Breakdown of Services Industry in Europe

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

The number of European companies in Services is 15,659,037 which represents 34.31% of all 45,639,763 companies in the HitHorizons database. Services is the largest industry in Europe according to number of companies.

Current Industry:
Services 15,659,037 (34.3%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP 10 Countries in Services

The country with the highest number of companies operating in Services is United Kingdom with 2,608,312 companies followed by France and Germany with 2,083,393 and 1,444,334 companies respectively.

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TOP 10 Countries in Services 15,659,037 registered companies

  Country, Number of Companies Number of Companies
United Kingdom 2,608,312 16.7% 2,608,312
France 2,083,393 13.3% 2,083,393
Germany 1,444,334 9.2% 1,444,334
Spain 1,032,746 6.6% 1,032,746
Russian Federation 919,515 5.9% 919,515
Netherlands 757,620 4.8% 757,620
Italy 652,556 4.2% 652,556
Poland 590,754 3.8% 590,754
Ukraine 512,363 3.3% 512,363
Sweden 454,958 2.9% 454,958

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Operating in Services

European companies operating in Services generate € 12,998,450,825,015 in sales per annum, which represents 16.79% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is MITSUBISHI CORPORATION with € 125.1B followed by Deutsche Post AG and GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED with € 94.44B and € 64.83B in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales Operating in Services 15,659,037 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. MITSUBISHI CORPORATION € 125.1B 0.96% € 125.1B
2. Deutsche Post AG € 94.44B 0.73% € 94.44B
3. GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED € 64.83B 0.5% € 64.83B
4. Aramco Overseas Company B.V. € 64.63B 0.5% € 64.63B
5. INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG € 54.94B 0.42% € 54.94B
6. MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LIMITED € 53.29B 0.41% € 53.29B
7. JOHNSON & JOHNSON MANAGEMENT LIMITED € 49.96B 0.38% € 49.96B
8. ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 47.95B 0.37% € 47.95B
9. AB Volvo € 35.02B 0.27% € 35.02B
10. META PLATFORMS IRELAND LIMITED € 34.33B 0.26% € 34.33B

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Operating in Services

European companies operating in Services have 124,756,615 employees, which represents 32.1% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Deutsche Post AG with 589,109 people followed by ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY and G4S LIMITED with 549,843 and 513,324 employees respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Operating in Services 15,659,037 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Employees
1. Deutsche Post AG 589,109 0.47% 589,109
2. ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 549,843 0.44% 549,843
3. G4S LIMITED 513,324 0.41% 513,324
4. SANTA SEDE 500,000 0.4% 500,000
5. CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION LONDON BRANCH 352,621 0.28% 352,621
6. INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG 304,474 0.24% 304,474
7. TECH MAHINDRA LIMITED 125,490 0.1% 125,490
8. WPP PLC 109,382 0.09% 109,382
9. MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 108,107 0.09% 108,107
10. CHINA MERCHANTS BANK CO., LTD 103,669 0.08% 103,669

Breakdown of Companies in Services 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 Membership organization (11.37%), Business services (8.01%) and Management consulting services (6.57%).

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Breakdown of Companies in Services by SIC Code 15,659,037 registered companies

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