Breakdown of Construction Industry in Europe

This statistic shows TOP countries, TOP companies by sales and number of employees operating in Construction in Europe and company breakdown by SIC codes.

The number of European companies in Construction is 3,597,298 which represents 7.88% of all 45,639,763 companies in the HitHorizons database. The industry with the highest number of companies is Services with 15,659,037 companies.

Current Industry:
Construction 3,597,298 (7.9%)
Largest Industry:
Services 15,659,037 (34.3%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP 10 Countries in Construction

The country with the highest number of companies operating in Construction is United Kingdom with 480,172 companies followed by Spain and Russian Federation with 466,480 and 359,966 companies respectively.

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TOP 10 Countries in Construction 3,597,298 registered companies

  Country, Number of Companies Number of Companies
United Kingdom 480,172 13.3% 480,172
Spain 466,480 13.0% 466,480
Russian Federation 359,966 10.0% 359,966
France 345,194 9.6% 345,194
Italy 335,912 9.3% 335,912
Germany 172,924 4.8% 172,924
Turkey 146,459 4.1% 146,459
Romania 124,458 3.5% 124,458
Poland 107,666 3.0% 107,666
Belgium 96,307 2.7% 96,307

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Operating in Construction

European companies operating in Construction generate € 2,790,262,054,827 in sales per annum, which represents 3.6% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is KINGFISHER PLC with € 15.46B followed by OBAYASHI CORPORATION and SKY UK LIMITED with € 13.94B and € 11.51B in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales Operating in Construction 3,597,298 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. KINGFISHER PLC € 15.46B 0.55% € 15.46B
2. OBAYASHI CORPORATION € 13.94B 0.5% € 13.94B
3. SKY UK LIMITED € 11.51B 0.41% € 11.51B
4. STROIGOROD, OOO € 8.216B 0.29% € 8.216B
5. SAIPEM SPA € 6.875B 0.25% € 6.875B
6. GENERAL ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL, INC. € 6.830B 0.24% € 6.830B
7. Koninklijke BAM Groep N.V. € 6.768B 0.24% € 6.768B
8. BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS P L C € 6.179B 0.22% € 6.179B
9. BDW TRADING LIMITED € 6.013B 0.22% € 6.013B
10. SALINI COSTRUTTORI SPA € 5.979B 0.21% € 5.979B

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Operating in Construction

European companies operating in Construction have 22,482,810 employees, which represents 5.79% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is KINGFISHER PLC with 82,000 people followed by ENET PROJE ARASTIRMA VE MUSAVIRLIK ANONIM SIRKETI and HOCHTIEF AG with 40,529 and 34,750 employees respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Operating in Construction 3,597,298 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Employees
1. KINGFISHER PLC 82,000 0.36% 82,000
2. ENET PROJE ARASTIRMA VE MUSAVIRLIK ANONIM SIRKETI 40,529 0.18% 40,529
3. HOCHTIEF AG 34,750 0.15% 34,750
4. CENGIZ INSAAT SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI 33,500 0.15% 33,500
5. KAEFER SE & Co. KG 29,043 0.13% 29,043
6. ENKA INSAAT VE SANAYI ANONIM SIRKETI 21,634 0.1% 21,634
7. I G L STFA ORTAK TESEBBUSU 20,000 0.09% 20,000
8. PORR AG 19,828 0.09% 19,828
9. TARMAC GROUP LIMITED 19,126 0.09% 19,126
10. ÖBB-Infrastruktur Aktiengesellschaft 18,609 0.08% 18,609

Breakdown of Companies in Construction by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification code (SIC code) allows to classify individual industries. The top three SIC codes for the whole of Europe are Operative builders (27.66%), Trade contractor (13.66%) and Electrical contractor (10.05%).

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Breakdown of Companies in Construction by SIC Code 3,597,298 registered companies

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