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Date: October 27, 2022 Services in 2020: information technology sector employed 903,000 people

In 2020, roughly 901,000 people worked in the 95,100 businesses in Germany whose main activity was in the field of information technology. The number of people working in that branch rose by approximately 42,000 (+0.3%) year-on-year, while the number …

Date: October 12, 2020 Statistics on foreign-controlled enterprises

The statistic on foreign-controlled enterprises includes all enterprises resident in Germany that are controlled by a parent enterprise with its registered office abroad and belong tot he non-financial business economy.

Date: November 19, 2019 Motivation factors for international sourcing

The reasons for moving business functions abroad are mainly cost-related. Reducing labour costs and other costs was considered as rather important by 84.4% and 62.1%, respectively, by the relevant enterprises.

Date: July 31, 2019 Insurance industry: Gross premiums are growing again

At the end of 2017, roughly 1,288 direct insurance and reinsurance companies and pension funds were operating in Germany. While direct insurers cover various risks of private individuals and businesses, reinsurers cover the risks of other insurance …

Date: July 27, 2016 Manufacturing in Januar 2019: Turnover +0.6% seasonally adjusted on the previous month

The price-adjusted turnover in manufacturing in January 2019 was up a seasonally and calendar adjusted 0.6% on the previous month. In December 2018, the corrected figure showed an increase of 3.2% to November 2018 (provisional: +2.7%).

Date: July 27, 2016 More than 107,000 enterprises in the ICT sector in 2016

The information and communication technology (ICT) sector is composed of specialised enterprises of industry (ICT goods production), enterprises trading ICT goods (ICT wholesale trade) and enterprises providing services in the field of IT and …

Date: July 27, 2016 Development of new Producer Price Indices for Services

The new Service Producer Price Indices are based on development projects which serve the production of new data for the increasingly important tertiary sector. Hence, methodological studies have been conducted and discussed on an international level. …

Date: July 27, 2016 Results on the producer prices of services

Detailed information on the producer prices of services and relevant data can be found in the Genesis Online database.

Date: July 27, 2016 Truck toll mileage index for Länder: regional mileage and industrial activity

The truck toll mileage index measures the mileage covered by trucks with four or more axles, which are subject to toll charges, on German motorways. As of reference month October, truck toll mileage indices for the Länder have also been available. …

Press release No. 527 of 12 December 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in November 2022 up 1.2% on the previous month

Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany increased by 1.2% in November 2022 compared with October 2022. In October 2022, the figure had been up 18.4% on …