(GermanPolicy.com) – In 2021 significantly more new companies were founded than in the previous year, according to the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau. Many start-ups would have postponed the idea of ​​self-employment until then, but last year 607,000 people implemented their plans – 13 percent more than 2020, when the Covid-19 crisis had the greatest effects and only 537,000 people initiated their own business. The 2021 level is roughly the same as that of 2019.