What is the latest figure for Germany DIHK business survey?

All industries stood at −3 in May 2026. That is −3 from a year earlier.

Is Germany DIHK business survey at a high or a low right now?

The reading of −3 is the lowest since Jan 2021.

How far back does the Germany DIHK business survey data go?

The series on this page is monthly and runs from Sep 2003 to May 2026. Source: German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK). Every series in the table can be charted over its full history and downloaded as CSV or Excel.

What is the Germany DIHK business survey?

The Germany DIHK business survey is conducted by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry to assess the current business situation and future expectations. It measures corporate investment, employment and export intentions as balances and percentages.

Which industries are covered by the DIHK business survey?

The survey covers all major economic sectors, including manufacturing, construction, trade, hospitality and financial services. It further breaks down manufacturing into specific branches like mechanical engineering, automotive and chemical industries.

What business risks does the DIHK survey track?

The survey asks firms to identify key business risks, including labour costs, domestic and foreign demand, energy and raw material prices, skilled-worker shortages, and the overall economic policy framework.

When did the DIHK business survey start?

The time series for the Germany DIHK business survey are available since 2003. The data is published monthly by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Germany DIHK business survey

Name: Germany DIHK business survey
Creator: German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)

Germany DIHK business survey of the current economic situation, expectations, and business risks.

Source: German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)Last updated: Sep 14, 2026, 05:00 UTCCurated by Bui Thanh Phuc

