Email security in Germany
How Germany protects its email, measured from public DNS across 11,495,013 domains, and which sectors move the national picture.
Average score across 11,495,013 domains
Active. 8,437,442 with live mail routing.
Inactive. 3,057,571 with no mail routing found.
An inactive domain is not receiving email, yet it stays registered and can still be forged in your name. Securing it costs nothing and closes that door. 173,037 of them already declare that they carry no mail. How we measure this
How these domains spread across score bands
Where Germany stands
Across the 11,495,013 domains we benchmark in Germany, the average email-security score is 18 out of 100, a little above the global average of 13. That leaves the typical domain here open to being impersonated.
The headline covers every registered domain. Domains that carry live mail score 23, while those with no mail routing score 4. Both matter, because a domain does not need working email to be forged in your name.
Reading this page
- The big number is every registered domain in Germany.
- Active and inactive split that same population by whether mail is flowing.
- The coloured bar shows how those domains spread from band A down to band F.
Industries in Germany
Which sectors lift the national average, and which pull it down.
| # | Industry | Domains | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manufacturing & Engineering | 14,047 | 32 /100 |
| 2 | Technology & Communications | 17,516 | 31 /100 |
| 3 | Transport & Logistics | 2,516 | 31 /100 |
| 4 | Financial Services | 3,627 | 31 /100 |
| 5 | Agriculture & Environmental Services | 3,656 | 31 /100 |
| 6 | Charities | 544 | 30 /100 |
| 7 | Retail & Consumer Brands | 7,056 | 30 /100 |
| 8 | Membership Organisations | 1,316 | 29 /100 |
| 9 | Personal & Local Services | 1,153 | 29 /100 |
| 10 | Construction, Property & Infrastructure | 6,062 | 29 /100 |
| 11 | Healthcare & Life Sciences | 4,890 | 29 /100 |
| 12 | Professional Services | 10,034 | 28 /100 |
| 13 | Government & Public Services | 1,686 | 28 /100 |
| 14 | Education & Training | 4,430 | 27 /100 |
| 15 | Media, Marketing & Creative | 15,120 | 27 /100 |
Germany within Europe
How Germany compares with the rest of the region. The map and the table both follow the view selected above.
| # | Country | Domains | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guernsey | 184 | 31 /100 |
| 2 | Kosovo | 53 | 29 /100 |
| 3 | Macedonia | 754 | 28 /100 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 1,670,501 | 27 /100 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 3,772,514 | 27 /100 |
| 6 | Montenegro | 227 | 27 /100 |
| 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31,900 | 27 /100 |
| 8 | Poland | 2,263,391 | 24 /100 |
| 9 | Croatia | 131,819 | 24 /100 |
| 10 | Gibraltar | 1,703 | 24 /100 |
| 11 | Greece | 451,643 | 23 /100 |
| 12 | Slovakia | 396,355 | 23 /100 |
| 13 | Cyprus | 20,158 | 23 /100 |
| 14 | Monaco | 2,766 | 23 /100 |
| 15 | Norway | 595,247 | 23 /100 |
| 16 | Albania | 25,351 | 22 /100 |
| 17 | Romania | 593,426 | 22 /100 |
| 18 | North Macedonia | 29,035 | 22 /100 |
| 19 | Portugal | 372,214 | 21 /100 |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 76,417 | 21 /100 |
| 21 | Serbia | 140,445 | 20 /100 |
| 22 | Liechtenstein | 36,819 | 20 /100 |
| 23 | Slovenia | 157,084 | 20 /100 |
| 24 | Denmark | 922,024 | 20 /100 |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 100,045 | 20 /100 |
| 26 | Jersey | 4,977 | 20 /100 |
| 27 | Belgium | 1,133,867 | 20 /100 |
| 28 | Malta | 14,283 | 20 /100 |
| 29 | France | 3,314,353 | 19 /100 |
| 30 | Spain | 1,461,432 | 19 /100 |
| 31 | Germany (this country) | 11,495,013 | 18 /100 |
| 32 | Faroe Islands | 5,731 | 18 /100 |
| 33 | Italy | 2,708,820 | 18 /100 |
| 34 | Austria | 959,534 | 18 /100 |
| 35 | United Kingdom | 7,245,094 | 17 /100 |
| 36 | Hungary | 758,940 | 17 /100 |
| 37 | Moldova | 36,352 | 17 /100 |
| 38 | Sweden | 1,418,639 | 17 /100 |
| 39 | Åland Islands | 3,293 | 17 /100 |
| 40 | Estonia | 169,155 | 17 /100 |
| 41 | Ireland | 241,280 | 17 /100 |
| 42 | San Marino | 1,420 | 16 /100 |
| 43 | Finland | 480,878 | 16 /100 |
| 44 | Latvia | 109,485 | 16 /100 |
| 45 | Czechia | 1,277,549 | 16 /100 |
| 46 | Iceland | 67,923 | 15 /100 |
| 47 | Andorra | 6,950 | 14 /100 |
| 48 | Lithuania | 186,524 | 13 /100 |
| 49 | Belarus | 137,228 | 12 /100 |
| 50 | Ukraine | 408,173 | 10 /100 |
| 51 | Russia | 1,589,630 | 9 /100 |
| 52 | Isle of Man | 40,050 | 8 /100 |
Compare with
United Kingdom →
Avg 17/100
Netherlands →
Avg 27/100
France →
Avg 19/100
All countries →
The full national picture.
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