Number of employees
Most jobs in German-speaking countries were created by start-ups offering enterprise software. These are followed by the transportation, energy and fintech sectors. The distribution in Switzerland and Austria differs. In Switzerland, fintech and the health sector lead, while in Austria, the energy sector takes the lead.
In the ranking of universities and non-university research associations, there are four institutions whose students, researchers and alumni have created more than 20,000 jobs through their start-ups: TUM (around 25,500), WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (25,000), the University of St. Gallen (21,500) and ETH Zurich (21,000). When measured by the number of start-ups employing more than 50 people, founding teams with at least one founder from TUM (90), the University of St. Gallen (85) and WHU (76) are the most successful.
The first part of the study had already shown that most start-ups were founded by students, staff and alumni of TUM (around 1,100), ETH Zurich (1,000) and the University of St. Gallen (850). When the number of start-ups is compared to the number of students at these universities, WHU leads the way (350 start-ups per 1,000 students).