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Indicator	05-2026	01-2026	09-2025	05-2025	01-2025	09-2024	05-2024	01-2024	09-2023	05-2023	01-2023	09-2022	05-2022	01-2022	09-2021	05-2021	01-2021	09-2020	05-2020	01-2020	09-2019	05-2019	01-2019	09-2018	05-2018	01-2018	09-2017	05-2017	01-2017	09-2016	05-2016	01-2016	09-2015	05-2015	01-2015	09-2014	05-2014
Business situation and expectations5
Current business situation1
All industries4	-3	1	0	0	1	1	5	7	9	19	19	13	19	18	29	2	-3	-1	-26	30	30	36	43	45	45	48	45	40	38	36	34	38	35	32	32	31	33
Manufacturing (excluding construction)10	-7	-10	-15	-11	-14	-16	-5	-1	0	19	21	14	29	35	35	25	6	-10	-23	16	16	34	43	47	52	54	48	44	36	32	31	34	30	32	30	28	35
Intermediate goods producers	-13	-18	-25	-21	-26	-30	-16	-14	-13	12	15	11	35	40	39	35	9	-13	-21	7	10	32	42	48	53	54	49	45	34	30	30	30	26	32	27	27	37
Capital goods producers	-3	-6	-11	-6	-11	-11	2	13	13	35	33	23	32	40	37	23	2	-18	-28	18	19	37	53	56	60	61	54	48	40	34	33	37	33	33	35	31	37
Consumer and durable goods producers	-9	-4	-10	-6	-4	-8	-5	-1	-3	5	8	0	6	12	15	-4	-3	-5	-34	25	15	29	29	30	32	39	32	29	31	30	28	35	29	28	27	23	31
Chemical industry	-5	-19	-19	-10	-2	-13	1	-12	-16	-3	1	-7	26	37	37	37	22	-1	-4	13	13	28	34	42	52	55	47	58	38	29	34	36	30	41	36	33	51
Pharmaceutical industry	25	42	18	36	32	41	21	35	33	34	29	21	26	30	26	31	33	26	38	52	43	53	45	50	57	60	51	50	51	35	39	40	43	49	38	29	41
Basic metals	-13	-30	-31	-37	-44	-44	-28	-26	-16	23	20	13	37	42	44	25	-17	-48	-55	-36	-14	21	39	48	56	49	44	28	9	10	3	-2	7	22	9	22	21
Metal products	-17	-20	-24	-22	-30	-31	-14	-6	-7	20	20	15	32	38	37	31	0	-23	-25	5	7	34	46	55	58	58	54	47	35	33	31	33	32	32	31	31	39
Electrical engineering	4	3	-6	-3	-7	-13	-1	8	6	36	38	28	38	46	43	31	7	-15	-27	18	18	37	50	53	56	60	55	50	39	32	36	38	34	37	35	31	37
Mechanical engineering	-5	-12	-14	-10	-14	-12	-2	10	14	39	36	26	39	46	43	22	-1	-25	-30	15	16	38	55	58	60	62	57	49	39	32	30	33	31	30	32	30	39
Automotive industry	0	-9	-32	-15	-30	-31	4	13	7	18	18	12	3	11	10	34	8	-23	-65	-4	-1	17	41	49	68	60	51	50	46	43	47	51	38	45	40	42	43
Construction3	7	9	14	9	5	15	13	8	16	26	28	26	39	47	51	41	39	44	30	59	63	62	66	70	62	62	64	56	52	54	41	41	43	35	34	39	37
Building construction	1	0	0	-3	-7	-2	-3	-7	0	14	21	19	38	50	54	46	41	48	38	61	61	61	65	71	63	58	62	57	52	53	46	42	42	37	34	39	37
Civil engineering	13	15	21	14	24	30	28	19	29	30	22	22	32	42	42	30	33	44	37	57	59	58	62	68	58	63	68	51	44	51	21	37	40	22	29	28	29
Finishing trades	19	17	25	21	14	27	29	24	33	39	38	37	43	47	51	39	39	40	20	57	66	63	68	69	63	65	65	59	56	56	42	46	48	39	37	44	42
Trade2	-21	-14	-17	-15	-12	-15	-7	-6	-7	7	12	0	14	17	25	-3	-5	5	-28	23	22	27	31	30	30	35	31	28	28	26	27	28	24	23	18	18	27
Retail trade	-21	-13	-14	-15	-10	-12	-6	-8	-9	4	5	-6	5	8	23	-17	-13	10	-28	26	23	23	23	22	23	27	26	19	23	20	23	23	23	22	17	19	22
Wholesale trade	-21	-17	-21	-18	-18	-22	-12	-7	-9	10	19	7	25	29	32	14	8	5	-22	21	22	32	40	38	36	42	37	36	33	30	31	33	26	23	22	20	35
Services (excluding trade)6	3	10	10	8	11	12	13	14	18	21	19	15	14	7	25	-11	-12	-3	-33	36	35	37	45	46	44	47	45	39	40	39	37	42	40	34	37	35	34
Transport and warehousing	-15	-9	-6	-7	-6	-6	-7	-10	-2	4	7	8	0	9	17	-8	-13	-17	-41	18	17	20	32	38	34	40	37	25	26	26	23	28	28	19	21	19	16
Hospitality	-17	-11	-2	-18	-8	4	-3	-4	22	10	3	18	-23	-67	18	-88	-86	-20	-91	38	42	34	42	46	32	40	45	32	42	46	35	44	45	26	34	34	22
