Merkel Jagd- und Sportwaffen

What Merkel Jagd- und Sportwaffen does

Merkel Jagd- und Sportwaffen is a German entity in the firearms sector, with its name translating to "Merkel Hunting and Sporting Firearms." The company operates an online presence via the domain merkel-die-jagd.de, indicating a direct-to-consumer or brand-oriented web channel aimed at hunters and sport shooters in the German-speaking market. Beyond the company name, the brand's positioning within the hunting and sporting weapons category, and the domain, the input data contains no further descriptive content about the business.

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As a result, this description reflects a near-total data gap. Any further characterization of the company's business model, revenue mechanics, go-to-market approach, or competitive positioning would be unsupported by the input and has been deliberately omitted rather than fabricated. The dominant analytical constraint is the absence of usable source content rather than a thinness of signals.

Name

Merkel Jagd- und Sportwaffen

Website

https://merkel-die-jagd.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1898

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Merkel Jagd- und Sportwaffen is a German firearms brand in the hunting and sporting weapons category, operating via the merkel-die-jagd.de domain. Detailed operational, financial, and product information was unavailable in the source data.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hunting and Sporting Firearms

NAICS

Sporting Goods Retailers (45911)

SIC

Sporting & Athletic Goods, Nec (3949)

akta.pro primary industry

Hunting Clothing, Footwear & Camouflage Retail (CRAMAKAD)

Keywords

• Hunting firearms
• Sporting firearms
• Firearms retail
• Hunting weapons
• Sport shooting equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Suhl

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Core offering

Merkel Jagd- und Sportwaffen ("Merkel Hunting and Sporting Firearms") is, based on its German trade name, a firearms dealer offering hunting weapons (Jagdwaffen) and sporting firearms (Sportwaffen). The actual product catalog, brand portfolio, and service offering could not be verified because the source webpage (merkel-die-jagd.de) only displayed a verification/loading screen at the time of collection.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Regional players

• Alljagd (Jäger & Angler): German online hunting/sporting goods retailer. Comparable product mix and customer segment within the German-speaking market, illustrating the regional retail-channel dynamics around which Merkel competes.

Broad incumbents

• Benelli: Italian hunting and sport shotgun manufacturer (part of the Beretta group). Comparable to Merkel on the hunting/sporting shotgun side, but broader and larger with global distribution.
• Browning (Browning Arms Company): Established European/American sporting firearms brand with a strong hunting and shotgun lineup. Comparable product categories and customer overlap, but operates at significantly greater scale across multiple geographies.
• Beretta: Global Italian firearms incumbent offering hunting shotguns and rifles alongside a much broader civilian and defense portfolio. Comparable end-customers and use cases (upland hunting, driven hunts) but materially larger scale and broader scope.

Direct peers

• Mauser: Iconic German hunting and sporting rifle brand. Comparable as a heritage European hunting-rifle maker competing for the same premium licensed-hunter segment as Merkel.
• Sauer & Sohn: Historic German hunting and sporting firearms maker (J.P. Sauer & Sohn), part of the same general firearms ecosystem. Directly comparable on product mix (bolt-action rifles, combination guns) and target customer segment.
• Kettner (Der Waffenspezi): German hunting and sporting weapons retailer. Comparable multi-channel hunting retailer serving the same licensed-hunter base with similar product assortment including firearms, optics, and hunting apparel.
• Blaser: German manufacturer of premium hunting rifles and shotguns. Closely comparable to Merkel as a German-engineered, hunting-focused firearms brand with overlapping customer base of licensed hunters and sport shooters in the DACH region.
• Frankonia Jagd: One of Germany's largest hunting and sporting weapons retailers/distributors. Comparable as a Germany-based hunting channel and supplier, sharing the same end-customer and product mix.
• Haenel (C.G. Haenel): German hunting and sporting firearms manufacturer offering rifles and shotguns for hunters and sport shooters. Directly comparable in product line, channel, and customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights2 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/merkel-jagd--und-sportwaffen-gmbh

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Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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