Start-ups & Co.
Creditreform: company foundations are falling to the low
Being his own boss and founding a company – actually not a bad thing, you might think. However, the bishopric’s zeal for founding is limited. Why is that?
According to an investigation, the number of company foundations in Germany has dropped to a low. As the Leibniz Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Creditreform information agency announced, 160,852 companies were founded last year and 0.2 percent less than 2023.
In 1995 it was around 240,000 foundations according to the data. At the beginning of the past decade, things went downhill, then the value lasted around 170,000 for years. But it has been going down again since 2022.
The reasons for the downward trend
The study authors of Creditreform and ZEW justified the negative development with the weak economic situation, the low -consumption and high costs. They also referred to the consequences of the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine – energy became more expensive and global political upheavals led to uncertainty. According to the study authors, in Germany, structural problems also gave Germany a damper. The infrastructure is partially rated as ailing and the digitization of the authorities is defective.
“Economic crisis and bureaucracy are braking massively,” says Patrik-Ludwig Hantzsch, spokesman for the Association of the Associations Creditreform. The framework conditions for company founders have become worse in recent years, for example because of the shortage of skilled workers.
The Federal Statistical Office came to other numbers when it comes to start -ups. According to the authorities from February, 120,900 companies were founded in Germany last year of greater economic importance, thus 2.1 percent more than 2023.
The experts from the ZEW and Creditreform were methodologically but different in their analysis and also received company foundations that the office had left out. According to Creditreform, there were fewer company foundations per year before the turnaround in the old Federal Republic than in 2024 – a historical low in the Federal Republic has not been reached.
Many start -ups in Munich
There are big differences in region. In Munich last year, 71 start -ups came to 10,000 employees, in Leverkusen it was 62 and Düsseldorf 59. In the Kyffhäuserkreis (15) and Sömmerda (12) – both in Thuringia – the founding was only weak. The values were also low in Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony.
If you look at the industries, the founding process in the hospitality industry attracted. In the construction industry, on the other hand, it went downhill, which attributes the study authors to increased prices for raw materials and energy as well as interest increases. Fewer companies were also launched in the trade.
dpa
Source: Stern
