What Statistisches Bundesamt does

Statistisches Bundesamt (commonly known as Destatis) is the official federal statistical office of the Federal Republic of Germany, established in 1948 and headquartered at Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11 in Wiesbaden. The agency operates under public law as a Bundesbehörde under the Federal Ministry of the Interior and for Home Affairs, funded entirely through the federal budget and tax revenues. Its statutory mandate under the Federal Statistics Act (BStatG) makes it Germany's sole authority for producing and publishing official national statistics across 35 topic areas, covering population (83.5 million residents), economy, society, environment, labor, and government.

The agency's core technological infrastructure centers on the GENESIS-Online database, a comprehensive online query system for official statistics, supplemented by the real-time Dashboard Deutschland and supplementary platforms including WISTA (a scientific journal), a personal inflation calculator (Persönlicher Inflationsrechner), an Open Data portal, Statistik visualisiert (interactive infographics), and thematic topic pages on climate, pensions, skilled workers, and demographic averages. Data collection relies on mandatory business reporting via eSTATISTIK.core, administrative register integration, and the 2022 register-based census (Registerzensus) methodology. Domain-specific systems include the Umweltökonomische Gesamtrechnungen for environmental-economic accounting and the Wohnungslosenberichterstattungsgesetz statistics for sheltered homeless persons (452,900 reported as of January 2026).

Destatis does not operate as a commercial entity; all core statistics are provided free of charge as a public good to government ministries, state statistical offices (16 Statistische Landesämter coordinated via the joint Statistik-Portal), Eurostat and EU institutions, academic and research bodies, media, businesses, and German citizens. Its go-to-market is essentially non-existent in the conventional sense — distribution occurs through destatis.de, GENESIS-Online, press releases, newsletters, a WhatsApp channel, and the European Statistics Competition for school students. Because the agency is wholly publicly owned and budget-funded, revenue generation is not a strategic objective; value is delivered as a public service supporting evidence-based policymaking, business planning, research, and civic information.

Name

Statistisches Bundesamt

Legal name

Statistisches Bundesamt

Website

https://destatis.de

Company type

Public

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) is Germany's official federal statistical office, collecting, processing, and publishing authoritative national statistics for government, business, research, media, and the general public.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Statistical Services

NAICS

Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

National Statistics & Census Administration (BPAIAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health Statistics & Reporting (National/State/Local Indicators) (HLAJAJAC), Vital Records & Civil Registration (Birth/Death/Fetal Death Certificates) (HLAJAJAA), Mortality, Cause-of-Death Coding & Excess Death Analysis (HLAJAJAG), Health Data, Vital Statistics & Population Health Informatics (BPAIAJAM)

Keywords

• Official statistics
• Federal statistical data
• Government statistical services
• Economic indicator reporting
• Statistical database access

Headquarters

HQ city

Wiesbaden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Tax Funding: Statistisches Bundesamt is a federal government agency funded entirely through tax revenues and government budgets. It provides official statistics free of charge to the public as a public good.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) is the German federal statistical office that collects, processes, and publishes official statistics on Germany's population, economy, society, environment, and government. It operates the GENESIS-Online database and the Dashboard Deutschland as its primary data delivery platforms, providing free public access to legally authoritative statistical data mandated by the Federal Statistics Act (BStatG). The agency coordinates with the 16 state statistical offices and Eurostat to deliver internationally comparable statistics.

Product overview

Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) operates as Germany's official federal statistical office, offering a portfolio of data platforms and services. The core offering consists of the GENESIS-Online database (the primary online statistical database) and the Dashboard Deutschland (real-time macroeconomic dashboard). These are complemented by specialized tools including WISTA (the scientific journal), the personal inflation calculator, Open Data portal, Statistics Visualized (interactive infographics), the publication directory, the statistical address book linking to national and international statistical offices, and thematic topic pages covering key societal areas such as climate, pensions, skilled workers, and average living standards. The architecture is a platform-plus-portal model where GENESIS-Online serves as the central data repository and query engine, while supplementary tools (visualizations, dashboards, calculators) provide targeted access to specific datasets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GENESIS-Online: Online database providing access to comprehensive statistical data from the Federal Statistical Office and the statistical offices of the Länder.
• Dashboard Deutschland
• WISTA
• Statistik Campus

