There were approximately 12.56 million people employed in large (250 employees or more) businesses in the non-financial business economy in Germany in 2024, by far the most of any other country in the European Union. By contrast, Cyprus had the fewest number of people employed by big businesses in the European Union, at 54,297.
Number of people employed by large businesses (250+ employees) in the non-financial business economy of the European Union (EU27) in 2024, by country
The source adds the following information: The data cover the 'non-financial business economy', which includes industry, construction, trade, and services (NACE Rev. 2 sections B to J, L, M and N), but not enterprises in agriculture, forestry and fisheries and the largely non-market service sectors such as education and health. The following size-class definitions are applied: micro firms (0-9 persons employed), small firms (10-49 persons employed), medium-sized firms (50-249 persons employed), and large firms (250+ persons employed). The advantage of using Eurostat data is that the statistics are harmonised and comparable across countries. The disadvantage is that for some countries the data may be different from those published by national authorities.
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