Crisis-proof and fit for the future – SMEs face their next big challenge

Three out of four enterprises in Germany are customers of the Savings Banks Finance Group (Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe). Giving advice to and providing financing for small and medium-sized enterprises is the core business of the Savings Banks and Landesbanken in Germany.

To this end, they use their strengths: a precise knowledge of their customers and their personal circumstances, and a nationwide presence throughout Germany’s regions.

The SME Diagnosis 2021 is the twenty-first analysis conducted by the German Savings Banks Association (Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband), providing representative data on the current status of small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany.