In 2024, there were around 86,000 sports clubs across Germany, fewer than in the previous year. Most of these were in North Rhine-Westphalia: The federal state has a total of just under 17,500 clubs. Bremen and Hamburg have the fewest clubs.
Number of sports clubs in Germany from 2017 to 2024, by federal state
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Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. (October 31, 2024). Number of sports clubs in Germany from 2017 to 2024, by federal state [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114788/sports-clubs-number-by-federal-state-germany/
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