Breakdown of Wholesale Trade Industry in Europe

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

The number of European companies in Wholesale Trade is 3,388,806 which represents 7.43% 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:
Wholesale Trade 3,388,806 (7.4%)
Largest Industry:
Services 15,659,037 (34.3%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP 10 Countries in Wholesale Trade

The country with the highest number of companies operating in Wholesale Trade is Russian Federation with 533,267 companies followed by Spain and Ukraine with 429,269 and 288,056 companies respectively.

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TOP 10 Countries in Wholesale Trade 3,388,806 registered companies

  Country, Number of Companies Number of Companies
Russian Federation 533,267 15.7% 533,267
Spain 429,269 12.7% 429,269
Ukraine 288,056 8.5% 288,056
Italy 211,620 6.2% 211,620
United Kingdom 202,681 6.0% 202,681
Turkey 196,978 5.8% 196,978
Germany 156,119 4.6% 156,119
France 151,667 4.5% 151,667
Poland 121,565 3.6% 121,565
Romania 99,147 2.9% 99,147

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Operating in Wholesale Trade

European companies operating in Wholesale Trade generate € 10,711,478,404,145 in sales per annum, which represents 13.83% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is Glencore International AG with € 193.4B followed by Trafigura Beheer B.V. and MERCURIA ENERGY GROUP LIMITED with € 171.5B and € 91.36B in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales Operating in Wholesale Trade 3,388,806 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Glencore International AG € 193.4B 1.81% € 193.4B
2. Trafigura Beheer B.V. € 171.5B 1.6% € 171.5B
3. MERCURIA ENERGY GROUP LIMITED € 91.36B 0.85% € 91.36B
4. GAZPROM, PAO € 88.54B 0.83% € 88.54B
5. Procter & Gamble International Operations SA € 72.23B 0.67% € 72.23B
6. REWE-ZENTRALFINANZ eG € 69.36B 0.65% € 69.36B
7. KUWAIT PETROLEUM CORPORATION € 61.17B 0.57% € 61.17B
8. Pfizer Service Company € 54.15B 0.51% € 54.15B
9. TYSON INTERNATIONAL SERVICE CENTER, INC. EUROPE € 44.65B 0.42% € 44.65B
10. Gunvor SA € 44.60B 0.42% € 44.60B

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Operating in Wholesale Trade

European companies operating in Wholesale Trade have 25,059,294 employees, which represents 6.45% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is GAZPROM, PAO with 468,000 people followed by REWE-ZENTRALFINANZ eG and Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA with 257,996 and 123,743 employees respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Operating in Wholesale Trade 3,388,806 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Employees
1. GAZPROM, PAO 468,000 1.87% 468,000
2. REWE-ZENTRALFINANZ eG 257,996 1.03% 257,996
3. Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA 123,743 0.49% 123,743
4. METRO AG 94,944 0.38% 94,944
5. Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG 81,703 0.33% 81,703
6. Danone Nederland B.V. 80,143 0.32% 80,143
7. Metinvest International SA 67,000 0.27% 67,000
8. CECONOMY AG 53,889 0.22% 53,889
9. Naftogaz Trading Europe AG 51,947 0.21% 51,947
10. BILAR BILGI ARACLARI TICARET A S 40,429 0.16% 40,429

Breakdown of Companies in Wholesale 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 Whol non durable goods (25.63%), Whol construction materials (7.15%) and Whol industrial equipment (6.22%).

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Breakdown of Companies in Wholesale Trade by SIC Code 3,388,806 registered companies

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