Orders on the Rise for German Industry
The industrial sector recorded four straight increases in orders to conclude 2025, says the Federal Statistical Office.
Feb 05, 2026
Orders were 7.8 percent on the previous month in December 2025. It was the biggest jump in three years and defied expert predictions of a slowdown.
The main growth driver was large-scale orders, particularly in metalwork, which was up over 30 percent. Machinery makers record a plus of 11.5 percent, and defense 5.7 percent. But smaller orders also rose by nearly a percent.
“A boom in orders at the end of the year,” Jens-Oliver Niklash, an economist at the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), told Handelsblatt newspaper. “This really does look like a turnaround.”
