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Germany apprenticeship contracts unfilled places and demand by occupation

Name: Germany apprenticeship contracts unfilled places and demand by occupation
Creator: Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)
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BIBB apprenticeship market survey as at 30 September each year, including new dual-training contracts, unplaced applicants, unfilled places and two definitions of demand.

Source: Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)Last updated: Sep 25, 2026, 10:29Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	2025	2024	2023	2022
Newly signed apprenticeship contracts1
Germany, all occupations3	475,950	486,261	489,183	475,143
Western Germany, all occupations	401,115	411,084	414,459	402,192
Eastern Germany and Berlin, all occupations	74,835	75,177	74,724	72,951
Occupational areas9
Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and horticulture	13,632	13,677	13,878	13,500
Mining, production and manufacturing	137,640	144,129	143,370	134,484
Construction, architecture and building services	48,684	47,226	48,276	48,834
Science, geography and IT	22,812	26,244	27,798	26,073
Transport, logistics, security and safety	29,880	30,021	31,407	30,510
Trade, hospitality and commercial services	82,815	84,459	84,894	85,155
Business administration, accounting, law and public administration	75,717	78,105	78,402	75,129
Health, social services, teaching and education	52,809	50,055	48,090	48,468
Languages, humanities, media, arts and design	5,826	6,294	6,825	6,786
Unplaced applicants without an alternative1
Germany, all occupations3	39,867	31,152	26,382	22,686
Western Germany, all occupations	30,453	23,106	19,143	16,389
Eastern Germany and Berlin, all occupations	8,331	7,095	6,798	6,099
Occupational areas9
Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and horticulture	1,020	840	876	825
Mining, production and manufacturing	9,261	7,437	5,715	4,770
Construction, architecture and building services	2,760	1,968	1,731	1,443
Science, geography and IT	3,900	3,213	2,499	2,016
Transport, logistics, security and safety	3,000	2,142	1,914	1,689
Trade, hospitality and commercial services	7,608	5,916	5,532	5,031
Business administration, accounting, law and public administration	6,387	4,863	3,909	3,348
Health, social services, teaching and education	4,314	3,522	3,027	2,580
Languages, humanities, media, arts and design	1,236	948	900	705
Unplaced applicants with an alternative1
Germany, all occupations3	44,490	39,234	37,317	37,716
Western Germany, all occupations	38,295	34,077	32,532	33,102
Eastern Germany and Berlin, all occupations	5,733	4,833	4,620	4,551
Occupational areas9
Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and horticulture	1,206	1,128	1,167	1,233
Mining, production and manufacturing	11,712	10,524	9,489	9,816
Construction, architecture and building services	3,117	2,739	2,463	2,394
Science, geography and IT	3,363	3,093	2,838	2,577
Transport, logistics, security and safety	2,580	2,214	2,238	2,304
Trade, hospitality and commercial services	7,893	7,230	7,461	7,632
Business administration, accounting, law and public administration	6,864	5,694	5,145	5,280
Health, social services, teaching and education	4,752	4,086	3,813	3,915
Languages, humanities, media, arts and design	1,053	987	996	990
Unfilled apprenticeship places1
Germany, all occupations3	54,384	69,405	73,443	68,868
Western Germany, all occupations	46,989	59,904	62,460	57,396
Eastern Germany and Berlin, all occupations	7,386	9,495	10,968	11,460
Occupational areas9
Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and horticulture	825	894	960	912
Mining, production and manufacturing	14,820	17,289	19,299	19,506
Construction, architecture and building services	7,077	7,896	8,259	8,046
Science, geography and IT	1,209	1,524	1,995	1,956
Transport, logistics, security and safety	3,927	5,154	5,961	4,806
Trade, hospitality and commercial services	16,716	23,433	22,203	19,131
Business administration, accounting, law and public administration	4,821	6,297	7,158	6,699
Health, social services, teaching and education	4,443	6,162	6,747	6,921
Languages, humanities, media, arts and design	459	672	768	786
Supply of apprenticeship places1
Germany, all occupations3	530,334	555,666	562,626	544,011
Western Germany, all occupations	448,101	470,988	476,919	459,588
Eastern Germany and Berlin, all occupations	82,221	84,672	85,692	84,411
Occupational areas9
Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and horticulture	14,457	14,571	14,838	14,412
Mining, production and manufacturing	152,460	161,418	162,669	153,990
Construction, architecture and building services	55,764	55,122	56,535	56,877
Science, geography and IT	24,024	27,768	29,793	28,026
Transport, logistics, security and safety	33,807	35,175	37,368	35,313
Trade, hospitality and commercial services	99,531	107,892	107,097	104,286
Business administration, accounting, law and public administration	80,535	84,402	85,560	81,828
Health, social services, teaching and education	57,255	56,217	54,840	55,389
Languages, humanities, media, arts and design	6,285	6,966	7,593	7,572
Demand under the traditional definition1
Germany, all occupations3	515,817	517,413	515,562	497,829
Western Germany, all occupations	431,568	434,190	433,602	418,581
Eastern Germany and Berlin, all occupations	83,169	82,272	81,522	79,050
Occupational areas9
Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and horticulture	14,649	14,517	14,754	14,325
Mining, production and manufacturing	146,901	151,566	149,085	139,254
Construction, architecture and building services	51,444	49,194	50,004	50,277
Science, geography and IT	26,712	29,454	30,294	28,089
Transport, logistics, security and safety	32,880	32,163	33,324	32,199
Trade, hospitality and commercial services	90,420	90,375	90,426	90,186
Business administration, accounting, law and public administration	82,101	82,968	82,314	78,477
Health, social services, teaching and education	57,123	53,574	51,117	51,048
Languages, humanities, media, arts and design	7,062	7,242	7,728	7,491
Demand under the extended definition1
Germany, all occupations3	560,307	556,647	552,879	535,545
Western Germany, all occupations	469,863	468,267	466,134	451,680
Eastern Germany and Berlin, all occupations	88,902	87,105	86,142	83,601
Occupational areas9
Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and horticulture	15,858	15,645	15,924	15,558
Mining, production and manufacturing	158,613	162,090	158,574	149,073
Construction, architecture and building services	54,561	51,930	52,467	52,671
Science, geography and IT	30,075	32,550	33,135	30,666
Transport, logistics, security and safety	35,460	34,377	35,562	34,503
Trade, hospitality and commercial services	98,316	97,605	97,884	97,815
Business administration, accounting, law and public administration	88,968	88,662	87,459	83,757
Health, social services, teaching and education	61,875	57,660	54,930	54,963
Languages, humanities, media, arts and design	8,115	8,229	8,721	8,481

Latest reading

Germany, all occupations stood at 475,950 Contracts in 2025. That is −2.1% from 2024. The series on this page is annual and runs from 2022 to 2025. Source: Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB).

Latest: 475,950 Contracts; 2025
vs previous period: −2.1%; 2024

About this data

BIBB apprenticeship market survey as at 30 September each year, including new dual-training contracts, unplaced applicants, unfilled places and two definitions of demand. Germany is broken down by nine occupational areas; national, western and eastern totals are also shown. Absolute figures are rounded to multiples of three for privacy and may not add exactly. Each year uses the most recent workbook in which it appears.