Herne is hosting 55 of the largest companies in Germany (Deutschland). Within the ranking of Europe's largest cities ordered by their number of companies Herne is on position 361.(Six months ago it was position 293 ) If we rank all cities by the total sales of all their big companies, Herne is on position 510. According to the NACE-activities of the biggest companies, Herne is the city of 13: Mining of metal ores