Overview
The Vaillant Group is a family-owned German heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning technology company founded in 1874 by Johann Vaillant. Headquartered in Remscheid, Germany, it is a global market leader in wall-hung boilers and a major European heat pump manufacturer, generating approximately €3.2 billion in revenue (2024) with ~16,000 employees across 13 R&D and manufacturing sites in Europe, Turkey, and China. The group markets products under eight brands including Vaillant, Saunier Duval, Glow-worm, and DemirDöküm.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
CEO
Revenue
Employees
Ownership
Founder
Brands
Financial stage
Data & sources
Press releases
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Web sources
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Vaillant Group on the deployment map
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Current leadership (4)
- Norbert Schiedeck CEOSEC-verified
- Andreas Meier Managing Director Sales, Marketing & ServiceSEC-verified
- Stefan Borchers Managing Director Finance and ServicesSEC-verified
- Klaus König Managing Director IndustrialSEC-verified
Founders (1)
- Johann Vaillantno longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Johann Vaillant FounderSEC-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Vaillant Group.
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Recent coverage
Vaillant Group in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Review status verifiedVerifiedJun 20, 2026
unreviewed -> reverified
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
- https://www.vaillant.de/
- Vaillant Group: Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaillant_Group
- Organisation: Vaillant Group · https://www.vaillant-group.com/our-company/organisation/
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
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- unclassified
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- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
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- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
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Methodology surface for Vaillant Group.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Vaillant Group from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Digitalization at Vaillant Group: DXC enables flexibility for the future of heating - DXC Technology
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Vaillant Group opens new factory for electronic components in Remscheid
Vaillant Group opened a new factory for electronic components at its Remscheid headquarters.
Vaillant Group continues to grow in a difficult market environment
Vaillant Group recorded sales revenue of €3.8 billion in 2023, an increase of 3% on the previous year.
Science Based Targets initiative recognises Vaillant Group's ambitious climate targets
The Science Based Targets initiative recognised Vaillant Group's climate targets.
Vaillant Group invests up to €2 billion in the expansion of its heat pump business
Vaillant Group announced up to €2 billion investment in heat pump business expansion.
Vaillant Group Partners with TCS to Drive its Growth and Transformation Program - Tata Consultancy Services
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EIB supports the Vaillant Group's research and development for climate friendly heating systems
The European Investment Bank is supporting Vaillant Group's R&D for climate-friendly heating systems.
Frank Liebelt joins the management team at Sovereign - Materialfluss
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/vaillant.md
- RSS feed: /companies/vaillant/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/21d6c1f4-aa8e-4aaf-94b0-68fe0435d5c1
- Revision history: /companies/vaillant/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Vaillant Group against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
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Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 6, 2026