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Date: September 19, 2024 Structural Data 2022

...Economic Significance According to reports by the Business Register (only in German) there where about 3.4 million economically active legal units in 2022 in Germany. On average for the year, they employed about 31.9 million people subject to social security contributions and realized a turnover of around 9,775 billion Euros. Taking this into account around 16.6% of the economically active legal units were part of the crafts sector. ...

Press release No. 412 of 28 September 2022 Crafts sector in 2020: 5.4 million persons employed achieve turnover of 651 billion euros

...In 2020, approximately 5.4 million people in Germany worked in crafts with compulsory or non-compulsory approval. This included roughly 4.1 million employees subject to social insurance and about 687,300 marginally paid employees. Based on the census of crafts, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the roughly 560,400 craft enterprises generated turnover of about 651 billion euros. ...

Press release No. 380 of 9 September 2022 Crafts sector: turnover up 7.4% in the 2^nd quarter of 2022

In the second quarter of 2022, turnover in crafts with compulsory approval in Germany increased by a nominal (not price adjusted) 7.4% compared with the second quarter of 2021. The positive trend of the first quarter of 2022 (+16.0% on the same …

Press release No. 240 of 13 June 2022 Crafts sector: turnover up 16.0% in the 1^st quarter of 2022

In the first quarter of 2022, turnover in crafts with compulsory approval in Germany increased by 16.0% compared with the first quarter of 2021, which had been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. This increase should be considered in the context of …

Press release No. 102 of 11 March 2022 Crafts sector: turnover up 1.7% in 2021

In 2021, turnover in crafts with compulsory approval in Germany increased again by 1.7% on the previous year. This growth was also fuelled by price increases.Trades serving industrial needs and health trades accounted for a large part of the positive …

Press release No. 567 of 10 December 2021 Crafts sector: turnover up 3.6% in the 3^rd quarter of 2021

In the third quarter of 2021, turnover in crafts with compulsory approval in Germany increased by 3.6% compared with the third quarter of 2020. After the marked recovery (+11.4%) in the second quarter of 2021 compared with the same quarter a year …

Press release No. 458 of 29 September 2021 Crafts: 5.4 million persons employed in 2019 

...In 2019 approximately 5.4 million people in Germany worked in crafts with compulsory or non-compulsory approval. This included over 4.1 million employees subject to social insurance and roughly 701,600 marginally paid employees. Based on results of the latest census of crafts, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the roughly 560,300 craft enterprises achieved a turnover of about 634 billion euros....

Press release No. 426 of 10 September 2021 Crafts sector: turnover up 11.4% in the 2nd quarter of 2021

In the second quarter of 2021, turnover in crafts with compulsory approval increased by 11.4% in Germany compared with the second quarter of 2020. After the year-on-year turnover decline of 7.5% in the first quarter of 2021, this was a clear …

Press release No. 276 of 11 June 2021 Crafts sector: turnover down 7.5% in the 1^st quarter of 2021

...In the 1st quarter of 2021, turnover in crafts with compulsory approval decreased by 7.5% in Germany compared with the 1st quarter of 2020. This is the first time since 2013 that turnover in crafts with compulsory approval decreased in the first quarter of a year. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of persons employed in crafts with compulsory approval was down by 1.7% at the end of March 2021 compared with the end of March 2020....

Press release No. N 013 of 12 February 2021 Hairdressing trade in the corona crisis: turnover dropped 11.8% in the first three quarters of 2020

...According to the decisions of the Federation and the Länder of 10 February 2021 on how to proceed in the coronavirus pandemic, hairdressing shops in Germany may reopen on 1 March after eight weeks without business. The first lockdown in spring 2020 had already affected the hairdressing trade particularly strongly compared with other crafts with compulsory approval. ...