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Enterprise death rate in Germany

Enterprise death rate in Germany was 10.23% in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 2.32 pts from 2023. That is the 10th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

202410.23% Series break
Change on 2023+2.32 pts
Rank10th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high10.232024
Series low6.982021

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Enterprise death rate in Germany, 2021 to 2024

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%. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 4 values
Period%
202410.23 Series break
20237.91 Series break
20227.33
20216.98

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2024
Germany10.23
European Union (27)9.2

Germany compared with nearby places

Austria: 5.31 %Belgium: 5.67 %Bulgaria: 14.99 %Cyprus: 5.9 %Czechia: 6.61 %Germany: 10.23 %Denmark: 10.07 %Estonia: 29.23 %Spain: 7.59 %Finland: 9.24 %France: 10.95 %Greece: 3.88 %Croatia: 7.05 %Hungary: 12.84 %Ireland: 16.86 %Italy: 6.42 %Lithuania: 15.57 %Luxembourg: 8.35 %Latvia: 7.18 %Malta: 4.41 %Netherlands: 6.52 %Poland: 12.19 %Portugal: 11.83 %Romania: 7.82 %Sweden: 7.7 %Slovenia: 7.19 %Slovakia: 14.48 %
  • Under 6.4
  • 6.4 to 7.4
  • 7.4 to 9.7
  • 9.7 to 13
  • 13 and over
Enterprise death rate, 2024, %. Germany is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Enterprise deaths in the year as a percentage of the enterprises active in the same year. A death is an enterprise that stopped trading and was not reactivated within two years.

Eurostat and OECD harmonised business demography. The latest year is provisional until the two-year reactivation window has passed. Not an insolvency rate, and not comparable with establishment_exit_rate, which counts closed US business locations.

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Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size) (Enterprise death rate, Germany, 2021 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table

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Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size), Enterprise death rate, Germany, 2021 to 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 2 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-death-rate/germany. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size). Enterprise death rate, Germany, 2021 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-death-rate/germany.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size), Enterprise death rate, Germany, 2021 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-death-rate/germany (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the enterprise death rate in Germany?

Enterprise death rate in Germany was 10.23% in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 2.32 pts from 2023. That is the 10th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest enterprise death rate in Germany?

10.23% in 2024, the highest value since 2021 in this series.

Enterprise death rate elsewhere in European Union (27)

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