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Date: October 28, 2024 Implementation of the EU enterprise definition in structural business statistics from reference year 2018

In structural business statistics, results for enterprises have been presented according to the EU enterprise definition - as specified by the EU Regulation on statistical units - since reference year 2018, the first year the new definition was …

Date: October 28, 2024 New structural statistics for trade and services

The structural survey of service activities has been conducted in conjunction with the annual survey of wholesale and retail trade and the annual survey of accommodation and food service activities since reference year 2021. The basis for the new …

Date: December 16, 2021 Online trade is steadily gaining in importance

Online sales of clothing, computers, electronic goods and of other goods are booming; the turnover figures have been rising for years.

Press release No. 171 of 2 May 2023 Retail turnover in real terms down 2.4% in March 2023 on the previous month

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of all retail enterprises in Germany declined by 2.4% and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover by 1.3%, on a calendar and …

Press release No. 130 of 31 March 2023 Retail turnover in real terms down 1.3% in February 2023 on the previous month

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of all retail enterprises in Germany declined by 1.3% and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover dropped by 0.5%, on a calendar and …

Press release No. 087 of 8 March 2023 Retail turnover in real terms down 0.3% in January 2023 on the previous month

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of all retail enterprises in Germany declined by 0.3% and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover dropped by 0.7%, on a calendar and …

Press release No. 059 of 14 February 2023 Wholesale turnover in 2022 expected to be up 1.0% in real terms on 2021

According to an estimate of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), turnover in wholesale trade in Germany recorded a new record high in 2022. The real (price-adjusted) turnover in wholesale trade was 1.0% higher and the nominal (not …

Press release No. 039 of 31 January 2023 2022 turnover in retail trade down a real 0.6% on 2021

In 2022, the real (price-adjusted) turnover of the retail enterprises in Germany was 0.6% lower, and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover 7.8% higher, than in the previous year, according to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office ( …

Press release No. 006 of 6 January 2023 Retail turnover in 2022 expected to be down 0.3% in real terms on 2021

According to an estimate of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) retail turnover in Germany was 0.3% lower in 2022 than in the record year of 2021, while the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 8.2% higher. The …

Press release No. 504 of 1 December 2022 Retail turnover in October 2022 decreased by 2.8% on the previous month

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of retail enterprises in Germany was down 2.8% and their nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was down 1.7% in October 2022 from …

Press release No. N 065 of 10 November 2022 City centres: shop-based retail sales of clothing, books, toys and electronics, in part, saw marked drops in turnover compared with the year before the pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic, delivery bottlenecks, inflation: retailers in the shopping streets of German city centres are facing great challenges and suffering big drops in turnover as a result. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that …

Date: November 3, 2022 Annual survey of wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 2020

The results of the annual survey supply information on the structure of enterprises that is essential for economic policy purposes and they also make it possible to assess cost-effectiveness and productivity in trade. The annual survey of trade …

Press release No. 459 of 31 October 2022 Retail turnover in September 2022 up 0.9% on the previous month

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of retail enterprises in Germany was 0.9% and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 1.8% higher in September 2022 than in August …

Press release No. 425 of 7 October 2022 Retail turnover in August 2022 down 1.3% on the previous month

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of retail enterprises in Germany was 1.3% lower, and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 0.1% higher in August 2022, on a …

Press release No. 369 of 1 September 2022 Retail turnover in July 2022 up 1.9% on the previous month

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of retail enterprises in Germany was 1.9% and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 2.4% higher in July 2022, on a calendar and …

Press release No. 323 of 1 August 2022 Retail turnover in June 2022 down 1.6% on the previous month

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of retail enterprises in Germany was 1.6% and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 0.5% lower, on a calendar and seasonally …

Press release No. 292 of 11 July 2022 Turnover at petrol stations down a real 11.7% in May 2022 on February

When calendar and seasonally adjusted, turnover generated by independent petrol stations in Germany was down a real 11.7% (price adjusted) and a nominal 0.5% (not price adjusted) in May 2022 compared with February 2022. This is shown by provisional …

Press release No. N 041 of 4 July 2022 Meat industry: 1% of the establishments accounted for just over 24 % of turnover in 2021

The 19 largest establishments with 1,000 or more persons employed in the meat industry accounted for one quarter (24.5%) of the branch’s turnover in 2021. 1,445 establishments with 20 or more persons employed were covered; they generated a total …

Press release No. 273 of 30 June 2022 Retail turnover in May 2022 up 0.6% on the previous month

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of retail enterprises in Germany was 0.6% and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 2.0% higher, on a calendar and seasonally …

Press release No. 225 of 1 June 2022 Retail turnover in April 2022 down 5.4% on the previous month

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of retail enterprises in Germany was 5.4% and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 4.7% lower, on a calendar and seasonally …

Press release No. N 028 of 16 May 2022 Retail turnover with bicycles at high level also in 2021

Popular leisure activity in Covid-19 times or a contribution to the mobility transition – the trend towards cycling continues to produce high levels of turnover in retail trade. The all-time high of 2020 was however not exceeded in 2021, one of the …

Press release No. 185 of 2 May 2022 Retail turnover in March 2022 down 0.1% on the previous month

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of retail enterprises in Germany was 0.1% lower and their nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 2.1% higher, on a calendar and …

Press release No. 145 of 1 April 2022 Ad hoc evaluation of experimental data shows stockpiling purchases of edible oil and flour

As there has been a high demand for edible oil and flour since Russia started its attack on Ukraine on 24 February 2022, many retailers have limited the number of items when selling such products. An ad hoc evaluation of experimental data by the …

Press release No. 138 of 31 March 2022 Retail turnover in February 2022 up 0.3% on the previous month

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of retail enterprises in Germany was 0.3% and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 0.6% higher, on a calendar and seasonally …

Press release No. 093 of 9 March 2022 Wholesale turnover in 2021 up by 2.1% in real terms on 2020

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of wholesale trade in Germany was 2.1% higher and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 10.1% higher in 2021 than in 2020, the …

Press release No. 089 of 7 March 2022 Retail turnover in January 2022 up 2.0% on the previous month

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of retail enterprises in Germany was 2.0% and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 3.0% higher, on a calendar and seasonally …

Press release No. 051 of 8 February 2022 Wholesale turnover in 2021 expected to be up by 2.5% in real terms on 2020

According to an estimate of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), turnover in wholesale trade in Germany recorded a new record high in 2021. The real (price-adjusted) turnover in wholesale trade was 2.5% higher and the nominal (not …

Press release No. 043 of 1 February 2022 Retail turnover in December 2021 down 5.5% on the previous month

In 2021, the real (price-adjusted) turnover of the retail enterprises in Germany was 0.7% and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover 2.9% higher than in 2020 according to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The first …

Press release No. 002 of 4 January 2022 Retail turnover in 2021 expected to be up 0.9% in real terms on 2020

According to an estimate of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), turnover in retail trade in Germany recorded a new record high in 2021. The real (price-adjusted) turnover in retail trade was 0.6% to 1.2% higher and the nominal (not …

Press release No. 554 of 6 December 2021 Wholesale turnover up 1.9% in real terms in the 3^rd quarter of 2021 year on year

According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of all wholesale enterprises in Germany was 1.9% higher and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 11.5% higher in the 3^rd …