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Number of people who eat out in their leisure time in Germany from 2019 to 2025, by frequency (in millions)

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Release date

June 2025

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2019 to 2025

Age group

14 years and older

Special properties

German-speaking population

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Sample information:
Base: German-speaking population aged 14 and over in private households with the main place of residence in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Total sample information:
2019: 25,318 respondents, representing 70.60 million people
2020: 25,191 respondents, representing 70.64 million people
2021: 22,563 respondents, representing 70.54 million people
2022: 23,015 respondents, representing 70.60 million people
2023: 23,524 respondents, representing 70.08 million people
2024: 23,485 respondents, representing 70.48 million people
2025: 23,075 respondents, representing 71 million people

More information on the methodology can be found .

This question was asked in the survey in the following wording: "What do you do in your spare time, if it is possible according to the season? Please mark in each row if you never, occasionally or frequently did so.“
Leisure: eating out.

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Eating out is a popular pastime in Germany, with almost ** million people sometimes doing so in 2025, and over ** million people stating they often did so. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and subsequent closures of restaurants influenced figures for 2020 and 2021.
The Allensbach Market and Advertising Media Analysis (Allensbacher Markt- und Werbeträgeranalyse or AWA in German) determines attitudes, consumer habits and media usage of the population in Germany on a broad statistical basis.

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