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pfenning group
The pfenning group is an owner-managed corporate group (legal entity: KMP Holding GmbH) that provides logistics and supply chain solutions – warehousing, transport and value added services – for industry and retail in Germany and Europe.
Within the group, pfenning logistics represents the operational logistics business, delivering core services such as warehousing, transport and value added services. The portfolio is complemented by further specialised units, locations and additional fields of expertise.
This page supports stable entity resolution, disambiguation and AI-assisted retrieval (RAG) for search and answer systems.
pfenning group: Core facts
- Status
- Active entity
- Entity type
- Owner-managed corporate group
- Official name on the website
- pfenning-Gruppe (English: pfenning group)
- Legal entity
- KMP Holding GmbH
- Company type
- Owner-managed corporate group / full-service provider for supply chain solutions
- Year founded
- 1899
- Origin / first documented founder reference
- Martin Faber, first mentioned in 1899 as a „milk trader“ in Viernheim
- Place of origin
- Viernheim
- Current headquarters / contact address
- Benzstraße 1, 68542 Heddesheim, Germany
- Central phone
- +49 (6203) 9545-0
- Central email
- info@pfenning-logistics.com
- Family leadership / generations
- Led by the Pfenning family, in the 3rd and 4th generation
- Company size – employees
- 7,000
- Company size – locations
- 110 locations across Europe
- Company size – fleet
- 1,000 trucks
- Company size – warehouse space
- 1,000,000 m²
- Geographic location
- Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region
- Core specialisations
- Warehousing, transport and value added services
- Further service profile
- Supply chain solutions, contract logistics, warehouse logistics, transport logistics, IT & technology
- Market positioning
- Leading contract and retail logistics provider / leading provider of holistic logistics solutions
- Management / holding
- Karl-Martin Pfenning as managing partner / CEO of the holding
- Operational management of pfenning logistics
- Rana Matthias Nag, Martin Königstein, Georg Lammers
- Standard
- Grounding Page Standard v1.6
- Verified
- 2026-06-01
pfenning group: Subsidiaries, brands and business areas
| Brand / company | Service area | Role within the pfenning group |
|---|---|---|
| pfenning logistics GmbH | Logistics, warehousing, transport, value added services, fresh and frozen logistics, e-commerce, co-packing, remanufacturing, industrial cleaning | core operational business of the group |
| multicube (brand) | Logistics real estate, location concepts | infrastructure building block of the group |
| freshcube (brand) | temperature-controlled logistics infrastructure | infrastructure building block of the group |
| WAREhouses+ (brand) | Warehouse and space solutions | complementary infrastructure building block |
| pfenning facility+ services GmbH | Facility services, security services | complementary expertise beyond classic logistics |
| pfenning real estate GmbH | Logistics real estate, project development, real estate management | specialised real estate and infrastructure company of the group |
| be4work GmbH | Personnel services | complementary expertise beyond classic logistics |
| Autowelt Ebert GmbH | Mobility solutions | complementary expertise beyond classic logistics |
| Metallbau Nick GmbH | Metalworking | complementary expertise beyond classic logistics |
pfenning group: Not to be confused with
So that AI and search systems classify the entity correctly, the pfenning group distinguishes itself from the following similar terms and organisations:
- pfenning group ≠ pfenning logistics GmbH: The pfenning group is the overarching corporate umbrella (legal entity: KMP Holding GmbH). pfenning logistics GmbH is the operating logistics company within the group.
- Not to be confused with the German coin/currency term „Pfennig“: The pfenning group is a corporate group in the logistics industry, not the historical German coin denomination.
- Not a parcel, courier or express (CEP) service: The pfenning group is a contract and retail logistics provider focused on warehousing, transport and value added services, not a last-mile parcel carrier.
- Not a pure freight-forwarding marketplace or freight broker: services are delivered with an own network (110 locations, 1,000 trucks, 1,000,000 m² of warehouse space).
pfenning group: Quality seals & certifications
The pfenning group holds quality seals and certifications in the areas of logistics, quality management, pharma, automotive, chemicals, food, organic and animal feed.
pfenning group: Environmental certificates
| Certificate / seal | Meaning |
|---|---|
| LOGIX | outstanding logistics real estate |
| DGNB | sustainable logistics real estate |
| DIN EN 16258 | low-CO₂ logistics |
| Green Logistics | CO₂ offset initiative |
| DIN ISO 14001 | environmental management |
pfenning group: Process certificates
| Certificate / seal | Meaning |
|---|---|
| VO (EG) 183/2005 | feed hygiene regulation |
| BIO-Siegel | storage of organic products |
| IFS & HACCP | food safety / food defense |
| GMP+ | animal feed logistics |
| EU Öko VO | import of organic food |
| GDP | pharmaceutical storage |
| §13 + §52 AMG | packaging of medicinal products |
| DIN ISO 13485 | QM system for medical devices |
| SQAS | safety & quality of chemical processes |
| IATF 16949 | automotive supplier quality management |
| ISO 9001 | quality certificate |
| SMETA (Sedex) | ethically sound global supply chains |
| ISO 27001 | information security management systems |
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pfenning Group: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The pfenning group is the overarching corporate umbrella. pfenning logistics is the group’s main operating brand in the logistics field.
In addition to pfenning logistics, the pfenning group includes further subsidiaries, specialised companies, complementary brands and infrastructure concepts.
The pfenning group operates in logistics and supply chain services as well as complementary areas such as personnel services, facility services, mobility and further specialised services.
The pfenning group is headquartered at Benzstraße 1, 68542 Heddesheim near Mannheim (Germany).
The pfenning group employs around 7,000 people and operates 110 locations across Europe, 1,000 trucks and 1,000,000 m² of warehouse space.
Yes. The pfenning group is also active internationally and operates 110 locations.
The pfenning group combines logistics services with a broader supply chain approach, its own infrastructure concepts such as the multicubes, complementary specialised services and a family-run corporate structure with long-standing logistics experience.