Breakdown of Manufacturing Industry in Europe

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

The number of European companies in Manufacturing is 2,643,357 which represents 5.79% 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:
Manufacturing 2,643,357 (5.8%)
Largest Industry:
Services 15,659,037 (34.3%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP 10 Countries in Manufacturing

The country with the highest number of companies operating in Manufacturing is Spain with 307,466 companies followed by Italy and United Kingdom with 277,651 and 255,029 companies respectively.

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TOP 10 Countries in Manufacturing 2,643,357 registered companies

  Country, Number of Companies Number of Companies
Spain 307,466 11.6% 307,466
Italy 277,651 10.5% 277,651
United Kingdom 255,029 9.6% 255,029
Turkey 240,880 9.1% 240,880
Russian Federation 229,337 8.7% 229,337
Germany 149,489 5.7% 149,489
France 140,395 5.3% 140,395
Poland 105,664 4.0% 105,664
Romania 105,065 4.0% 105,065
Ukraine 93,632 3.5% 93,632

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Operating in Manufacturing

European companies operating in Manufacturing generate € 12,286,002,865,334 in sales per annum, which represents 15.87% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is VOLKSWAGEN AG with € 279.2B followed by Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG with € 150.0B and € 142.6B in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales Operating in Manufacturing 2,643,357 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. VOLKSWAGEN AG € 279.2B 2.27% € 279.2B
2. Mercedes-Benz Group AG € 150.0B 1.22% € 150.0B
3. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG € 142.6B 1.16% € 142.6B
4. BASF SE € 87.33B 0.71% € 87.33B
5. Robert Bosch Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung € 78.75B 0.64% € 78.75B
6. ENI SPA € 76.58B 0.62% € 76.58B
7. Siemens AG € 71.98B 0.59% € 71.98B
8. AUDI AG € 55.68B 0.45% € 55.68B
9. PSA AUTOMOBILES SA € 55.50B 0.45% € 55.50B
10. Bayer AG € 50.74B 0.41% € 50.74B

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Operating in Manufacturing

European companies operating in Manufacturing have 53,975,176 employees, which represents 13.89% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is VOLKSWAGEN AG with 669,275 people followed by Robert Bosch Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung and Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA with 399,703 and 313,628 employees respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Operating in Manufacturing 2,643,357 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Employees
1. VOLKSWAGEN AG 669,275 1.24% 669,275
2. Robert Bosch Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung 399,703 0.74% 399,703
3. Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA 313,628 0.58% 313,628
4. Siemens AG 308,000 0.57% 308,000
5. Continental AG 193,451 0.36% 193,451
6. Mercedes-Benz Group AG 171,382 0.32% 171,382
7. ZF Friedrichshafen AG 156,705 0.29% 156,705
8. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 146,727 0.27% 146,727
9. APTIV PLC 143,000 0.26% 143,000
10. WITTINGTON INVESTMENTS LIMITED 129,348 0.24% 129,348

Breakdown of Companies in Manufacturing 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 Mfg bread/related products (4.6%), Mfg plastic products (3.17%) and Structural metal fabrication (2.96%).

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Breakdown of Companies in Manufacturing by SIC Code 2,643,357 registered companies

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