Germany (2024)
75,775
number of registrations
+1.0% YoY
YoY Change
+1.0%
number of registrations
Trend
up
Series length
19
years of data

Data

Germany New Business Registrations (Number per Year) (2024) — source data. World Bank.
Year number of registrations YoY Change
2024 75,775 +1.0%
2023 74,997 +0.3%
2022 74,773 -9.9%
2021 82,991 +14.0%
2020 72,774 -1.6%
2019 73,991 +1.6%
2018 72,844 +1.5%
2017 71,801 +1.5%
2016 70,720 +1.9%
2015 69,384 +2.9%
2014 67,458 -1.6%
2013 68,526 -1.2%
2012 69,332 -2.6%
2011 71,190 -3.8%
2010 73,966 -0.1%
2009 74,055 +12.5%
2008 65,812 +0.8%
2007 65,292 -0.2%
2006 65,447 n/a

About this Dataset

Germany recorded 75,775 number of registrations in 2024. The latest change was +778. Across 2006–2024 the series ranges from 65,292 in 2007 to 82,991 in 2021.

This page tracks the number of new limited liability companies registered per year in Germany from 2006 to present. New business registrations are the primary proxy for startup formation and entrepreneurial activity in the formal economy.

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 new limited liability companies registered per year in Germany from 2006 to present. New business registrations are the primary proxy for startup formation and entrepreneurial activity in the formal economy. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2024. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2006–2024 (19 observations).

The series peaked at 82,991 number of registrations in 2021 and reached its lowest recorded value of 65,292 in 2007. The latest reading of 75,775 in 2024 represents a change of +778.