G 47.73 · G 47.74 · G 47.78.1
Community pharmacies, opticians, hearing aid acousticians and medical supply stores with orthopaedic and rehabilitation products – for manufacturers of medicines and medical devices, wholesalers, software and billing providers, shopfitters and training providers. Turn a request for German company data into a comparable written offer. Define the selection, required fields and acceptance checks before agreeing a one-off delivery.
Our database (as of 21 October 2026): 40,776 businesses in this industry, 38,983 of them with a phone number.
Export of the whole industry: €359 (final price). Selections by federal state, district or your own filters are quoted on request.
Official statistics: 18,912 businesses in Germany according to Destatis, GENESIS table 48112-0002 (reference year 2024, table updated 21 September 2026). Classes 47.73 dispensing chemists (14,228) and 47.74 retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods (4,684) combined. Opticians (47.78.1) are not included: the table only shows them together with the rest of class 47.78 (20,809). This is the size of the market, not the size of our database.
| Item | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Businesses in our database | 40,776 | 100 % |
| with phone number | 38,983 | 95.6 % |
| with email address | 23,382 | 57.3 % |
| with website | 36,394 | 89.3 % |
| Price for the whole industry | €359 | Final price |
Statistically, these businesses belong to retail trade, not to human health: pharmacies are classified under 47.73, medical supply stores and hearing aid acousticians under 47.74, opticians under the German subclass 47.78.1. What they have in common is the sale of health products to end customers, often combined with advice, fitting and billing with the health insurance funds.
Medical and dental practices, therapy and care are in the industry Healthcare and wellness, the wholesale of medicines and medical devices under G 46. Businesses that mainly make aids themselves may be classified under the manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies (32.50).
| WZ 2008 | Official title | For your selection |
|---|---|---|
| 47.73 | Dispensing chemist in specialised stores | community pharmacies, main and branch pharmacies |
| 47.74 | Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods in specialised stores | medical supply stores, hearing aid acousticians, rehabilitation and care products |
| 47.78.1 | Opticians (German subclass of 47.78) | glasses and contact lenses; the other subclasses of 47.78 belong to retail |
All three professions are regulated – in different ways and with directories of differing public access.
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Order specification for Pharmacies, opticians and hearing care: Narrow the offered activities using these codes: 47.73, 47.74, 47.78.1. State the subgroups you actually intend to purchase and confirm quantity and contact fields for that selection. The following attributes are not promised as export fields: ownership and branch relationships between pharmacies; opening hours and emergency service times; contracts with health insurance funds and pre-qualification; turnover and number of prescriptions dispensed; names of pharmacists, master craftsmen and branch managers. Do not make them hidden assumptions in the order; record missing information as a separate question to resolve.
Pharmacies are owner-run: besides the main pharmacy, a pharmacist may operate no more than three branches. An owner’s locations may trade under different names and then appear as separate entries, even though one person decides.
In optics and hearing care, there are large chains with hundreds of locations alongside many master craftsmen’s businesses. If you want to reach owners, have branches of well-known chains excluded; this is possible where they can be recognised by name.
Many businesses offer more than one service: opticians with hearing care, medical supply stores with an orthopaedic workshop. The WZ position follows the main activity; for such combined offers we recommend requesting both positions.
We sell billing software for medical aids and are looking for medical supply stores and hearing aid acousticians (47.74) in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate with a phone number. Branches of large chains should not be included where recognisable. Please tell us the size and data status.
Use cases
Plan field sales and sample mailings to pharmacies in a region.
Merchandise management and billing services for pharmacies, medical supply stores and hearing aid acousticians.
Conversion and modernisation of dispensaries and sales rooms.
Invitations to courses by post to businesses in a region.
Questions
In Germany, a mail-order licence is only granted to someone who operates a licensed pharmacy (§ 11a ApoG). Mail-order pharmacies are therefore also community pharmacies and are recorded as pharmacies insofar as they appear in our sources. The export has no separate “mail order” field.
Yes. Opticians are classified under 47.78.1, hearing aid acousticians together with medical supply stores under 47.74. Within 47.74, hearing care and medical supply stores can only be separated by the business name.
No. They belong to human health (section Q) and are in the industry Healthcare and wellness. A joint selection of both industries is possible on request.
Confirm the selection, available fields, data date, quantity and individual commercial terms in writing. A published market statistic or example file is not a promise of coverage for your order.
18,912 businesses in Germany according to Destatis, GENESIS table 48112-0002 (reference year 2024, table updated 21 September 2026). Classes 47.73 dispensing chemists (14,228) and 47.74 retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods (4,684) combined. Opticians (47.78.1) are not included: the table only shows them together with the rest of class 47.78 (20,809). This is a figure from official statistics, not the size of our dataset.
40,776 businesses in our database (as of 21 October 2026), 38,983 of them with a phone number (95.6%), 23,382 with an email address and 36,394 with a website. Regional filters reduce the number; we confirm the size of your selection before you order.
Format, sources, price and marketing law (§ 7 UWG): questions about all industries.
