In a difficult financial year 2025, Bürgschaftsbank Sachsen (BBS) granted significantly more sureties and guarantees than in the previous year. As announced by the specialist credit institution in Dresden, the BBS approved 183 sureties and guarantees after 171 in 2024. The total value of the approved sureties and guarantees rose by 24 percent to 56.8 million euros. According to the BBS, this enabled investments with a total volume of 118.6 million euros to be made in the Free State of Saxony.
The Bürgschaftsbank Sachsen is a publicly funded specialist credit institution. According to its own information, it works together with house banks to secure the financing of promising projects of small and medium-sized companies and freelancers in Saxony with guarantees. The BBS assumes guarantees of up to 80 percent of the respective loan amount and up to a guarantee amount of 2.5 million euros.
