The number of enterprises in the water supply (sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities) industry in Germany saw no significant changes in 2022 in comparison to the previous year 2021 and remained at around 9115 enterprises. Still, 2022 marked the fourth consecutive decline of the number of enterprises in this industry. According to Eurostat, this includes all companies that were active during at least a part of the reference period.
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Number of enterprises in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities industry in Germany from 2013 to 2022
Characteristic
Number of enterprises
2022p
9,115
2021
9,127
2020
10,009
2019
10,229
2018b
10,395
2017
5,570
2016
5,526
2015
5,387
2014
5,396
2013
5,046
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b: Break in time series. p: Provisional value. 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 E of the CE_Rev2, which is water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities.
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Eurostat. (March 22, 2024). Number of enterprises in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities industry in Germany from 2013 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/490263/number-of-enterprises-water-supply-sewerage-wastewater-germany/
Eurostat. "Number of enterprises in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities industry in Germany from 2013 to 2022." Chart. March 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed February 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/490263/number-of-enterprises-water-supply-sewerage-wastewater-germany/
Eurostat. (2024). Number of enterprises in the water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities industry in Germany from 2013 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/490263/number-of-enterprises-water-supply-sewerage-wastewater-germany/
Eurostat. "Number of Enterprises in The Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities Industry in Germany from 2013 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/490263/number-of-enterprises-water-supply-sewerage-wastewater-germany/
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