Press release No. 494 of 10 December 2020
Turnover in crafts with compulsory approval, 3rd quarter 2020
+0.7% on the same quarter a year earlier
Persons employed in crafts with compulsory approval, end of September 2020
-2.1% on the same time a year earlier
WIESBADEN – In the third quarter of 2020, the turnover in crafts with compulsory approval increased by 0.7% in Germany compared with the third quarter of 2019. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of persons employed in crafts with compulsory approval was down by 2.1% at the end of September 2020 compared with the end of September 2019.