Financial and insurance services2	36	41	32	41	39	35	34	39	31	34	28	15	35	40	37	24	24	19	-10	35	29	35	39	37	38	39	34	35	33	26	33	44	39	41	45	40	43
Banking	43	53	42	47	47	41	40	45	38	38	26	16	34	39	32	23	21	15	-5	27	17	26	31	28	33	32	28	27	28	19	31	44	40	42	44	40	45
Insurance	55	46	50	47	44	32	26	39	34	39	31	11	37	52	45	37	37	36	-8	52	45	40	47	46	47	55	43	49	38	35	36	44	28	27	49	41	39
Real estate	10	17	19	20	19	15	14	12	12	16	16	10	32	42	45	29	28	31	4	54	55	60	59	60	60	61	59	54	54	54	54	57	54	52	53	50	50
Health and social services	13	19	16	16	14	19	9	-8	3	2	-5	-11	8	11	15	-1	-1	11	-11	33	38	34	46	40	48	46	44	48	54	55	52	51	42	49	40	39	49
Information economy	7	7	5	12	14	13	23	25	20	33	30	17	31	33	38	20	14	6	-19	43	38	44	51	47	52	54	47	46	46	43	44	46	41	38	41	36	38
Business expectations1
All industries4	-20	-9	-12	-10	-17	-18	-10	-21	-22	-5	-14	-44	-14	5	10	1	-9	-7	-44	-2	-7	5	7	11	17	18	14	16	11	9	12	11	9	13	7	6	18
Manufacturing (excluding construction)10	-16	-4	-9	-8	-17	-19	-11	-21	-26	-6	-12	-46	-23	12	17	16	8	5	-43	-5	-15	1	6	12	20	24	18	21	17	13	15	16	12	17	11	7	22
Intermediate goods producers	-17	-4	-10	-8	-21	-24	-14	-26	-32	-10	-18	-52	-29	10	11	15	11	5	-45	-7	-20	-1	3	10	19	26	17	21	18	12	15	17	12	18	11	5	25
Capital goods producers	-10	-2	-6	-6	-17	-17	-9	-16	-19	2	-1	-34	-17	21	26	24	14	7	-46	-10	-19	0	9	17	25	29	23	24	19	16	16	16	14	20	14	9	23
Consumer and durable goods producers	-20	-7	-10	-13	-10	-13	-8	-18	-22	-5	-17	-47	-19	7	18	7	-5	2	-38	7	-1	8	9	14	18	19	17	17	14	13	17	17	13	14	9	8	17
Chemical industry	-18	-4	-10	-3	-10	-9	4	-10	-16	-1	-14	-53	-29	7	14	21	19	19	-39	13	-8	10	13	17	18	31	22	23	25	15	24	25	23	26	20	8	29
Pharmaceutical industry	5	9	-5	11	23	21	16	16	1	5	0	-33	3	32	28	8	12	3	-21	18	17	20	2	20	28	26	26	22	17	12	23	26	11	18	10	8	22
Basic metals	-10	0	-4	-9	-23	-22	-15	-25	-36	-15	-11	-53	-38	18	18	23	26	16	-46	-25	-35	-25	-11	-3	8	25	14	11	5	4	1	0	-4	12	3	1	14
Metal products	-18	-7	-10	-9	-26	-32	-20	-28	-33	-6	-16	-53	-29	10	12	16	12	4	-43	-14	-27	-5	-1	10	16	26	18	19	13	7	13	14	8	20	10	3	22
Electrical engineering	-1	5	1	1	-6	-8	2	-6	-10	4	2	-27	-14	19	24	25	20	15	-42	0	-13	9	12	21	29	33	28	30	27	23	26	25	22	24	22	17	29
Mechanical engineering	-9	-3	-6	-6	-18	-18	-11	-19	-24	2	-1	-34	-18	25	30	30	17	5	-51	-13	-25	-4	7	17	26	31	22	28	19	16	13	16	15	21	13	8	26
Automotive industry	-17	2	-16	-4	-24	-34	-16	-33	-24	3	7	-40	-21	21	16	14	16	24	-35	-17	-24	-15	10	12	19	15	19	7	18	10	14	14	12	16	13	16	19
Construction3	-20	-14	-17	-13	-25	-31	-23	-38	-43	-27	-32	-56	-37	-3	-7	-14	-21	-20	-38	-3	-4	11	8	9	19	15	8	18	11	5	16	6	1	13	-1	-2	13
Building construction	-19	-12	-21	-13	-26	-34	-29	-45	-50	-36	-41	-62	-48	-2	-6	-14	-19	-18	-39	-1	-4	8	5	5	19	13	7	16	13	7	14	10	4	12	0	-3	14
Civil engineering	-20	-16	-21	-10	-26	-26	-14	-27	-37	-20	-39	-58	-43	-8	-19	-24	-32	-34	-41	-14	-6	19	7	10	20	15	10	24	3	0	15	-2	-2	9	-8	1	13
Finishing trades	-19	-17	-16	-11	-23	-28	-18	-33	-34	-17	-21	-49	-22	-2	-5	-9	-20	-17	-37	-1	-3	13	10	12	20	16	10	20	12	6	19	6	2	16	0	0	14
Trade2	-31	-19	-19	-20	-26	-28	-21	-33	-31	-18	-30	-55	-29	-7	1	-10	-25	-12	-46	-5	-7	3	2	7	10	12	12	13	8	7	12	9	9	11	4	3	18
Retail trade	-36	-24	-24	-23	-26	-26	-21	-31	-27	-18	-30	-56	-28	-11	1	-21	-33	-12	-44	-3	-3	2	-2	5	6	4	9	7	2	5	9	5	7	6	-1	4	10
