In 2023, there were 300 businesses in the German packaging industry worked with paper or cardboard packaging, making it the most used packaging material. 252 businesses worked with plastic. The graph shows the number of businesses in the packaging industry in Germany from 2021 to 2023, by packaging material used.
Number of businesses in the packaging industry in Germany from 2021 to 2023, by packaging material
The German packaging industry includes the following segments listed by the Federal Statistics Office in Germany:
Manufacture of corrugated paper and cardboard, packaging materials
Manufacture of packaging materials, storage containers etc. from wood
Manufacture of hollow glassware
Manufacture of packaging and metal locks
Manufacture of packaging materials from plastic
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Statistisches Bundesamt. (August 7, 2024). Number of businesses in the packaging industry in Germany from 2021 to 2023, by packaging material [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265031/packaging-industry-businesses-number-by-packaging-material-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Number of businesses in the packaging industry in Germany from 2021 to 2023, by packaging material." Chart. August 7, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265031/packaging-industry-businesses-number-by-packaging-material-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. (2024). Number of businesses in the packaging industry in Germany from 2021 to 2023, by packaging material. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265031/packaging-industry-businesses-number-by-packaging-material-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Number of Businesses in The Packaging Industry in Germany from 2021 to 2023, by Packaging Material." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265031/packaging-industry-businesses-number-by-packaging-material-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt, Number of businesses in the packaging industry in Germany from 2021 to 2023, by packaging material Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265031/packaging-industry-businesses-number-by-packaging-material-germany/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Number of businesses in the packaging industry in Germany from 2021 to 2023, by packaging material [Graph], Statistisches Bundesamt, August 7, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265031/packaging-industry-businesses-number-by-packaging-material-germany/
