Germany: total business economy enterprises 2020

The number of enterprises in the total business economy, repair of computers, personal and household goods, except financial and insurance activities in Germany decreased by 106,876 enterprises (-4.12 percent) in 2020 in comparison to the previous year. Nevertheless, the last two years in this industry recorded a significant higher number of enterprises than the preceding years.
Only active units which either had turnover or employment at any time during the reference period should be included.

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Number of enterprises in the total business economy, repair of computers, personal, and household goods, except financial, and insurance activities in Germany from 2011 to 2020

Characteristic	Number of enterprises
2020	2,485,804
2019	2,592,680
2018b	2,600,926
2017	2,504,371
2016	2,467,686
2015	2,408,341
2014	2,510,379
2013	2,193,135
2012	2,189,737
2011	2,158,094

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2011 to 2020

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
Structural business statistics (SBS) describes the structure, conduct and performance of economic activities, down to the most detailed activity level (several hundred economic sectors).
Number of enterprises: a count of the number of enterprises active during at least a part of the reference period. Definition for number of enterprises differs in some countries.
Data coverage corresponds to code B-N_S95_X_K of CE Rev. 2.

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