Introduction

• Industry definition
• Key figures at a glance
• COVID-19 outbreak in Germany
• COVID-19 impact on GDP globally
• ifo Business Climate
• Consumer behavior

• Revenue development
• Revenue and growth of subcategories
• Industry comparison
• Revenue distribution by size
• International and domestic revenue
• Average revenue per company
• Gross value added
• EBT margin by sales categories
• Industry comparison of EBT margin
• Imports and exports over time
• Imports and exports by continent
• Consumer spending (Consumer Market Outlook) over time
• Consumer spending in country comparison

• Selected top companies with revenue and number of employees
• Number of companies
• Distribution of establishments by employee size
• Companies by state
• Index compared to distribution across the entire economy
• Number of business registrations
• Number of petitions for bankruptcy
• Amount of expected claims
• Number of employees affected by bankruptcies
• Number of foreign affiliates
• Number of employees of foreign affiliates
• Revenue of the foreign affiliates

• Number of employees
• Share of jobs at high risk of automation
• Annual mean wage
• Average monthly gross wage by performance group and gender
• Average weekly hours
• Paid weekly hours by performance group and deviation from the industry average
• Number of degrees in industry typical program
• Final exams passed

• Innovation expenditures
• Innovator rate
• Share of companies with market innovations
• Innovations share of total industry revenue
• Intensity of innovation
• R&D expenditures
• Personnel active in R&D in full-time equivalents
• Distribution of internal R&D expenditures
• Share of companies with ongoing and occasional R&D

• Revenue development in Germany and the rest of Europe
• Revenue comparison
• Largest revenue increase
• Revenue per country
• Revenue growth per country
• EBIT as share of turnover
• Asset-to-equity ratio
• Current debts
• Cost structure
• Staff costs as share of turnover