Press release No. 567 of 10 December 2021
Turnover in crafts with compulsory approval, 3rd quarter of 2021
+3.6% on the same quarter a year earlier
Persons employed in crafts with compulsory approval, end of September 2021
-1.2% on the same time a year earlier
WIESBADEN – In the third quarter of 2021, turnover in crafts with compulsory approval in Germany increased by 3.6% compared with the third quarter of 2020. After the marked recovery (+11.4%) in the second quarter of 2021 compared with the same quarter a year ago, the positive trend continued. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of persons employed in crafts with compulsory approval was however down by 1.2% at the end of September 2021 compared with the end of September 2020. Thus the declining trend in employment continued. At the end of June 2021, the number of persons employed in crafts with compulsory approval had been down by 1.0% year on year.
