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Enterprises in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation in European Union (27)

Enterprises in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation in the European Union (27) was 81,482 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 0.7% from 2023.

2024, count81,482
Change on 2023-0.7%
Series high82,0752023
Series low65,1652011

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Enterprises in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation in European Union (27), 2011 to 2024

65K70K75K80K85K20112013201520172019202120242011: 65,165 count2012: 68,255 count2013: 69,075 count2014: 70,607 count2015: 71,344 count2016: 72,923 count2017: 71,347 count2018: 76,000 count2019: 77,000 count2020: 78,026 count2021: 79,677 count2022: 81,486 count2023: 82,075 count2024: 81,482 count65K70K75K80K85K2011201620242011: 65,165 count2012: 68,255 count2013: 69,075 count2014: 70,607 count2015: 71,344 count2016: 72,923 count2017: 71,347 count2018: 76,000 count2019: 77,000 count2020: 78,026 count2021: 79,677 count2022: 81,486 count2023: 82,075 count2024: 81,482 count
count. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 14 values
Periodcount
202481,482
202382,075
202281,486
202179,677 Series break
202078,026
201977,000 Estimated
201876,000 Estimated
201771,347
201672,923
201571,344
201470,607
201369,075
201268,255
201165,165

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Definition

Number of enterprises active at any time during the year in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev.

More on how it is measured
  • 2 section E), from Eurostat structural business statistics.
  • An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units that produces goods or services with some autonomy in its decisions; one enterprise can have several local units.

Eurostat structural business statistics. From 2021 the series come from sbs_ovw_act under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on European business statistics; 2005 to 2020 come from the earlier table sbs_na_sca_r2. Values for 2021 are flagged as a break: value added moved from factor cost to basic prices and some activities changed coverage, so the change from 2020 to 2021 is not all real. Amounts are published in euros for every country, including those outside the euro area. Not the same as active_companies (INE business register, Spain) or employer_firms (US Census Bureau).

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Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act) (Enterprises in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, European Union (27), 2011 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table

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Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act), Enterprises in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, European Union (27), 2011 to 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprises-water-waste/european-union. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Enterprises in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, European Union (27), 2011 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprises-water-waste/european-union.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act), Enterprises in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, European Union (27), 2011 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/enterprises-water-waste/european-union (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Enterprises in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation in the European Union (27) was 81,482 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 0.7% from 2023.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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82,075 in 2023, the highest value since 2011 in this series.

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