Boom of start-ups: Gladbeck, Bottrop and Gelsenkirchen in the upswing!

In 2024, 16 new companies were founded in Gladbeck, Bottrop and Gelsenkirchen. This corresponds to an increase of over 40 percent compared to the previous year when only nine companies were launched. Gelsenkirchen recorded the greatest increase in new start -ups. This data comes from a current report by the German Start-Up Association, which highlights the development of company start-ups in the region.

start-ups are young companies with innovative business ideas and high growth potential, often from the IT area. It is particularly noteworthy that artificial intelligence plays an increasingly important role in these new companies. The developments in Gladbeck, Bottrop and Gelsenkirchen reflect a nationwide trend, since in other regions of Germany, the number of new foundations has also increased, such as Radio " Emscher Lippe reported.

increase in the new startings in Germany

In the first half of 2024, the number of new start-ups in Germany rose by 15 % compared to the second half of 2023. According to the report "Next Generation-Startup New Fixed in Germany", published by the startup association and start-updetector, a total of 1,384 startings have been recorded in the past six months. This increase comes after a decline in mid-2022 and shows a positive trend in the German startup ecosystem.

The leading federal states in the foundations are Berlin, Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia. North Rhine-Westphalia recorded an increase of 25 %, while Berlin can have an increase of 28 %. The software sector in particular is dominant with 302 new start-ups and accounts for every fifth new startup. Digitization and the use of artificial intelligence continue to drive development in the software area. Innovative software solutions are particularly popular in the B2B sector. Munich and Berlin are the main locations for start-up foundations and share 26 % at all new foundations in Germany, whereby Munich Berlin has barely overtaken in start-ups per capita.

The positive development of the new foundations is visible in almost all regions of Germany, even in smaller cities. The top 5 of the strongest founding cities per capita include Aachen, Darmstadt and Heidelberg, such as reported. The report is based on commercial register data and has been collected since 2019.