Every year, the German 'Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung' (BLE), commissioned by the German Ministry of Agriculture, publishes some general statistics about the organic market. In 2013, Germany had a total of 23,271 organic growers, who cultivated a total area of 1,055,869 hectares (+2 % compared to 2012). The total number of companies in the bio-industry totalled 35,184.
While the number of growing companies in 2013 reached a total of 23,271 (+239 compared to 2012), the number of processors totalled 8,231 (-61 compared to 2012). The Federal State of Bayern had the largest organic acreage (approximately 215,000 hectares), followed by Brandenburg (approximately 136,000 hectares), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (approximately 125,000 hectares) and Baden-Württemberg (approximately 121,000 hectares).
