# Persons employed in industry, construction and market services

Number of persons who work in enterprises of industry, construction and market services (NACE Rev. 2 sections B to S except O and S94): 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.

## Key facts

- Persons employed in industry, construction and market services in the European Union (27) was 164.52 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Germany had the highest persons employed in industry, construction and market services of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 39.31 million, and Malta the lowest, at 273,922. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 28 places, with figures from 2021 to 2024.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `sbs_persons_employed_business_economy`
- Unit: persons
- Note: Eurostat structural business statistics (sbs_ovw_act), from 2021. Covers NACE Rev. 2 sections B to S except public administration (O) and membership organisations (S94), so it includes financial and insurance activities, education, health and arts as well as the 12 sections with their own series; it is not their sum. There is no earlier comparable total: the 2005 to 2020 table excluded financial and insurance activities, education, health, arts and most other services in section S. Amounts are published in euros for every country. Not the same as active_companies (INE business register, Spain) or employer_firms (US Census Bureau).
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-business-economy
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/sbs_persons_employed_business_economy

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | persons | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| European Union (27) | 2024 | 164,521,796 | Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Industry, construction and market services (NACE Rev. 2 sections B to S except O and S94), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12. |

## Rankings

- [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-business-economy/eu-countries.md) (27 places)