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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 …

Press release No. 498 of 29 November 2022 61% of enterprises involved in global value-added chains in 2020

61% of the just under 64,000 enterprises with 50 or more persons employed in Germany were part of a global value-added chain in 2020. In this context they received goods or services from other countries or delivered them there. The Federal …

Press release No. 495 of 25 November 2022 Filling IT vacancies increasingly difficult for businesses

A growing number of businesses in Germany have difficulties filling IT vacancies while the frequency of IT security incidents is increasing. More than a fifth (22%) of businesses with 10 or more employees had their own IT specialists in 2022, …

Press release No. 477 of 14 November 2022 Number of larger businesses started between January and September 2022 down 7.3%

Just over 89,200 businesses were started in Germany in the first three quarters of 2022, whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal …

Press release No. 475 of 11 November 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in October 2022 up 18.4% 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 18.4% in October 2022 compared with September 2022. Their number had fallen by 20.6% in September …

Press release No. 461 of 31 October 2022 Number of larger businesses started between January and August 2022 down 6.6%

Between January and August 2022, just over 80,200 businesses were started in Germany whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal …

Press release No. 444 of 17 October 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in September 2022 down 20.6% on previous month

Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany in September 2022 fell by 20.6% on August 2022. Their number had increased by 6.6% in August 2022 from July 2022. …

Press release No. 382 of 12 September 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency up 6.6% in August 2022 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 6.6% in August 2022 compared with July 2022. Their number had fallen by 4.2% in July 2022 from June …

Press release No. 337 of 10 August 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in July 2022 down 4.2% on previous month

Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany in July 2022 fell by 4.2% on June 2022. It had already fallen by 7.6% in June on May 2022.

Press release No. 297 of 13 July 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in June 2022 down 7.6% on previous month

Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany in June 2022 fell by 7.6% on May 2022. The increase observed in May (+8.4% on April 2022) did not continue. …

Press release No. 241 of 13 June 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in May 2022 up 8.4% 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 8.4% in May 2022 compared with April 2022. The decrease observed in April (-20.8% on March 2022) did …

Press release No. 198 of 11 May 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in April 2022 down 20.8% on previous month

Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany in April 2022 fell by 20.8% on March 2022. The increase observed in March (+27.0% on February 2022) did not …

Press release No. 197 of 11 May 2022 Start-ups of larger businesses up 2.7% in the 1^st quarter of 2022

In the 1^st quarter of 2022, just over 35,000 businesses were started in Germany whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal Statistical …

Press release No. 167 of 14 April 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in March 2022 up 27.0% 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 27.0% in March 2022 compared with February 2022. The number of such requests had already risen by …

Press release No. 098 of 10 March 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in February 2022 up 4.2% on previous month

Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany fell by 4.2% in February 2022 on January 2022. Their number had dropped by 17.2% in January 2022 compared with …

Press release No. 072 of 24 February 2022 Turnover in January 2022: -1.3% on the previous month

Turnover in the non-financial business economy in Germany declined in January 2022 compared with the previous month. Based on the early indicator compiled from advance turnover tax returns, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the …

Press release No. 061 of 14 February 2022 Start-ups of larger businesses in 2021 up 8.4% year on year

In 2021, just over 126,900 businesses were started in Germany whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …

Press release No. 054 of 10 February 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in January 2022 down 17.2% on previous month

Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany in January 2022 fell by 17.2% on December 2021. It rose by 18.0% in December 2021 compared with the previous …

Press release No. N004 of 31 January 2022 On the eve of the Olympic Games: Importance of China as a trading partner increased again in 2021

The People's Republic of China is expected to remain Germany’s most important trading partner also in 2021 – for the sixth time in a row. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that goods to the value of 222.3 billion euros were traded …

Press release No. 037 of 27 January 2022 Turnover in December 2021: +1.7% on the previous month

Turnover in the non-financial business economy in Germany increased again in December 2021 compared with the previous month. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the nominal (not price adjusted) turnover …

Press release No. 035 of 26 January 2022 More than one in three German enterprises use the internet of things

In 2021, 36% of the enterprises in Germany with a minimum of ten persons employed used devices or systems that can be remotely controlled via the internet. Based on data from Eurostat, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the …

Press release No. N 001 of 14 January 2022 Covid-19 crisis: number of people employed in the restaurant industry markedly down

The measures taken to contain the Covid-19 pandemic have hit the restaurant industry particularly hard – with consequences for the jobs in that branch. The number of persons employed in the period from January to October 2021 was by 11.6% lower than …

Press release No. 013 of 11 January 2022 Business insolvencies in October 2021: -2.7% on the same month a year earlier

