ÖNACE 46: Wholesale trade
Section: Wholesale and retail trade. Assignment by Statistics Austria under ÖNACE 2025, not from the register.
Statistics Austria assigns 20,751 active companies in the register to ÖNACE division 46: Wholesale trade (as of 5 Nov 2026).
7,302 of them have a company page on firmenbuchdaten.at. The shares below refer to these 7,302.
Most have their seat in: Vienna 32 %, Lower Austria 19 %, Upper Austria 14 %.
Most common legal forms: GmbH 95 %, KG 3 %, eGen 0 %.
Places with the most companies: Wien (2,324), Salzburg (226), Linz (153), Graz (128), Innsbruck (101).
7,158 have filed annual accounts with a size class, 746 of them as medium-sized or large.
The largest class is 46.64-9 Wholesale of other machinery and equipment n.e.c. with 2,707 companies.
Largest classes
- 46.64-9 Wholesale of other machinery and equipment n.e.c.: 2,707
- 46.18-0 Activities of agents involved in the wholesale of other particular products: 1,482
- 46.90-0 Non-specialised wholesale trade: 1,019
- 46.50-0 Wholesale of information and communication equipment: 813
- 46.84-0 Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies: 693
Wholesale trade: companies, larger first
- Hoval Gesellschaft m.b.H.FN 108045s · Marchtrenk · Large (G)
- SHARP Electronics (Europe) G.m.b.H.FN 249333t · Hamburg · Large (G)
- Makita Werkzeug Gesellschaft m.b.H.FN 36245b · Fischamend · Large (G)
- Gurktaler AktiengesellschaftFN 389840w · Wien · Large (G)
- Nintendo of Europe SEFN 410894g · Frankfurt am Main · Large (G)
- Anritsu EMEA GmbHFN 550507w · Wien · Large (G)
- SMC Austria GmbHFN 61518v · Korneuburg · Large (G)
- Jaguar Land Rover Austria GmbHFN 84604v · Salzburg · Large (G)
- Autobedarf Karl Kastner Gesellschaft m.b.H.FN 42747p · Innsbruck · Large (G)
- Codico GmbHFN 436940i · Perchtoldsdorf · Large (G)
- PHOENIX Arzneiwarengroßhandlung GmbHFN 115571h · Wien · Large (G)
- Baustoffgroßhandel Michael Koch Gesellschaft m.b.H.FN 124628b · Mattersburg · Large (G)
- Schachermayer GmbHFN 78652s · Linz · Large (G)
- Rechberger Gesellschaft m.b.H.FN 88875z · Linz · Large (G)
- Rittal GmbHFN 101408f · Wien · Large (G)
- Enilive Austria GmbHFN 101947y · Wien · Large (G)
- Bechtle Austria GmbHFN 102258f · Wien · Large (G)
- Canon Austria GmbHFN 104024b · Wien · Large (G)
- Schneider Electric "Austria" Ges. m.b.H.FN 104049p · Wien · Large (G)
- Merck Chemicals and Life Science GesmbHFN 104832s · Wien · Large (G)
- Nestle Österreich GmbHFN 105870t · Wien · Large (G)
- ZF CV Distribution Austria GmbHFN 106234b · Wien · Large (G)
- Pulp Trading GmbHFN 107873m · Lenzing an der Ager · Large (G)
- FLSmidth GmbHFN 109750y · Neusiedl am See · Large (G)
Datenquelle: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (Statistics Austria), register number to ÖNACE assignment, CC BY 4.0, as of 5 Nov 2026. Source: Austrian company register (Firmenbuch), Republic of Austria, represented by the BMJ, open data under CC BY 4.0.