Job vacancies in Germany Q4 2024, by company size
In the fourth quarter of 2024, there were 367,000 job openings in companies with one to nine employees in Germany. Companies with 50 to 249 employees had 322,000 vacancies in the same period.
Number of openings on the job market in Germany in Q4 2024, by company size (in 1,000s)
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Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung. (March 6, 2025). Number of openings on the job market in Germany in Q4 2024, by company size (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336039/job-vacancies-size-of-company-germany/
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung. "Number of openings on the job market in Germany in Q4 2024, by company size (in 1,000s)." Chart. March 6, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336039/job-vacancies-size-of-company-germany/
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung. (2025). Number of openings on the job market in Germany in Q4 2024, by company size (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336039/job-vacancies-size-of-company-germany/
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung. "Number of Openings on The Job Market in Germany in Q4 2024, by Company Size (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Mar 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336039/job-vacancies-size-of-company-germany/
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Number of openings on the job market in Germany in Q4 2024, by company size (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336039/job-vacancies-size-of-company-germany/ (last visited May 04, 2025)
Number of openings on the job market in Germany in Q4 2024, by company size (in 1,000s) [Graph], Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, March 6, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336039/job-vacancies-size-of-company-germany/