As someone running a business in germany, they do everything but encourage small businesses. It is extremely painful to run a business in this country, it has archaic systems and the only reason I’m successful is because of surrounding european countries like Netherlands who handle 90% of my products with efficiency.
I do not rely on most suppliers here as they are far behind in their systems (relying on phone calls, hidden prices and slow response times).
The other half of my business is successful is because of America, I use suppliers there to ship directly to my customers for environmental reasons.
Trust me when I say, I run a business despite being here and there’s nothing that they do to “encourage us”. I’m just stubborn.