Statistics - Despite recession 2024 more large business start-ups than in the previous year

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Despite the poor economic development, the Federal Statistical Office has again registered more start-ups of larger companies than operational tasks in the past year.

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In 2024, around 120,900 businesses were founded in Germany whose legal form and number of employees suggest greater economic importance. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this was 2.1% more newly founded larger businesses than in 2023. At the same time, the number of larger businesses that closed completely rose by 2.7% to around 99,200. Nevertheless, the number of business start-ups in 2024 was higher than the number of bu…