Germany vs United States of America: Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics

Germany
716,414 Enterprises
in 2024
United States of America
1.28 million Enterprises
in 2024
Germany rank
5th
United States of America rank
3rd

Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics over time

  • Germany
  • United States of America
0500.0k1.0M1.5M199420092024

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 1.28 million Enterprises against 716,414 Enterprises in Germany, a difference of 563,586 Enterprises.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.8 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2003 it was United States of America ahead.

Germany ranks 5th and United States of America ranks 3rd of 23 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Germany United States of America Difference Ahead
2000s 870,633 Enterprises 883,429 Enterprises 12,796 Enterprises United States of America
2010s 732,946 Enterprises 920,800 Enterprises 187,854 Enterprises United States of America
2020s 694,137 Enterprises 1.29 million Enterprises 595,863 Enterprises United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics, Germany or United States of America?
United States of America, at 1.28 million Enterprises against 716,414 Enterprises in Germany as of 2024.
What is the difference in timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics between Germany and United States of America?
563,586 Enterprises, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and United States of America?
22 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2024.
How do Germany and United States of America rank globally for timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics?
Germany ranks 5th and United States of America ranks 3rd of 23 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics — Business entries. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics — Business entries
Unit
Enterprises
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
178 places, 3,886 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship have become integral part of business statistics offering of most OECD member countries and beyond. It supplements more complete annual datasets (e.g. Business Demography, Structural Business Statistics by Size class) with more timely monthly or quarterly information on a limited number of indicators.Data are broken down whenever available byeconomic activity according to International Standard Industrial Classification, Revision 4 (ISIC Rev.4): ISIC Rev. 4 at the level of sections (letters) and higher aggregates, most often covering the total economy, geographic area at country and TL2 level of the OECD Territorial grids, legal form into three main groups: Limited liability (LL), Partnership (PA) and Sole proprietorship (SP). With very few exceptions, series are not seasonally or calendar adjusted, so care should be taken in interpreting sub-annual changes. Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship provide valuable information to policy makers and researchers on most recent trends in business dynamics.Related datasets:Employer Business Demography Statistics,Business Demography Statistics,Structural Business Statistics by Size Class.