Press release No. 080 of 8 March 2017
WIESBADEN – In 2016, turnover in professional and technical services increased by 3.9% year on year. The number of persons employed rose by 2.9% in the same period. Based on first calculations, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that turnover in the fourth quarter of 2016 increased by a nominal 2.6% compared with the same quarter of 2015. The number of persons employed rose by 3.6% compared with the corresponding quarter of 2015.
Basic data and long time series are available in tables Turnover indices in the service sector (47414-0001) and Employment indices in the service sector (47414-0008) in the GENESIS-Online database.