In 2025, breweries and warehouses in Germany sold 7.8 billion liters of beer, which is 6% lower than the level of 2024. Consumers are showing restraint.
In 2025, breweries and warehouses in Germany sold 7.8 billion liters of beer, which is 6% lower than the level of 2024. The volume of beer sales in Germany in 2025 was 6 percent less than the previous year. This was reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Monday, February 2, noting that this is the strongest decline since the start of such statistics in 1993.
It is specified that the volume of beer sales in Germany from breweries and warehouses last year amounted to 7.8 billion liters - 497.1 million liters less than the figures for 2024. Since 1993, the annual volume of beer sales in Germany has never fallen below 8 billion liters, according to the press release.
"Breweries, as well as the retail and catering sectors, are experiencing enormous consumer restraint," commented the statistics by the Association of German Breweries.
Decline in beer sales in Germany - a long-term trend
According to Destatis, the decline in beer sales in Germany is a long-term trend. In 2015, the sales volume was 18.9%, or 1.8 billion liters, higher than in 2025.
It is noted that 82.5% of the beer sold in 2025 by German breweries and warehouses was intended for the domestic market. In this area, sales volume decreased by 5.8% over the year - to 6.4 billion liters.
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