Products and services

• GENESIS-Online Database Germany's primary online statistical database providing queryable and downloadable access to all official federal and state statistics covering population, economy, society, environment, and government topics.
• Dashboard Deutschland Interactive real-time dashboard aggregating key economic and social indicators for Germany from official statistical sources into a single visual interface.
• Persönlicher Inflationsrechner (Personal Inflation Calculator) Web-based calculator allowing consumers to compute a personalized inflation rate by weighting monthly expenditures according to their individual consumption patterns.
• Open Data Portal Destatis open data initiative providing freely accessible official statistical datasets in machine-readable formats for public reuse.
• WISTA – Das Wissenschaftsmagazin (Scientific Journal) Scientific journal published by Destatis covering methodological developments, analyses, and research in official statistics and economic research.

Quantifiable outcome

• Coverage of 35 main statistical topic areas including population, economy, environment, labor, and government
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Statistik-Portal (Joint Federal-State Statistics Portal)coreTechnology or IntegrationJoint data portal operated by the statistical offices of the German federal government and all 16 federal states (Länder), providing unified access to combined statistical data. This portal enables access to statistics from both federal and state sources through a single interface.
• Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)coreTechnology or IntegrationEurostat is the statistical office of the European Union, responsible for providing high-quality European statistics. Destatis works closely with Eurostat to ensure German statistics meet EU standards and contribute to European statistical compilations.
• German State Statistical Offices (Statistische Landesämter)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner16 state-level statistical offices in each German federal state (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin-Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg-Schleswig-Holstein, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringen). These offices collect data at the state level and coordinate with the federal office.
• Statistikportal.decoreTechnology or IntegrationCommon data platform of the statistical offices of the Federation and the Länder, offering combined access to federal and state-level statistics.
• United Nations Statistical DivisionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational statistical cooperation through participation in UN statistical programs and adherence to international statistical standards.
• OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational statistical data sharing and cooperation with OECD for economic and social statistics.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Statens Offentliga Utredningar / SCB (Sweden): SCB is Sweden's national statistical office, with similar functions to Destatis in population, economic, and social statistics. While EU-regionally comparable, it serves a different national jurisdiction.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Census Bureau: The U.S. Census Bureau is the largest national statistical agency in the world, handling census, demographic, and economic data for the United States. Comparable to Destatis on mandate and scale, though broader in scope (e.g., American Community Survey).
• Eurostat: Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union and a direct upstream/downstream partner of Destatis. It aggregates Destatis data for EU-wide compilations and sets EU statistical standards that Destatis must follow, making it both a customer and a regulatory counterpart.

Direct peers

• Statistics Canada (StatCan): StatCan is Canada's national statistical agency, operating with a comparable federal mandate covering population, economic, and social statistics. It is a relevant peer on data infrastructure, census methodology, and open data practices.
• ISTAT (Italy): Italy's ISTAT is the national statistical office operating under EU statistical law, with equivalent functions in census, economic accounts, and social statistics. A direct peer in the European statistical system alongside Destatis.
• Office for National Statistics (ONS): The UK's ONS is the closest functional peer—a national statistical office providing official economic, population, and social statistics through a similar online database and dashboard infrastructure serving government, business, and public users.
• Statistics Netherlands (CBS): CBS is the Dutch national statistical office. It is widely recognized for its open data and OData API approach, making it a relevant peer for Destatis on data dissemination strategies and platform modernization.
• INSEE (France): INSEE is France's national statistical office, performing the same statutory mandate as Destatis: collecting, processing, and disseminating official economic and social statistics. Comparable in scale, mandate, and EU integration.

Others

• OECD Statistics Directorate: The OECD Statistics Directorate aggregates and disseminates comparable statistics across OECD member countries, relying on national statistical offices like Destatis as primary data sources. It is a key downstream partner and an influencing party on international statistical standards.
• Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Data Bank: The BIS Data Bank provides macroeconomic and financial statistics, frequently drawing on national statistical offices including Destatis for underlying country-level data. Adjacent in scope but more finance-focused.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries14 records

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