Fully continuous process for preparing branched organopolysiloxanes, wherein - in a first step in a preliminary reactor at least one chlorosilane is continuously reacted with alcohol to give the partial alkoxylate, wherein a) 0.1 to 2.0 mol of alcohol is used per mole of hydrolyzable chlorine, and b) the alcohol contains not more than 5% by weight of water, and - in a second step the partial alkoxylate obtained in the first step is transferred into a column as a first reaction unit, wherein a continuous reaction a) with alcohol and water, or b) with alcohol, water and at least one further chlorosilane which differs from the chlorosilane from the first step as follows: - it is less volatile, i.e. has a higher boiling point, and - may additionally have lower reactivity, is effected to give a polyorganosiloxane mixture (= silicone resin intermediate) having a low level of condensation, and - in a third step the silicone resin intermediate from the second step is transferred into a continuous loop reactor, or a stirred batchwise reactor with continuous feed and drain or a stirred tank cascade connected in a continuous system as a second reaction unit, wherein a reaction a) with alcohol and water and in the presence of catalytic traces of hydrogen chloride, or b) with alcohol and water and in the presence of catalytic traces of hydrogen chloride and with addition of further alkoxy- and/or hydroxy-functional organopolysiloxanes or alkoxy- and/or hydroxy-functional silanes, is effected to give the end product, a branched organopolysiloxane having the desired level of condensation, with the proviso that no other solvent apart from the alcohol used is used over the entire process, where this alcohol may consist of just one kind of alcohol or of a mixture of at least two different alcohols. - in a first step in a preliminary reactor at least one chlorosilane is continuously reacted with alcohol to give the partial alkoxylate, wherein a) 0.1 to 2.0 mol of alcohol is used per mole of hydrolyzable chlorine, and b) the alcohol contains not more than 5% by weight of water, and a) 0.1 to 2.0 mol of alcohol is used per mole of hydrolyzable chlorine, and b) the alcohol contains not more than 5% by weight of water, and - in a second step the partial alkoxylate obtained in the first step is transferred into a column as a first reaction unit, wherein a continuous reaction a) with alcohol and water, or b) with alcohol, water and at least one further chlorosilane which differs from the chlorosilane from the first step as follows: - it is less volatile, i.e. has a higher boiling point, and - may additionally have lower reactivity, is effected to give a polyorganosiloxane mixture (= silicone resin intermediate) having a low level of condensation, and a) with alcohol and water, or b) with alcohol, water and at least one further chlorosilane which differs from the chlorosilane from the first step as follows: - it is less volatile, i.e. has a higher boiling point, and - may additionally have lower reactivity, is effected to give a polyorganosiloxane mixture (= silicone resin intermediate) having a low level of condensation, and - it is less volatile, i.e. has a higher boiling point, and - may additionally have lower reactivity, is effected to give a polyorganosiloxane mixture (= silicone resin intermediate) having a low level of condensation, and - in a third step the silicone resin intermediate from the second step is transferred into a continuous loop reactor, or a stirred batchwise reactor with continuous feed and drain or a stirred tank cascade connected in a continuous system as a second reaction unit, wherein a reaction a) with alcohol and water and in the presence of catalytic traces of hydrogen chloride, or b) with alcohol and water and in the presence of catalytic traces of hydrogen chloride and with addition of further alkoxy- and/or hydroxy-functional organopolysiloxanes or alkoxy- and/or hydroxy-functional silanes, is effected to give the end product, a branched organopolysiloxane having the desired level of condensation, with the proviso that no other solvent apart from the alcohol used is used over the entire process, where this alcohol may consist of just one kind of alcohol or of a mixture of at least two different alcohols. a) with alcohol and water and in the presence of catalytic traces of hydrogen chloride, or b) with alcohol and water and in the presence of catalytic traces of hydrogen chloride and with addition of further alkoxy- and/or hydroxy-functional organopolysiloxanes or alkoxy- and/or hydroxy-functional silanes,