German local courts reported 1,056 business insolvency requests in October 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decline of 2.7% compared with October 2020. Compared with October 2019 before the coronavirus crisis, …

Press release No. 600 of 23 December 2021 Turnover in November 2021: +3.5% on the previous month

Turnover in the non-financial business economy in Germany was considerably up in November 2021 compared with the previous month. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the nominal (not price adjusted) …

Press release No. 565 of 10 December 2021 Business insolvencies from January to September 2021: -14.5% on the same period a year earlier

German local courts reported 10,682 business insolvency requests from January to September 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decline of 14.5% compared with the same period of 2020 and of 25.7% compared with 2019. …

Press release No. 550 of 6 December 2021 Turnover of travel agencies and tour operators plummeted by over 70% in 2020 from the pre-crisis year 2019

The Covid-19 crisis led to sharp declines in turnover in some economic branches of the German economy in 2020. A special evaluation from the statistical business register shows that the travel and entertainment industries were hit particularly hard …

Press release No. 537 of 26 November 2021 More online meetings in 94% of large businesses in 2020

Remote access to e-mail and IT systems has increased in many German businesses in 2020. The number of meetings held online also went up in many businesses. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this trend was particularly marked in …

Press release No. 539 of 26 November 2021 Turnover in October 2021: +0.8% on the previous month

Turnover in the non-financial business economy in Germany was slightly up again in October 2021 compared with the previous month. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the nominal (not price adjusted) …

Press release No. 527 of 18 November 2021 Start-ups of larger businesses up 9.3% in the 1^st to 3^rd quarter of 2021 year-on-year

According to provisional results, well over 94,700 businesses were started in Germany in the first three quarters of 2021, whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business …

Press release No. 516 of 12 November 2021 Business insolvencies in August 2021: -2.1% on the same month a year earlier

German local courts reported 1,029 business insolvency requests in August 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decline of 2.1% on August 2020. The last months’ downward trend continued also when many special …

Press release No. 496 of 27 October 2021 Turnover in September 2021: +1.2% on the previous month

Turnover in the non-financial business economy in Germany was slightly up in September 2021 compared with the previous month. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the nominal (not price adjusted) turnover …

Press release No. 480 of 12 October 2021 July 2021: business insolvencies down 12.3% on July 2020

German local courts reported 1,200 business insolvency requests in July 2021. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) that was a decline of 12.3% compared with July 2020. The last months’ downward trend in business insolvencies …

Press release No. 464 of 1 October 2021 Bremen affected most by business insolvencies

The individual Länder have been affected to varying degrees by business insolvencies in the course of the coronavirus pandemic. Bremen was by far the hardest hit in 2020 with a monthly average of 8.3 business insolvency requests per 10,000 …

Press release No. 453 of 28 September 2021 Turnover in August 2021: -0.3% on the previous month

Turnover in the non-financial business economy in Germany was slightly down in August 2021 compared with the previous month. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the nominal (not price adjusted) turnover …

Press release No. 424 of 10 September 2021 Business insolvencies down 17.7% in the 1^st half of 2021

In the first half of 2021, there was no wave of business insolvencies due to the coronavirus crisis Instead, the number of reported business insolvencies continued to decline. German local courts reported 7,408 business insolvency requests in the …

Press release No. 406 of 27 August 2021 Development of turnover in July 2021: +0.8% on the previous month

Turnover in the non-financial business economy in Germany was slightly up in July 2021 compared with the previous month. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the nominal (not price adjusted) turnover …

Press release No. 381 of 12 August 2021 Start-ups of larger businesses in the first half of 2021 up 13.1% year on year

In the first half of 2021, just over 65,600 businesses were started in Germany whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal Statistical …

Press release No. 376 of 10 August 2021 May 2021: business insolvencies down 25.8% on May 2020

German local courts reported 1,116 business insolvency requests in May 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decline of 25.8% compared with May 2020. This means that the downward trend in business insolvencies …

Press release No. 358 of 28 July 2021 Development of turnover in June 2021: +2.7% on the previous month

In June 2021, turnover in the non-financial business economy in Germany increased for the second consecutive time, compared with the previous month. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the nominal (not …

Press release No. 345 of 15 July 2021 New basic register of enterprises

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) has been given the legal mandate to set up a register of enterprise basic data. The Enterprise Basic Data Register Act (UBRegG) adopted on 15 July 2021 is expected to lead to a marked reduction of burdens on …

Press release No. 337 of 13 July 2021 Economic activity in mid-2021: production still stable, trade and services recover slowly

Following a mixed overall economic situation in the first quarter of 2021, the months of April, May and June show first signs of recovery in retail trade, accommodation and food services and tourism as well as stabilisation in production. However, …