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KfW Start-up Monitor 2024: Number of start-ups increased slightly

After a significant decline of nine percent in the previous year, the number of new businesses founded in Germany rose slightly again in 2023.…

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KfW Start-up Monitor 2023: Decline in start-ups in Germany

The number of start-ups in Germany fell significantly by 57,000 (-9 percent) to 550,000 in 2022, according to the…

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Number of new businesses falls significantly

The number of new businesses fell by 57,000 to 550,000 last year, representing a decrease of 9 percent.

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Start-ups exceed pre-coronavirus levels

Recovery after the coronavirus slump: The KfW Start-up Monitor shows a 13 percent increase in new business start-ups. This brings the number of…

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The number of start-ups collapses

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, significantly fewer companies were founded in 2020 than in the previous year. The development bank KfW expects...

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KfW Start-up Monitor: Number of start-ups increases again

For the first time in five years, start-up activity in Germany has increased again. This is according to the KfW Start-up Monitor for…

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KfW Start-up Monitor 2019: Number of new business founders hardly changed

KfW Start-up Monitor 2019: The declining number of new business start-ups has stabilized. They fell by only 2 percent compared to the previous year. The…

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Guest article: Reality check for founders

The framework conditions for founders have steadily improved in recent years – yet the number of new businesses being founded is lower than ever.…

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Number of German founders continues to decline

The KfW Start-up Monitor shows that there are fewer and fewer start-ups in Germany. At the same time, the capital requirements of new companies are increasing. The strong economic situation and…

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KfW Start-up Monitor 2016: Quality instead of quantity

How does a strong labor market affect start-up activity in Germany? It's very direct, as the current KfW Start-up Monitor 2016 shows...