Persons employed in construction in Germany

Persons employed in construction in Germany was 2.61 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 0.6% from 2023. That is the 1st highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, persons2,605,758

Change on 2023-0.6%

Rank1st of 27EU countries ranked

Series high2,780,2102022

Series low1,638,9012010

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 construction in Germany, 2010 to 2024

persons. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 15 values

Period	persons
2024	2,605,758
2023	2,622,799
2022	2,780,210
2021	2,618,160 Series break
2020	2,633,988
2019	2,643,029
2018	2,474,944 Series break
2017	2,304,882
2016	2,272,627
2015	2,201,393
2014	2,202,152
2013	1,971,082
2012	1,962,860
2011	1,801,319
2010	1,638,901

Compared with European Union (27)

Place	2024
Germany	2,605,758
European Union (27)	13,918,314

Germany compared with nearby places

Under 90K
90K to 200K
200K to 350K
350K to 560K
560K and over

Persons employed in construction, 2024, persons. Germany 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 construction 27 places

Definition

Number of persons who work in enterprises of construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F): 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, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), 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, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act) (Persons employed in construction, Germany, 2010 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, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in construction, Germany, 2010 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-construction/germany. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Persons employed in construction, Germany, 2010 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-construction/germany.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in construction, Germany, 2010 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-construction/germany (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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What is the persons employed in construction in Germany?

Persons employed in construction in Germany was 2.61 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 0.6% from 2023. That is the 1st highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Structural business statistics, Construction (NACE Rev. 2 section F), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest persons employed in construction in Germany?

2.78 million in 2022, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

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