In 2022, German startups were 2.8 years old on average. The average age of startups across the timeline is around two and a half years. The data shows the average age of a start-up company from 2013 to 2022.
The German Startup Monitor (DSM) defines a startup as being younger than 10 years old, having projected employee and sales growth and being innovative in the product or service they offer, their business model and/or technology they use.
Average age of startups in Germany from 2013 to 2022
(in years)
The data comes from the German Startup Monitor (Deutscher Startup Monitor, DSM) for which high-quality data sets are collected annually from founders and managing directors of startups. The start-up founders or managing directors (members of the executive board e.g. chief level) received a special questionnaire link by email which was sent through selected DSM network partners. In 2022, 1,976 complete data sets were collected for the survey between May 5 and June 26, 2022.
Figures from previous years are based on earlier information from the source
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Bundesverband Deutsche Startups. (October 6, 2022). Average age of startups in Germany from 2013 to 2022 (in years) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1330947/start-ups-average-age-germany/
Bundesverband Deutsche Startups. "Average age of startups in Germany from 2013 to 2022 (in years)." Chart. October 6, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1330947/start-ups-average-age-germany/
Bundesverband Deutsche Startups. (2022). Average age of startups in Germany from 2013 to 2022 (in years). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1330947/start-ups-average-age-germany/
Bundesverband Deutsche Startups. "Average Age of Startups in Germany from 2013 to 2022 (in Years)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1330947/start-ups-average-age-germany/
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Average age of startups in Germany from 2013 to 2022 (in years) [Graph], Bundesverband Deutsche Startups, October 6, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1330947/start-ups-average-age-germany/
