Germany business registrations index, transport
Germany business registrations index, transport stood at 115.7 in Q2 2026, according to Eurostat, Statistical Office of the European Union. It is one of the indicators in the Business registration index by industry table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 2015 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Business registration index by industry table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market economy, total | 113.9 | 113.4 | 112.2 | 115.5 | 115.5 | 118.5 | 114.1 | 106.6 | 104.7 | 103.6 | |
| Transport and storage | 115.7 | 112.4 | 109.9 | 109.4 | 108.5 | 108.5 | 104.8 | 94.7 | 94.8 | 89.9 | |
| Accommodation and food services | 134 | 147.3 | 142 | 144.4 | 141.9 | 146.8 | 141.7 | 130.2 | 132.1 | 134.1 |
Understanding germany business registrations index, transport
Inflows of newly registered enterprises across freight transport, warehousing, and postal courier services define this series. It captures legal creations and initial administrative filings for units providing land, water, and air transit, storage facilities, and cargo handling. Excluded from these counts are business terminations, deregistrations, ownership transfers, and non-market infrastructure managed by general government. While companion rows track enterprise births in manufacturing, trade, or hospitality, this breakdown isolates additions to transport and logistics. The index monitors gross entry counts rather than net expansion, treating small sole-proprietor couriers identically to major freight operators.
Evaluating movements across quarters requires distinguishing seasonal registry patterns from genuine shifts in business formation. Year-on-year comparisons provide a more dependable perspective on unadjusted data, as administrative office schedules and holiday closures distort quarter-on-quarter changes. Early figures undergo revision as delayed municipal filings arrive. Periodic rebasing resets the index scale without altering historical percentage changes, though classification updates can introduce structural breaks if industry boundary definitions change. Treating registration inflows as a proxy for net sector expansion is misleading because the measure excludes liquidations and insolvencies. Furthermore, administrative filing reflects legal registration rather than operational scale, meaning entry counts do not directly indicate expanding fleet capacity or freight traffic.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this index include independent courier and parcel delivery contractors?
- Sole proprietors and individual contractors are included whenever they file an official business notification classified under postal and courier activities. Dependent personnel hired directly by established logistics firms do not generate administrative registrations.
- Does a rise in registrations indicate higher freight transport volumes or shipping capacity?
- The index tracks the creation of legal units rather than physical fleet capacity, freight tonnage, or commercial turnover. Smaller transport operators enter the register alongside large logistics firms with identical weight in the administrative count.
- How does the series treat existing freight carriers opening new logistics depots or warehouses?
- Secondary locations, regional branches, and newly opened storage facilities belonging to an established firm are excluded from the index. Only notifications that establish a newly formed legal entity enter the registration count.