Number of female business owners in Germany
Germany: Number of female business owners was 15,913 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Germany, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of female business owners in Germany is 15,913, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Germany peaked at 16,731 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 13,368, in 2014.
That places Germany 12th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Number of female business owners in Germany, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13,368 | — |
| 2015 | 13,833 | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 13,791 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 14,127 | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 14,408 | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 14,718 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 15,040 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 16,731 | +11.2% |
| 2022 | 15,301 | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 15,341 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 15,913 | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14,041 | 13,368 | 14,718 | 6 |
| 2020s | 15,665 | 15,040 | 16,731 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More private sector data for Germany
- Merchandise trade 65.5% (2025)
- Food imports 9.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 73.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.54 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 84.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 1.76 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 21,130 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3493 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.24 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Germany?
- Number of female business owners in Germany was 15,913 in 2024, according to World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
- What is the highest number of female business owners recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 16,731 in 2021.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,368 in 2014.
- How does Germany rank for number of female business owners?
- Germany ranks 12th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026, published as part of Number of female business owners. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of female business owners is the number of female individuals that own at least one share of a limited liability company that was newly registered in the calendar year.