Persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation in Germany

Persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation in Germany was 315,362 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 4% from 2023. That is the 1st highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, persons315,362

Change on 2023+4%

Rank1st of 27EU countries ranked

Series high315,3622024

Series low174,7012008

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 water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation in Germany, 2008 to 2024

persons. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 17 values

Period	persons
2024	315,362
2023	303,112
2022	308,242
2021	290,491 Series break
2020	310,488
2019	305,599
2018	288,317 Series break
2017	245,569
2016	237,123
2015	230,494
2014	227,396
2013	206,551
2012	204,446
2011	198,812
2010	183,611
2009	176,919
2008	174,701

Compared with European Union (27)

Place	2024
Germany	315,362
European Union (27)	1,665,602

Rankings

EU countries by persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation 27 places

Definition

Number of persons who work in enterprises of water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E): 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).

How to cite

Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), 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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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act) (Persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, Germany, 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, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, Germany, 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-water-waste/germany. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, Germany, 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-water-waste/germany.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation, Germany, 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-water-waste/germany (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
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  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-water-waste/germany. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation (NACE Rev. 2 section E), 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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315,362 in 2024, the highest value since 2008 in this series.

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