Startup average age Germany 2022

In 2022, German startups were 2.8 years old on average. The average age of startups across the timeline is around two and a half years. The data shows the average age of a start-up company from 2013 to 2022.

The German Startup Monitor (DSM) defines a startup as being younger than 10 years old, having projected employee and sales growth and being innovative in the product or service they offer, their business model and/or technology they use.

Average age of startups in Germany from 2013 to 2022 (in years)

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Release date

October 2022

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2013 to 2022

Number of respondents

1,976 data sets from founders and managers (2021)

Supplementary notes

The data comes from the German Startup Monitor (Deutscher Startup Monitor, DSM) for which high-quality data sets are collected annually from founders and managing directors of startups. The start-up founders or managing directors (members of the executive board e.g. chief level) received a special questionnaire link by email which was sent through selected DSM network partners. In 2022, 1,976 complete data sets were collected for the survey between May 5 and June 26, 2022.

Figures from previous years are based on earlier information from the source

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