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Zeppelin

German holding company

Zeppelin GmbH, headquartered in Garching with its registered office in Friedrichshafen, is the holding company of an international trading, engineering, and service group. The group offers products and digital services in the areas of construction machinery sales and service, rental, drive and energy systems, as well as engineering and plant engineering.2 It employed 8,502 people in 2018.1 Its revenue was €2.9 billion in 2018.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1995Founded1
  • HeadquartersGarching bei München1
  • Websitewww.zeppelin.com
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
  • LEI529900TEMZUZNC8TN6393
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressGraf-Zeppelin-Platz 1, 85748 Garching, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Ulm, HRB 6302173

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Zeppelin GmbH, headquartered in Garching with its registered office in Friedrichshafen, is the holding company of an international trading, engineering, and service group. The group offers products and digital services in the areas of construction machinery sales and service, rental, drive and energy systems, as well as engineering and plant engineering.2

Corporate structure

Zeppelin sits at the top of its group. 18 entities, 8 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Zeppelin Garching, Germany
    • Zeppelin CZ Modletice, Czechia
      • Zeppelin CAT 99.96% · Banská Bystrica - Kráľová, Slovakia
    • Zeppelin Systems Friedrichshafen, Germany
      • ZEPPELIN SYSTEMS ITALY S.P.A. Subsidiary · Reggio Emilia, Italy
    • Zeppelin Baumaschinen Subsidiary · Garching bei München, Germany
    • Zeppelin Rental Subsidiary · Garching bei München, Germany
    • Luftschiffbau Zeppelin Stake · 10% · Friedrichshafen
    • Topec International B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Papendrecht, Netherlands
    • Zeppelin Energy Rental Netherlands B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Bladel, Netherlands
    • Zeppelin Power Systems Netherlands B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Papendrecht, Netherlands
    • SITECH Deutschland GmbH Subsidiary · Oberhausen, Germany
    • Zeppelin International AG Subsidiary · Steinhausen, Switzerland
    • Zeppelin Power Systems GmbH Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany
    • ZEPPELIN SYSTEMS BENELUX Subsidiary · Genk, Belgium
    • ZEPPELIN SYSTEMS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Vadodara, India
      • SMART CONTROLS INDIA LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · Gwalior, India

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Zeppelin reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

Also owns

Also consolidated

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Employees over time

  • 20188,5021
  • 20178,0041

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Zeppelin revenue by year12.9B EUR in 2018+10% since 2017
01.0B EUR2.0B EUR3.0B EUR2017: 2.6B EUR2.6B EUR20172018: 2.9B EUR2.9B EUR2018+10%
  • 20182.9B EUR1
  • 20172.6B EUR1

Net income

Zeppelin net income by year190.0M EUR in 2018+43% since 2017
025.0M EUR50.0M EUR75.0M EUR100.0M EUR2017: 63.0M EUR63.0M EUR20172018: 90.0M EUR90.0M EUR2018+43%
  • 201890.0M EUR1
  • 201763.0M EUR1

Timeline

  1. 1995Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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