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IfM Publications An overview of the self-employed

Germany has around 3.6 million self-employed people. A third of them are women, and a quarter of all self-employed people have a migrant background.

The dashboard "3.6 million people in Germany are self-employed as their main occupation" gives a compact overview of the sectors in which self-employed people work and the size of their businesses. Detailed data and facts can be found on the "Self-employed" statistics page.
 

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