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Key Insights
- Enterprise Births Growth: Total enterprise births increased from 245,746 in 2021 to 252,479 in 2022, representing a 2.7% increase.
- Enterprise Deaths Increase: Total enterprise deaths increased from 219,659 in 2021 to 274,263 in 2022, showing a significant 24.8% rise.
- Net Business Creation: Germany showed positive net business creation in 2021 (+26,087 enterprises) but a negative balance in 2022 (-21,784 enterprises), indicating business closures exceeded new formations.
- Business Environment: The deterioration in the birth-to-death ratio suggests a more challenging business environment in 2022 compared to 2021.
Chart Description
Chart Type: Bar Chart
Colors Used: #18baa8 (Enterprise Births), #ff6b6b (Enterprise Deaths)
Data Period: 2021-2022
This chart displays the total number of enterprise births and deaths across all sectors (B-S_X_O_S94) in Germany for years 2021 and 2022. The data shows business dynamism in the German economy.
Business demography by legal form and NACE Rev. 2 activity
DE (Germany)Data-Level: DE Source: Eurostat - Business Demography by Legal Form and NACE Rev. 2 Activity (bd_l_form). Data covers all sectors B-S_X_O_S94 excluding agriculture, public administration, and activities of households as employers.
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Project manager:
Franziska Görmar
IfL - Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany
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This project is supported by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme with co-financing from the European Regional Development Fund.
Find more information about the x-Inno Radar project on the Interreg CE projectwebsite.
x-Inno Radar is a project of: 
Creative Region Linz & Upper Austria Gmbh, 
The Regional Chamber of Commerce of the Karlovy Vary Region, 
Padova Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture, 
Creative Industry Košice, n. o., 
BSC, Business support centre, ltd., Kranj, 
Regional Development Agency in Bielsko-Biała, 
Stebo Competence Centre Community Developmentm, 
Association of Cultural and Creative Industries Chemnitz and Region (Creative Chemnitz), Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography – Germany, Otelo Cooperative