Persons employed in accommodation and food services in Portugal

Persons employed in accommodation and food services in Portugal was 468,927 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 5.3% from 2023. That is the 7th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, persons468,927

Change on 2023+5.3%

Rank7th of 27EU countries ranked

Series high468,9272024

Series low265,6942013

Next release: Thursday, 30 September 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Persons employed in accommodation and food services in Portugal, 2008 to 2024

persons. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 17 values

Period	persons
2024	468,927
2023	445,163
2022	407,258
2021	358,992 Series break
2020	365,895
2019	399,241
2018	375,067
2017	346,486
2016	317,808
2015	293,478
2014	273,338
2013	265,694
2012	272,957
2011	290,128
2010	293,071
2009	296,074
2008	300,952

Compared with European Union (27)

Place	2024
Portugal	468,927
European Union (27)	11,800,766

Portugal compared with nearby places

Under 50K
50K to 160K
160K to 230K
230K to 540K
540K and over

Persons employed in accommodation and food services, 2024, persons. Portugal is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Rankings

EU countries by persons employed in accommodation and food services 27 places

Definition

Number of persons who work in enterprises of accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I): employees plus working proprietors, partners working regularly in the enterprise and unpaid family workers. A head count, not full-time equivalents. Eurostat structural business statistics.

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, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), persons employed, 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, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act) (Persons employed in accommodation and food services, Portugal, 2008 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, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in accommodation and food services, Portugal, 2008 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/persons-employed-accommodation-food/portugal. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Persons employed in accommodation and food services, Portugal, 2008 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/persons-employed-accommodation-food/portugal.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in accommodation and food services, Portugal, 2008 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-accommodation-food/portugal (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Eurostat, European Commission. Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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468,927 in 2024, the highest value since 2008 in this series.

Persons employed in accommodation and food services elsewhere in European Union (27)

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