Despite corona: more start-ups in 2020 than in the previous year

There were 13% more start-ups founded last year than in 2019. The analysis company Startupdetector has analyzed the areas in which most new companies were founded.

2,857 start-ups - 13% more than in 2019 - were newly entered in the commercial register last year. This is the result of an evaluation by the analysis company Startupdetector. If it hadn't been for the coronavirus crisis, there would have been even more start-ups, according to the study.

According to the study, most start-ups are still created in Berlin. 24% of all new start-ups are founded in the German capital. Bavaria follows with 19 percent and NRW with 17 percent. In terms of sectors, the areas of software, medicine and e-commerce are of particular interest to founders. In contrast, there were hardly any start-ups in the blockchain, environmental technology and insurance sectors.

According to the study, the number of financing rounds fell in the second and third quarters of 2020, but recovered again in the fourth quarter. There were a total of 1,690 financing rounds in 2020. While VC investments increased again in the third quarter, angel investors remained cautious for a little longer, similar to companies investing in start-ups.