Germany’s factory orders jumped 5.6% mom in November 2025, beating market estimates for a 1.0% fall and picking up from an upwardly revised 1.6% increase in the prior month. This marked the third straight monthly gain and the strongest pace since December 2024, boosted by large orders in the manufacture of metal products (25.3%) and aircraft, ships, trains, and military vehicles (12.3%). More moderate growth was also recorded in electrical equipment, mechanical engineering and data processing, electronic, and optical products. By category, orders rose across the board, including consumer goods (8.2%), capital goods (7.9%), and intermediate goods (1.0%). Domestic demand jumped 6.5%, while foreign demand increased 4.9%, supported by gains from both the euro area (8.2%) and non-euro area markets (2.9%). Excluding large-scale contracts, orders rose 0.7%. On a three-month basis from September to November, factory orders advanced 4.0%, and excluding large contracts, they increased 1.6%. source: Federal Statistical Office

Factory Orders in Germany increased 5.60 percent in November of 2025 over the previous month. Factory Orders in Germany averaged 0.35 percent from 1952 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 28.70 percent in June of 2020 and a record low of -27.30 percent in April of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Germany Factory Orders - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Germany Factory Orders - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Factory Orders in Germany increased 5.60 percent in November of 2025 over the previous month. Factory Orders in Germany is expected to be 1.10 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Germany Factory Orders is projected to trend around 0.70 percent in 2027 and 1.10 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-12-05 07:00 AM
Factory Orders MoM
Oct 1.5% 2.0% 0.5% 0.4%
2026-01-08 07:00 AM
Factory Orders MoM
Nov 5.6% 1.6% -1% -0.6%
2026-02-05 07:00 AM
Factory Orders MoM
Dec 5.6% -2.5% -4.2%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Bankruptcies 2108.00 1940.00 Companies Oct 2025
Changes in Inventories 21.22 17.40 EUR Billion Sep 2025
Factory Orders MoM 5.60 1.60 percent Nov 2025
Industrial Production 0.80 1.00 percent Nov 2025
Industrial Production MoM 0.80 2.00 percent Nov 2025
Manufacturing Production 1.10 -0.20 percent Nov 2025
Mining Production 4.20 9.40 percent Nov 2025


Germany Factory Orders
Factory Orders in Germany are reported using monthly changes in the volume of new orders received by manufacturers. Factory Order figures in Germany can be very volatile and misleading because they are heavily affected by geopolitical events, temporary shocks in demand and business deals which may only happen once.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
5.60 1.60 28.70 -27.30 1952 - 2025 percent Monthly
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German Factory Orders Unexpectedly Surge
Germany’s factory orders jumped 5.6% mom in November 2025, beating market estimates for a 1.0% fall and picking up from an upwardly revised 1.6% increase in the prior month. This marked the third straight monthly gain and the strongest pace since December 2024, boosted by large orders in the manufacture of metal products (25.3%) and aircraft, ships, trains, and military vehicles (12.3%). More moderate growth was also recorded in electrical equipment, mechanical engineering and data processing, electronic, and optical products. By category, orders rose across the board, including consumer goods (8.2%), capital goods (7.9%), and intermediate goods (1.0%). Domestic demand jumped 6.5%, while foreign demand increased 4.9%, supported by gains from both the euro area (8.2%) and non-euro area markets (2.9%). Excluding large-scale contracts, orders rose 0.7%. On a three-month basis from September to November, factory orders advanced 4.0%, and excluding large contracts, they increased 1.6%.
2026-01-08
German Factory Orders Rise More than Expected
Germany’s factory orders rose 1.5% month-on-month in October 2025, exceeding market forecasts of 0.5% but slowing from an upwardly revised 2.0% gain in the previous month. The latest figure marked the second consecutive monthly rise, supported by a large 87.1% jump in aircraft, ships, trains, and military vehicle orders, alongside an 11.9% rise in metal production and processing. In contrast, demand for electrical equipment fell 16.2%. By category, orders rose for capital goods (4.9%) but declined for intermediate (-3.4%) and consumer goods (-2.2%). Domestic orders surged 9.9%, while foreign demand fell 4.0%, dragged by weakness from non-Euro area markets (-6.5%), with Euro area orders up slightly (0.1%). Excluding large-scale contracts, overall orders rose 0.5%. On a three-month average from August to October, factory orders fell 0.5%, but excluding large contracts, they grew 2.0%, reflecting steady underlying demand
2025-12-05
German Factory Orders Rise More than Expected
Germany’s factory orders rose 1.1% mom in September 2025, slightly above market estimates of 1.0% growth and swinging from a downwardly revised 0.4% drop in the prior month. It was the first increase since April, driven by rises in the manufacture of electrical equipment (9.5%), aircraft, ships, trains, military vehicles (7.5%), and the automotive sector (3.2%). In contrast, orders for metal products plunged 19.0% following large orders in August, with new orders in metal production and processing also down 5.6%. By category, demand rose for consumer goods (6.2%) and intermediate goods (1.4%), while capital goods orders held steady. Foreign orders grew 3.5%, lifted by gains from both the Euro area (2.1%) and non-Euro area (4.3%), but domestic orders fell 2.5%. Excluding large-scale contracts, overall orders expanded 1.9%. On a three-month average, factory orders declined 3.3% in Q3, and excluding large contracts, they fell 1.5%, highlighting persistent weakness in industrial activity.
2025-11-05