Germany's largest classifieds marketplace for second-hand and local commerce
Kleinanzeigen operates Germany's dominant online classifieds platform, serving 35 million monthly users across categories from consumer goods to real estate. The tech stack (Spring, AWS, Elasticsearch, Kafka, MySQL) reflects a mature, event-driven architecture built for scale. Current hiring acceleration across product, marketing, and sales roles—paired with active work on a customer data platform and professional-seller experience—suggests a shift toward monetization beyond the free-listing core, with real-estate vertical redesign and payments strategy development as near-term priorities.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Product, Sales Director
Kleinanzeigen is a free online classifieds marketplace where users buy and sell predominantly second-hand items, supported by a business model serving small and medium-sized enterprises seeking online visibility. The platform hosts an average of 55 million active listings across numerous categories. Originally launched as eBay Kleinanzeigen in 2009, the company was acquired by Adevinta in 2021 and rebranded in May 2023. Headquartered in Berlin, the company employs 201–500 people and operates exclusively within Germany. The business model emphasizes sustainability through circular commerce while generating revenue from SMB services and emerging payment and seller-tier monetization efforts.
Spring, AWS, Elasticsearch, Kafka, MySQL, Google Ads, SAP S/4HANA, Excel, Google Sheets, and Braze for customer messaging and marketing automation.
Active priorities include real estate vertical UX redesign, payments strategy, a customer data platform, professional seller experience, design system evolution, and regional growth initiatives.
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