In 2023, German startups had 18.9 employees on average, which was the highest figure since 2014. The lowest figure, by contrast, was in 2017, in which German startups had just under 11 employees. This survey shows the average number of employees working for a start-up in Germany from 2014 to 2023.
Average number of employees in startups in Germany from 2014 to 2023
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1,825 data sets from founders, managers, and C-Level employees
Supplementary notes
The data comes from the German Startup Monitor (DSM), for which high quality data sets are collected annually from founders and managing directors of start-ups. The founders or managing directors (members of the executive board, e.g. chief level) of start-ups received a special questionnaire link by email which was sent via selected DSM network partners. In 2023, the survey collected 1,825 complete data sets between May 17 and June 20, 2023.
Values until 2019 were based on earlier information from the source.
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Bundesverband Deutsche Startups. (September 20, 2023). Average number of employees in startups in Germany from 2014 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331809/start-up-employees-average-number-germany/
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Average number of employees in startups in Germany from 2014 to 2023 [Graph], Bundesverband Deutsche Startups, September 20, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331809/start-up-employees-average-number-germany/