Belgium: manufacture of textiles number of employees 2021

The number of employees in the textile manufacturing industry in Belgium increased by 1,856 employees (+13.57 percent) in 2021. In total, the number of employees amounted to 15,531 employees in 2021.
The relationship of employer to employee exists when there is an agreement, which may be formal or informal, between an enterprise and a person, normally entered into voluntarily by both parties, whereby the person works for the enterprise in return for remuneration in cash or in kind.

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Total number of employees in the textile manufacturing sector in Belgium from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Total number of employees
2021	15,531
2020	13,675
2019	15,344
2018b	13,636
2017	15,438
2016	15,525
2015	16,240
2014	16,989
2013	17,786
2012	18,577

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Release date

March 2024

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Belgium

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds further explanation: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.
Data coverage corresponds to Section C13 of CE Rev2.

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