Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Greece

Explore more than 373,249 Greece-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Greece 373,249 (0.8%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,928,336 (16.4%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 48,406,837

According to our database, a total of more than 373,249 businesses are registered in Greece . That represents 0.77% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Greece-based companies have a share of 0.43% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 0.58% of all EU employees.

Greece: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (106,405 companies in total), followed by Retail Trade (66,701) and Wholesale Trade (40,838).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Greece: TOP Industries 373,249 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 106,405 28.5% 106,405
Retail Trade 66,701 17.9% 66,701
Wholesale Trade 40,838 10.9% 40,838
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 36,236 9.7% 36,236
Construction 33,821 9.1% 33,821
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 29,916 8.0% 29,916
Manufacturing 28,602 7.7% 28,602
Unknown industry 25,807 6.9% 25,807
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 3,611 1.0% 3,611
Public Sector 824 0.2% 824
Mining 488 0.1% 488

Greece: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for Greece are Non classified establishment (6.91%), Operative builders (5.55%) and Hotel/motel operation (5.4%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

Greece: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 373,249 registered companies

Greece: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Greece generated € 385,814,707,615 in sales, which represents 0.43% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Greece was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Greece: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 373,249 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. MOTOR OIL (ELLAS) DIYLISTIRIA KORINTHOU A.E. € 7.698B 2% € 7.698B
2. PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION S.A. € 5.912B 1.53% € 5.912B
3. HELLENIC HYPERMARKETS SKLAVENITIS S.A. € 4.651B 1.21% € 4.651B
4. METLEN ENERGY & METALS SINGLE MEMBER S.A. € 4.354B 1.13% € 4.354B
5. ALPHA BANK S.A. € 3.898B 1.01% € 3.898B
6. EUROBANK S.A. € 3.471B 0.9% € 3.471B
7. HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION S.A. € 3.335B 0.86% € 3.335B
8. CORAL A.E. OIL AND CHEMICALS COMPANY € 2.73B 0.71% € 2.73B
9. PIRAEUS BANK S.A. € 2.649B 0.69% € 2.649B
10. ELVALHALCOR HELLENIC COPPER & ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY S.A. € 2.526B 0.65% € 2.526B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 41.22B

Greece: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 2,202,542 people, which represents 0.58% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is HELLENIC HYPERMARKETS SKLAVENITIS S.A. (39,835), followed by PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION S.A. (20,142) and ALFA-BETA VASSILOPOULOS SINGLE MEMBER SOCIETE ANONYME (13,658).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Greece: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 373,249 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. HELLENIC HYPERMARKETS SKLAVENITIS S.A. 39,835 1.81% 39,835
2. PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION S.A. 20,142 0.91% 20,142
3. ALFA-BETA VASSILOPOULOS SINGLE MEMBER SOCIETE ANONYME 13,658 0.62% 13,658
4. DIAMANTIS MASOUTIS A.E. SOUPER MARKET 13,124 0.6% 13,124
5. EUROBANK S.A. 12,773 0.58% 12,773
6. YPIRESIA 800 - TELEPERFORMANCE SINGLE MEMBER S.A. 12,558 0.57% 12,558
7. METRO ANONYMI EMPORIKI KAI VIOMICHANIKI ETAIREIA EIDON DIATROFIS KAI OIKIAKIS CHRISIS 11,168 0.51% 11,168
8. MELLON TECHNOLOGIES SYSTEMS AND SERVICES COMMERCIAL SOCIETE ANONYME - PRIVATE SECURITY SER 8,981 0.41% 8,981
9. HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION S.A. 8,827 0.4% 8,827
10. PIRAEUS BANK S.A. 8,482 0.39% 8,482
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 149,548

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