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Regional Deep Dives

Facing Uncertainty – Risk & Resilience Trends

Risk and resilience doesn't look the same everywhere. This section lets you explore how Germany-based executives are responding to geopolitical and economic uncertainty.
Data from 500 Germany-based executives. The research was conducted between January 6–20 and July 30–August 6. Note: Risk percentages reflect executives’ top geopolitical and economic concerns. Resilience figures combine “very” and “moderately” prepared responses.

Sector Spotlight

German-based C-suite executives across nine broad industry sectors gave us their views on key geopolitical and economic risks. Below we map risk their concern and their perception of preparedness by industry.

Small vs. Large – What Changes?

Explore how Germany-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large firms perceive and respond to key business risks. The charts illustrate shifts in concern and resilience across four major risk categories between January 2025 and January 2026.
Data from 500 Germany-based executives surveyed in our Risk & Resilience survey conducted between January 6–20 2025. January 2026 figures are projections based on the January 2025 survey. Note: Risk percentages reflect executives’ top geopolitical and economic concerns. Resilience figures combine “very” and “moderately” prepared responses. SME firms are those with annual revenue between EUR 250,000 to 99.99m, large are those with an annual revenue of EUR 100m+.

Key Findings

500 Germany-based executives told us…

  • Political risk unease deepens

    86% agreed that changes in the political landscape will affect their business’ ability to trade profitably – a sharp rise from 65% in January 2025.

  • Growth ambitions dampened

    83% believe the current geopolitical & economic uncertainty will limit their business’ growth plans – a sharp rise from 64% in January 2025.

  • Supply chains in flux

    84% of global execs expect to make changes to their suppliers or supply chains due to geopolitical tensions – up from 78% in January.

  • Security reassessment on the rise

    30% plan to reassess the security of their overseas operations this year, compared to 23% in 2024.

Data from 500 Germany-based executives surveyed in our 2024 and 2025 Risk & Resilience surveys. The 2025 research was conducted between January 6–20 and July 30–August 6. Note: the 'agree/believe and expect' stats are the 'strongly agree' and 'somewhat agree' answers combined.

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