Germany (2025)
20.6
% of enterprises
-0.1pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.1pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
16
years of data

Data

Germany Share of Enterprises with E-Commerce Sales (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of enterprises YoY Change
2025 20.6 -0.1pp
2024 20.7 +1.1pp
2023 19.6 -0.3pp
2022 19.9 +0.6pp
2021 19.3 +1.4pp
2020 17.9 -0.1pp
2019 18 -1.8pp
2018 19.8 -4.4pp
2017 24.2 -2pp
2016 26.2 +1.6pp
2015 24.6 +2pp
2014 22.6 +0.2pp
2013 22.4 +0.8pp
2012 21.6 +1.8pp
2011 19.8 -2.4pp
2010 22.2 n/a

About this Dataset

Germany recorded 20.6 % of enterprises in 2025. The latest change was -0.1pp. Across 2010–2025 the series ranges from 17.9 in 2020 to 26.2 in 2016.

This page tracks the share of enterprises (10+ employees) that made e-commerce sales in Germany from 2010 to present. E-commerce penetration measures digital economy adoption in the business sector.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the share of enterprises (10+ employees) that made e-commerce sales in Germany from 2010 to present. E-commerce penetration measures digital economy adoption in the business sector. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2010–2025 (16 observations).

The series peaked at 26.2 % of enterprises in 2016 and reached its lowest recorded value of 17.9 in 2020. The latest reading of 20.6 in 2025 represents a change of -0.1pp.