Germany (2025)
416
companies
-4.4% YoY
YoY Change
-4.4%
companies
Trend
down
Series length
50
years of data

Data

Germany Number of Listed Domestic Companies (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year companies YoY Change
2025 416 -4.4%
2024 435 -4.0%
2023 453 +5.6%
2022 429 -3.2%
2021 443 +1.1%
2020 438 -6.8%
2019 470 +1.1%
2018 465 +3.3%
2017 450 -15.3%
2016 531 -4.3%
2015 555 -6.7%
2014 595 -6.9%
2013 639 -3.9%
2012 665 -0.7%
2011 670 -2.9%
2010 690 -2.0%
2009 704 -5.1%
2008 742 -2.5%
2007 761 +16.0%
2006 656 +1.2%

About this Dataset

Germany recorded 416 companies in 2025. The latest change was -19. Across 1976–2025 the series ranges from 408 in 1989 to 761 in 2007.

This page tracks the number of domestically-incorporated companies listed on the main national stock exchange(s) of Germany from 1990 to present. This measures capital market breadth and listing activity.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the number of domestically-incorporated companies listed on the main national stock exchange(s) of Germany from 1990 to present. This measures capital market breadth and listing activity. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1976–2025 (50 observations).

The series peaked at 761 companies in 2007 and reached its lowest recorded value of 408 in 1989. The latest reading of 416 in 2025 represents a change of -19.