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

Persons employed in industry, construction and market services in the European Union (27) was 164.52 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.4% from 2023.

2024, persons164,521,796
Change on 2023+1.4%
Series high164,521,7962024
Series low156,104,4422021

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Persons employed in industry, construction and market services in European Union (27), 2021 to 2024

156M158M160M162M164M166M20212022202320242021: 156,104,442 persons2022: 160,603,286 persons2023: 162,195,544 persons2024: 164,521,796 persons155M157.5M160M162.5M165M202120242021: 156,104,442 persons2022: 160,603,286 persons2023: 162,195,544 persons2024: 164,521,796 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
2024164,521,796
2023162,195,544
2022160,603,286
2021156,104,442

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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, European Union (27), 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, European Union (27), 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/european-union. 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, European Union (27), 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/european-union.

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, European Union (27), 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/european-union (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the persons employed in industry, construction and market services in European Union (27)?

Persons employed in industry, construction and market services in the European Union (27) was 164.52 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.4% from 2023.

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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 European Union (27)?

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

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