Wholesale trade	-26	-14	-13	-18	-26	-28	-22	-33	-33	-16	-27	-53	-28	-1	4	0	-15	-10	-47	-4	-11	5	7	11	15	21	17	19	12	11	14	13	10	15	8	4	25
Services (excluding trade)6	-18	-8	-10	-8	-13	-14	-6	-16	-16	0	-9	-39	-3	5	12	-2	-12	-10	-45	0	-3	7	8	11	17	16	12	14	10	8	11	10	9	12	7	7	16
Transport and warehousing	-35	-23	-20	-18	-28	-26	-17	-35	-34	-16	-27	-49	-26	-3	7	-2	-19	-11	-49	-17	-20	-4	-3	1	13	12	7	7	2	-2	6	1	3	8	-5	-3	9
Hospitality	-23	-15	-28	-13	-29	-32	-10	-37	-32	5	-13	-58	22	-5	2	-13	-25	-29	-51	0	-4	12	2	6	19	9	7	20	7	7	18	6	7	16	4	9	18
Financial and insurance services2	-1	5	4	3	0	4	2	-3	-1	9	-3	-38	-13	7	7	-6	-19	-16	-58	-11	-19	-4	-3	1	1	-1	-2	-9	-13	-21	-19	-13	-10	-10	-10	-5	8
Banking	3	11	13	3	-1	4	1	-7	-1	16	4	-36	-19	3	-5	-13	-26	-26	-64	-29	-41	-16	-16	-11	-12	-15	-16	-26	-31	-40	-37	-28	-24	-22	-22	-16	0
Insurance	7	7	16	20	20	19	9	17	7	8	-7	-32	4	22	27	16	6	4	-58	14	19	9	23	14	24	28	17	21	12	8	14	7	12	8	17	16	27
Real estate	-17	-7	-6	-11	-9	-5	-4	-14	-19	-17	-23	-44	-17	5	3	1	-6	-2	-34	2	0	13	12	13	17	17	17	15	14	17	17	19	13	13	11	11	15
Health and social services	-17	0	-1	-1	-13	-4	-6	-12	-15	-17	-19	-36	-4	1	14	2	1	2	-18	7	14	9	12	14	15	19	15	18	16	18	22	25	21	21	12	24	25
Information economy	-9	-4	1	2	-1	-1	0	0	-1	11	3	-24	0	19	27	16	3	6	-40	16	13	18	22	23	25	29	27	25	25	27	25	23	22	24	24	21	24
Export expectations1
Manufacturing (excluding construction)10	-10	0	-10	-10	-8	-12	-5	-7	-15	1	-1	-24	-9	20	21	17	9	-4	-56	0	-12	2	13	17	24	31	25	24	23	16	17	20	16	21	17	15	25
Intermediate goods producers	-14	-5	-14	-13	-13	-17	-9	-12	-23	-5	-8	-35	-14	15	16	15	10	-5	-56	-3	-17	-5	9	13	21	31	24	22	21	13	15	19	14	20	16	12	24
Capital goods producers	-3	5	-6	-7	-5	-9	-3	-1	-7	10	11	-10	-3	31	31	24	10	-1	-61	-3	-13	5	18	22	30	34	28	28	26	18	18	21	17	23	19	15	27
Consumer and durable goods producers	-10	0	-8	-9	2	-5	0	-5	-9	2	-4	-21	-9	17	18	8	1	-10	-50	13	5	15	17	19	21	29	25	21	24	19	23	24	21	20	18	22	27
Chemical industry	-16	0	-16	-10	-5	-4	8	-1	-11	2	-2	-29	-16	18	22	20	18	1	-49	12	0	9	17	19	30	43	36	34	34	24	27	32	26	29	33	19	33
Pharmaceutical industry	16	17	-2	31	51	26	13	31	6	20	19	-5	4	28	19	19	29	8	-23	35	27	39	23	28	43	39	32	45	42	26	43	33	34	33	34	29	28
Basic metals	-19	-4	-16	-19	-29	-28	-19	-21	-27	-19	-21	-44	-27	10	14	19	14	-15	-76	-21	-35	-26	-7	5	8	26	10	16	5	1	-1	8	0	19	-1	6	9
Metal products	-20	-11	-18	-19	-19	-28	-15	-16	-27	-6	-8	-41	-19	15	15	12	9	-5	-60	-12	-23	-12	4	10	20	30	23	16	18	11	13	16	10	18	17	6	23
Electrical engineering	5	11	1	-3	4	-3	5	7	-6	13	15	-6	2	29	47	24	5	5	-52	9	-6	13	19	26	32	38	36	32	30	24	25	30	25	27	24	25	31
Mechanical engineering	-5	4	-8	-8	-8	-11	-6	-5	-14	7	10	-12	-2	36	33	28	10	-6	-62	-8	-20	2	18	21	32	36	29	27	25	17	15	20	16	22	18	12	29
Automotive industry	0	-3	-16	-9	-12	-18	-11	-11	-11	8	13	-7	-17	25	18	23	6	26	-74	-13	-19	0	18	22	29	19	21	21	30	11	17	18	14	27	20	19	17
Investment intentions1
All industries4	-11	-8	-9	-7	-10	-10	-7	-9	-7	4	1	-10	6	12	13	0	-8	-15	-37	6	5	14	16	19	21	22	19	17	14	13	12	12	11	12	9	8	11
Manufacturing (excluding construction)10	-15	-13	-16	-12	-17	-17	-10	-11	-12	7	3	-10	9	23	21	13	-1	-17	-41	-1	-4	10	16	22	26	27	24	21	14	12	13	12	11	13	11	9	13
Intermediate goods producers	-20	-18	-21	-17	-25	-26	-17	-21	-21	4	-1	-14	11	24	22	17	1	-18	-43	-7	-8	7	15	23	26	28	24	22	15	13	12	12	10	13	10	9	15
