Breakdown of Retail Trade Industry in Europe

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

The number of European companies in Retail Trade is 5,124,599 which represents 11.23% 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:
Retail Trade 5,124,599 (11.2%)
Largest Industry:
Services 15,659,037 (34.3%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP 10 Countries in Retail Trade

The country with the highest number of companies operating in Retail Trade is United Kingdom with 855,372 companies followed by Spain and France with 732,819 and 547,154 companies respectively.

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TOP 10 Countries in Retail Trade 5,124,599 registered companies

  Country, Number of Companies Number of Companies
United Kingdom 855,372 16.7% 855,372
Spain 732,819 14.3% 732,819
France 547,154 10.7% 547,154
Italy 519,094 10.1% 519,094
Russian Federation 270,752 5.3% 270,752
Romania 242,712 4.7% 242,712
Poland 173,702 3.4% 173,702
Bulgaria 172,931 3.4% 172,931
Germany 165,387 3.2% 165,387
Turkey 156,235 3.0% 156,235

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Operating in Retail Trade

European companies operating in Retail Trade generate € 5,853,903,079,628 in sales per annum, which represents 7.56% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is TESCO PLC with € 71.95B followed by LIDL U.K. GMBH and TESCO STORES LIMITED with € 66.70B and € 52.54B in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales Operating in Retail Trade 5,124,599 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. TESCO PLC € 71.95B 1.23% € 71.95B
2. LIDL U.K. GMBH € 66.70B 1.14% € 66.70B
3. TESCO STORES LIMITED € 52.54B 0.9% € 52.54B
4. AMAZON EU S.A RL € 51.32B 0.88% € 51.32B
5. EDEKA ZENTRALE Stiftung & Co. KG € 43.94B 0.75% € 43.94B
6. J SAINSBURY PLC € 35.06B 0.6% € 35.06B
7. Migrol AG € 29.96B 0.51% € 29.96B
8. SAINSBURY'S SUPERMARKETS LTD € 29.60B 0.51% € 29.60B
9. ASDA STORES LIMITED € 27.53B 0.47% € 27.53B
10. Medbase Apotheken AG € 26.30B 0.45% € 26.30B

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Operating in Retail Trade

European companies operating in Retail Trade have 36,119,946 employees, which represents 9.29% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is TESCO PLC with 354,744 people followed by TESCO STORES LIMITED and TANDER, AO with 259,472 and 233,642 employees respectively.

The list of TOP 10 companies is not 100% reliable since it is generated automatically based on data available in our database and SIC codes (Standard Industrial Classification) assigned to individual companies. To find insights that meet your specific search criteria use our Screener.

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Operating in Retail Trade 5,124,599 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Employees
1. TESCO PLC 354,744 0.98% 354,744
2. TESCO STORES LIMITED 259,472 0.72% 259,472
3. TANDER, AO 233,642 0.65% 233,642
4. LIDL U.K. GMBH 223,327 0.62% 223,327
5. J SAINSBURY PLC 181,000 0.5% 181,000
6. SAINSBURY'S SUPERMARKETS LTD 163,600 0.45% 163,600
7. AGROTORG, OOO 160,679 0.44% 160,679
8. ASDA STORES LIMITED 143,349 0.4% 143,349
9. WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED 113,661 0.31% 113,661
10. MERCADONA SA 102,871 0.28% 102,871

Breakdown of Companies in Retail Trade 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 Eating place (23.65%), Ret misc merchandise (9.02%) and Drinking place (8.05%).

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Breakdown of Companies in Retail Trade by SIC Code 5,124,599 registered companies

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