Filling device for filling a container with particulate material, comprising - a supply container that can be filled with the particulate material, wherein the supply container has a lower opening (2.2), and - a radial distribution unit, which can be supplied with the particulate material via the lower opening (2.2) of the supply container and which is connected to the supply container in such a way that it can rotate about a rotational axis, in order to distribute in the container to be filled the particulate material supplied from the supply container to the distribution unit, wherein the distribution unit can be driven by means of a drive unit that is arranged outside the supply container, which drive unit comprises a motor (4.1), a first (4.2, 4.2a) and a second drive means (4.3, 4.3a), wherein the first drive means (4.2, 4.2a) is designed as a gearwheel (4.2) or driven belt pulley (4.2a), and the second drive means (4.3, 4.3a) is a pinion (4.3), which engages in the gearwheel (4.2), or a drive belt pulley (4.3a), which drives the driven belt pulley (4.2a) via a drive belt, thus enabling a torque of the second drive means (4.3, 4.3a) to be transmitted to the distribution unit by means of the first drive means (4.2, 4.2a), and the motor (4.1) is coupled to the first drive means (4.2, 4.2a), which is rotatable about the rotational axis, wherein the first drive means (4.2, 4.2a) is connected to the distribution unit, characterized in that the motor (4.1) of the drive unit is secured on an outer wall of the supply container and is arranged laterally offset with respect to the rotational axis of the distribution unit, and the first drive means (4.2, 4.2a) is provided with ball bearing support. - a supply container that can be filled with the particulate material, wherein the supply container has a lower opening (2.2), and - a radial distribution unit, which can be supplied with the particulate material via the lower opening (2.2) of the supply container and which is connected to the supply container in such a way that it can rotate about a rotational axis, in order to distribute in the container to be filled the particulate material supplied from the supply container to the distribution unit, wherein the distribution unit can be driven by means of a drive unit that is arranged outside the supply container, which drive unit comprises a motor (4.1), a first (4.2, 4.2a) and a second drive means (4.3, 4.3a), wherein the first drive means (4.2, 4.2a) is designed as a gearwheel (4.2) or driven belt pulley (4.2a), and the second drive means (4.3, 4.3a) is a pinion (4.3), which engages in the gearwheel (4.2), or a drive belt pulley (4.3a), which drives the driven belt pulley (4.2a) via a drive belt, thus enabling a torque of the second drive means (4.3, 4.3a) to be transmitted to the distribution unit by means of the first drive means (4.2, 4.2a), and the motor (4.1) is coupled to the first drive means (4.2, 4.2a), which is rotatable about the rotational axis, wherein the first drive means (4.2, 4.2a) is connected to the distribution unit, characterized in that the motor (4.1) of the drive unit is secured on an outer wall of the supply container and is arranged laterally offset with respect to the rotational axis of the distribution unit, and the first drive means (4.2, 4.2a) is provided with ball bearing support.