Capital goods producers	-12	-14	-17	-15	-22	-20	-11	-10	-8	11	8	-5	7	24	21	9	-7	-28	-50	-4	-10	8	17	22	28	28	25	20	15	9	11	9	10	12	12	8	12
Consumer and durable goods producers	-11	-9	-13	-9	-5	-7	-5	-6	-7	1	-3	-16	3	13	13	5	-2	-7	-35	12	6	14	13	20	22	23	22	20	14	13	18	17	16	17	15	11	12
Chemical industry	-7	-9	-11	3	-3	-12	-1	-13	-15	1	-1	-9	14	32	29	20	8	-6	-25	18	14	22	26	36	32	39	31	34	19	20	14	17	16	17	13	7	20
Pharmaceutical industry	5	16	0	27	35	34	19	30	16	18	-6	-7	24	24	9	20	19	9	0	33	24	29	28	28	32	38	31	20	20	33	28	25	27	34	25	21	30
Basic metals	-19	-19	-23	-21	-30	-30	-17	-20	-18	14	7	-6	15	26	26	11	-10	-26	-57	-21	-12	-1	12	16	23	24	18	20	8	5	4	-1	2	20	11	10	11
Metal products	-26	-21	-26	-24	-31	-32	-21	-20	-20	1	-4	-17	7	23	24	16	-1	-27	-48	-16	-17	4	11	20	26	26	22	21	15	11	11	9	7	12	10	8	10
Electrical engineering	-4	-6	-9	-11	-19	-19	-8	-9	-8	18	15	-2	17	26	27	17	5	-22	-45	-1	-7	11	16	28	28	32	32	23	19	15	13	19	15	14	12	10	13
Mechanical engineering	-15	-17	-21	-16	-22	-21	-12	-12	-12	11	7	-7	9	30	22	10	-6	-29	-51	-6	-11	9	16	23	28	28	24	18	11	10	8	8	10	11	10	8	14
Automotive industry	-10	-21	-33	-17	-39	-29	-15	-7	-3	4	13	2	-11	8	11	6	-14	-34	-74	-21	-24	-12	21	19	33	28	33	39	23	8	23	15	8	14	15	16	21
Construction3	-19	-15	-19	-14	-24	-23	-25	-27	-28	-14	-17	-28	-9	5	3	-3	-9	-9	-26	6	5	17	14	16	18	15	11	14	9	5	8	4	0	3	-1	-1	4
Building construction	-17	-20	-25	-17	-29	-31	-33	-32	-37	-24	-23	-32	-9	11	5	1	-4	-8	-24	5	8	19	13	17	17	16	12	15	11	4	8	5	0	7	2	-2	5
Civil engineering	-16	-9	-11	-2	-13	-20	-18	-18	-18	1	-16	-30	-26	1	-9	-14	-21	-12	-19	3	0	7	10	17	18	17	11	13	5	-2	2	0	1	-3	-8	-6	1
Finishing trades	-21	-16	-17	-13	-20	-14	-15	-20	-18	-6	-9	-19	-3	1	6	-2	-10	-9	-30	6	3	18	15	14	19	13	11	12	8	8	10	2	0	3	-1	3	5
Trade2	-22	-16	-16	-17	-18	-17	-14	-18	-14	-3	-5	-20	0	7	10	-7	-13	-14	-40	5	4	10	11	14	16	17	14	13	10	10	9	10	9	7	4	5	8
Retail trade	-23	-15	-14	-16	-15	-17	-17	-18	-17	-6	-8	-21	-2	2	5	-14	-17	-12	-38	7	4	6	6	8	9	10	11	7	5	6	8	7	9	4	1	5	4
Wholesale trade	-22	-19	-18	-22	-24	-20	-14	-19	-15	-3	-4	-18	3	12	16	1	-8	-14	-40	3	4	12	15	17	20	22	16	17	13	12	9	11	8	8	5	4	12
Services (excluding trade)6	-6	-2	-2	0	-2	-3	-1	-4	-1	7	4	-6	7	9	12	-4	-11	-15	-35	10	10	16	17	20	21	21	19	16	16	14	13	13	13	14	11	10	11
Transport and warehousing	-13	-8	-7	-4	-8	-10	-10	-15	-10	3	2	-7	3	12	13	-5	-15	-22	-47	2	0	10	14	17	16	18	16	9	10	7	9	8	8	5	1	3	4
Hospitality	-16	-5	-13	-18	-15	-15	-15	-18	-9	-3	-5	-9	0	-11	7	-23	-36	-29	-60	13	17	17	18	22	23	22	26	18	27	25	18	21	23	18	19	17	16
Financial and insurance services2	16	18	20	26	23	21	24	22	17	18	15	0	17	17	14	8	4	-1	-17	15	5	17	20	16	20	15	11	7	4	3	8	6	2	10	8	7	9
Banking	28	30	32	35	32	26	31	32	26	23	20	1	18	17	14	10	9	-1	-13	13	-2	16	18	12	18	12	10	2	-1	-2	7	5	0	10	6	7	11
Insurance	18	43	39	34	36	30	39	30	27	38	20	16	16	24	22	16	8	6	-5	24	18	21	30	25	21	23	22	16	19	19	12	19	18	18	19	19	7
Real estate	3	2	3	2	2	1	0	-4	-6	3	-4	-9	13	22	16	13	5	7	-17	19	16	26	25	26	31	29	25	28	27	25	28	22	20	27	20	15	18
Health and social services	18	12	21	23	29	22	17	10	20	13	10	6	25	25	28	16	9	7	-4	19	29	35	26	31	29	34	33	21	25	33	31	28	30	36	23	25	25
Information economy	-7	-10	-5	6	-2	-2	4	4	1	11	8	-4	14	18	19	5	1	-7	-27	17	17	20	23	25	23	25	22	21	22	20	20	14	18	18	18	14	14

