Finland: wholesale and retail trade employment figures 2021

The number of employees in the wholesale and retail trade industry incl. repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles in Finland declined to 248,947 employees in 2021. As a result, the number of employees in Finland saw its lowest number in 2021 with 248,947 employees.
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 wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles industry in Finland from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021b	248,947
2020	266,024
2019	273,939
2018	268,014
2017b	265,503
2016	265,091
2015	267,615
2014	274,995
2013b	276,775
2012	272,744

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

Finland

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 is for the code G of the CE_R2 of economic activities, which is wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

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