Construction industry employees Belgium 2021

The number of employees in the construction industry in Belgium saw no significant changes in 2021 in comparison to the previous year 2020 and remained at around 216400 employees. However, 2021 marked the third consecutive increase of the number of employees in this industry.
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.

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Total number of employees in the construction industry in Belgium from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021	216,400
2020	213,814
2019	213,691
2018b	208,659
2017	209,446
2016	203,452
2015	204,332
2014	208,458
2013	210,218
2012	218,805

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

Belgium

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds the following information: 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 F of CE Rev. 2.

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