In the DIHK Newsroom, you’ll find the latest press releases, statements, studies, and background information on the German economy—presented in a concise, well-organized, and always up-to-date...
President of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK), Adrian, on the DIHK Entrepreneurship Report 2026: "A paradigm shift is necessary to make business creation significantly faster."
What is the state of entrepreneurship in Germany? Based on approximately 200,000 contacts via the IHK's business startup services and nearly 800 responses from aspiring entrepreneurs, the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) identifies a rising interest in launching businesses.
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The DIHK SME Committee gathers diverse perspectives from SME entrepreneurs to debate critical locational concerns like eliminating bureaucracy, addressing energy needs, securing skilled labour, and ensuring competitiveness.
How does the entrepreneurial landscape look across Germany? What do founders really need, and which areas require urgent reform? The new DIHK Report offers insights from around 200,000 contacts in the IHK startup services and 618 responses from a nationwide survey on entrepreneurship. The...
Beim Europäischen Parlament der Unternehmen (EPdU) diskutieren 700 Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmer aus ganz Europa über die Handelspolitik der EU, über Wachstum, Nachhaltigkeit und den Binnenmarkt. In der 40. Folge von "WirtschaftsWissen" erklären Eurochambres-Vizepräsidentin Sibylle Thierer...
Germany's SMEs are urgently looking for successors – but the gap between businesses ready to hand over and suitable acquirers is widening. The DIHK Report 2025 explains why the risk of closures is increasing and where action needs to be taken now.
Against the backdrop of the European agenda for reducing bureaucracy, the German business community has once again opposed the Commission's proposal for a regulation to combat late payments in commercial transactions.
From residency regulations to packaging requirements: various German regulations create bureaucratic hurdles that make it significantly more difficult—and, from an industrial perspective, unnecessarily so—for new entrepreneurs to embark on self-employment. There are easier ways.