Latest reading

The series on this page is monthly and runs from Sep 2003 to May 2026. Source: German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK).

About this data

Germany DIHK business survey of the current economic situation, expectations, and business risks. Conducted by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the survey tracks employment, export and investment intentions. It breaks down data across manufacturing, construction, trade and services, detailing risks like labour costs and energy prices. Available monthly as balances and percentages since 2003.

Frequently asked questions

What is the latest figure for Germany DIHK business survey?: All industries stood at −3 in May 2026. That is −3 from a year earlier.
Is Germany DIHK business survey at a high or a low right now?: The reading of −3 is the lowest since Jan 2021.
How far back does the Germany DIHK business survey data go?: The series on this page is monthly and runs from Sep 2003 to May 2026. Source: German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK). Every series in the table can be charted over its full history and downloaded as CSV or Excel.
What is the Germany DIHK business survey?: The Germany DIHK business survey is conducted by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry to assess the current business situation and future expectations. It measures corporate investment, employment and export intentions as balances and percentages.
Which industries are covered by the DIHK business survey?: The survey covers all major economic sectors, including manufacturing, construction, trade, hospitality and financial services. It further breaks down manufacturing into specific branches like mechanical engineering, automotive and chemical industries.
What business risks does the DIHK survey track?: The survey asks firms to identify key business risks, including labour costs, domestic and foreign demand, energy and raw material prices, skilled-worker shortages, and the overall economic policy framework.
When did the DIHK business survey start?: The time series for the Germany DIHK business survey are available since 2003. The data is published monthly by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry.