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Persons employed in industry, construction and market services in Denmark

Persons employed in industry, construction and market services in Denmark was 2.27 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.9% from 2023. That is the 16th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, persons2,265,056
Change on 2023+0.9%
Rank16th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high2,265,0562024
Series low2,105,1032021

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Persons employed in industry, construction and market services in Denmark, 2021 to 2024

2.1M2.15M2.2M2.25M2.3M20212022202320242021: 2,105,103 persons2022: 2,217,600 persons2023: 2,245,444 persons2024: 2,265,056 persons2.1M2.15M2.2M2.25M2.3M202120242021: 2,105,103 persons2022: 2,217,600 persons2023: 2,245,444 persons2024: 2,265,056 persons
persons. Source: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 4 values
Periodpersons
20242,265,056
20232,245,444
20222,217,600
20212,105,103

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2024
Denmark2,265,056
European Union (27)164,521,796

Denmark compared with nearby places

Austria: 3,800,813 personsBelgium: 3,965,283 personsBulgaria: 2,228,125 personsCyprus: 412,687 personsCzechia: 4,230,633 personsGermany: 39,312,214 personsDenmark: 2,265,056 personsEstonia: 544,570 personsSpain: 16,246,767 personsFinland: 1,744,334 personsFrance: 20,963,399 personsGreece: 3,632,302 personsCroatia: 1,352,144 personsHungary: 3,345,697 personsIreland: 2,428,464 personsItaly: 18,833,334 personsLithuania: 1,304,173 personsLuxembourg: 399,781 personsLatvia: 702,197 personsMalta: 273,922 personsNetherlands: 8,738,572 personsPoland: 11,524,735 personsPortugal: 4,802,474 personsRomania: 4,768,128 personsSweden: 4,068,276 personsSlovenia: 792,746 personsSlovakia: 1,840,970 persons
  • Under 900K
  • 900K to 2.2M
  • 2.2M to 3.9M
  • 3.9M to 8M
  • 8M and over
Persons employed in industry, construction and market services, 2024, persons. Denmark is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Number of persons who work in enterprises of industry, construction and market services (NACE Rev.

More on how it is measured
  • 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.

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).

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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.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). 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) (Persons employed in industry, construction and market services, Denmark, 2021 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, Industry, construction and market services (NACE Rev. 2 sections B to S except O and S94), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in industry, construction and market services, Denmark, 2021 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-business-economy/denmark. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. 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). Persons employed in industry, construction and market services, Denmark, 2021 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-business-economy/denmark.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) 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), Persons employed in industry, construction and market services, Denmark, 2021 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-business-economy/denmark (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the persons employed in industry, construction and market services in Denmark?

Persons employed in industry, construction and market services in Denmark was 2.27 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.9% from 2023. That is the 16th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. 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). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest persons employed in industry, construction and market services in Denmark?

2.27 million in 2024, the highest value since 2021 in this series.

Persons employed in industry, construction and market services elsewhere in European Union (27)

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