Global Manufacturers and Distributors by the Numbers
This dataset exists to turn fragmented public data into one verifiable company passport. Hell of a Partner lists 1,020,464 profiles across 227 countries and 98 product categories: 751,133 manufacturers and 269,331 distributors, of which 42,903 have been verified by us and the rest are listed from public sources. This page publishes the headline statistics from that directory: listed-profile counts by country and sector, and certification prevalence by market. Every number below says which set it counts. All figures are computed from the live database and refresh daily.
Free to cite with attribution: link to hellofapartner.com/data as the source (CC BY 4.0).
Download the data: companies by country and sector (CSV) · certification prevalence by market (CSV)
Listed profiles by country (top 20)
All publicly listed manufacturer and distributor profiles, not only the 42,903 we have verified. Share is of all 1,020,464 listed profiles.
| # | Country | Listed profiles | Share of all listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 303,140 | 29.7% |
| 2 | China | 174,480 | 17.1% |
| 3 | South Korea | 78,251 | 7.7% |
| 4 | Moldova | 54,458 | 5.3% |
| 5 | Thailand | 24,672 | 2.4% |
| 6 | Germany | 23,393 | 2.3% |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 22,798 | 2.2% |
| 8 | Singapore | 22,263 | 2.2% |
| 9 | United States | 22,130 | 2.2% |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 21,317 | 2.1% |
| 11 | Greece | 20,831 | 2.0% |
| 12 | Norway | 19,181 | 1.9% |
| 13 | Brazil | 18,443 | 1.8% |
| 14 | Italy | 18,166 | 1.8% |
| 15 | Mexico | 16,206 | 1.6% |
| 16 | Estonia | 15,095 | 1.5% |
| 17 | Russia | 13,844 | 1.4% |
| 18 | Latvia | 10,791 | 1.1% |
| 19 | India | 9,667 | 0.9% |
| 20 | Vietnam | 7,854 | 0.8% |
Listed profiles active per sector
Manufacturers and distributors together, from the same listing set as the table above. A company spanning several sectors is counted once in each.
| Sector | Listed profiles |
|---|---|
| Industrial | 285,404 |
| Food & Beverage | 201,122 |
| Fashion & Apparel | 84,472 |
| Construction & Building | 67,502 |
| Home & Living | 61,249 |
| Health & Beauty | 48,659 |
| Office, Paper & Gifts | 45,776 |
| Consumer Tech | 41,451 |
| Automotive & Mobility | 22,175 |
| Jewelry & Accessories | 17,865 |
| Baby, Kids & Toys | 6,784 |
| Pet & Animal | 6,321 |
| Sports, Outdoor & Leisure | 5,624 |
Certification prevalence by market
Share of ALL listed companies in each category and country holding a certification, manufacturers and distributors together, not manufacturers only. Each market links to its live directory page with the full snapshot.
| Market | Listed companies | Most-held certifications |
|---|---|---|
| Specialty & Gourmet Food, Thailand | 404 | |
| Medical & Healthcare Supplies, Germany | 644 | 10% AEO, Authorised Economic Operator |
| Organic Food, Australia | 8 | 50% HACCP, 38% ISO 22000, Food Safety, 38% USDA Organic |
| Skincare & Cosmetics, France | 285 | |
| Industrial Machinery, Italy | 320 | 15% ISO 9001, Quality Management |
| Beverages, Vietnam | 440 | |
| Fabrics & Textile Materials, Turkey | 227 | 16% OEKO-TEX Standard 100, 11% ISO 9001, Quality Management |
| Consumer Electronics, China | 7129 |
Founding age by market
Median founding year of the companies in each market that list one, a read on how young or established the supplier base is.
| Market | With founding year | Median founded | Founded last decade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialty & Gourmet Food, Thailand | 37 | 1984 | 0% |
| Medical & Healthcare Supplies, Germany | 62 | 1986 | 19% |
| Skincare & Cosmetics, France | 131 | 2011 | 43% |
| Industrial Machinery, Italy | 70 | 1964 | 4% |
| Beverages, Vietnam | 85 | 1995 | 7% |
| Fabrics & Textile Materials, Turkey | 70 | 1983 | 6% |
| Consumer Electronics, China | 63 | 2001 | 8% |
Methodology
Every figure here is counted from the companies listed in the Hell of a Partner directory, manufacturers and distributors alike. A count of listed profiles is not a count of companies we have verified: verification is a separate status, held today by 42,903 of the 1,020,464 listed profiles, and no table on this page is filtered by it. We build that directory from public sources: national business registries, industry and trade-association directories, and export and trade-show listings. Before a company is added we check that its website is live, so dead and parked domains are left out. Counts are recomputed daily, so small day-to-day movement reflects new listings and removals.
A certification counts when the company profile lists it. These are self-declared by the company or its source registry, not audited by us. Because different sources record this field to different degrees, a certification share is only meaningful within one market, meaning one category and country. Please do not compare certification shares across countries: a higher share usually means that source recorded certifications more fully, not that the country certifies more.
Founding-year medians follow the same rule: only companies that list a founding year are counted (the with-founding-year count), and the figure is meaningful within one market, not as a cross-country comparison. Sources record this field unevenly, so read it as the age profile of the listed cohort, not of the national industry.
Hell of a Partner is a B2B marketplace; the directory is open, and these aggregates are published under CC BY 4.0, free to cite or republish with a link back. For per-market detail, open any category directory and pick a country.
Frequently asked questions
- How many manufacturers are in the Hell of a Partner directory?
- The directory lists 751,133 manufacturer profiles and 269,331 distributor profiles, 1,020,464 listed profiles in total, across 227 countries and 98 product categories. 42,903 of those profiles have been verified by us; the rest are listed from public sources. Counts on this page update daily from the live database.
- Which country has the most listed profiles in the directory?
- France leads with 303,140 listed profiles (manufacturers and distributors together), 30% of all 1,020,464 listed profiles. This is a count of listings, not of companies verified by us. The full top-20 table is published on this page.
- Can I cite or republish these statistics?
- Yes. All statistics on this page are free to cite and republish with attribution to Hell of a Partner and a link to https://hellofapartner.com/data. The data is computed from the live directory and refreshed daily.
- How is certification prevalence calculated?
- For each category and country combination, prevalence is the share of ALL publicly listed companies in that combination whose profile lists the certification, manufacturers and distributors together, not manufacturers only. It is computed over the full population of the combination, not a sample.
- Are the certifications independently verified?
- No. A certification is shown when the company or its source registry lists it on the profile; we do not audit certifications. Because sources record this field to different degrees, certification shares are comparable within a single market only, not across countries.