Over 48,000 new business

New businesses registering with the General Commercial Register (GEMH) showed an increase of 9.37% in the first nine months of the year compared to the corresponding period of 2023, with those deleted at the same time showing a marginal increase, of 0.12%.

Notably in the most traditional and populous sector of business in Greece, commerce, a 0.94% decrease in new registrations was recorded, which is solely due to the drop in the creation of new retail businesses. On the other hand, double-digit percentages of new business openings were recorded in the sectors of construction and transport-storage (logistics).

From the analysis and processing of GEMH's statistical data, it becomes clear that in the January-September 2024 period, 48,284 new businesses opened, compared to 44,121 businesses in the corresponding period of 2023. At the same time, 15,524 businesses closed...