five founding members of Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance, established in 1997.

Germanwings GmbH was a German low-cost airline wholly owned by Lufthansa which operated under the Eurowings brand. It was based in Cologne with hubs at Cologne Bonn Airport, Stuttgart Airport, Hamburg Airport, Berlin Tegel Airport, and Munich Airport; and further bases at Hannover Airport and Dortmund Airport.

German television station based in Cologne

German regional airline

Taschen is a luxury art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. As of January 2017, Taschen is co-managed by Benedikt Taschen and his eldest daughter, Marlene Taschen.

Deutschlandradio (DLR; ) is a national German public radio broadcaster.

German multinational discount supermarket chain

German retail conglomerate

Deutschlandfunk (DLF, Broadcast Germany) is a public-broadcasting radio station in Germany, concentrating on news and current affairs. It is one of the four national radio channels produced by Deutschlandradio.

professional esports organization

factory racing team representing Toyota in Europe in various disciplines

video game developer

large brothel in Cologne

former German department store chain

Vapiano SE is a European restaurant franchise company headquartered in Cologne. The chain's restaurants offer Italian food adhering to the fast-casual principle. Vapiano was established in 2002 in Hamburg. Its largest shareholder since 2011 is the private equity firm, Mayfair Vermögensverwaltung. Roughly one-third of the restaurants are operated by the company itself, but the majority are run as franchise or as joint ventures. In April 2017, Vapiano had 180 locations in 31 countries, including Australia, China, Egypt, and the United States. On 20 March 2020, Vapiano announced its cash-flow ins

German insurance company

German company

German airline

media company in Germany

German media group, a subsidiary of RTL Group

Sport-Informations-Dienst GmbH (SID) (Sport Information Service) is a German news agency. Based in Cologne, it has grown to be a major sport news agency. It was founded on 15 September 1945. In 1998, it became a subsidiary of Agence France-Presse.

Pax-Bank eG is a German bank that focuses on Christian finance headquartered in Cologne. The bank states that it is a (Bank for the Church and Charities), a cooperative Catholic universal bank. Its members consist of institutions of the Catholic Church and private individuals from the clerical field. The bank was founded as a self-help organization by and for priests in 1917 in Cologne.

German publisher

German private bank founded in 1789 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany

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former German bank