{"id":632382,"date":"2026-09-30T19:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/632382\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:00:34","slug":"eu-businesses-e10-9-trillion-in-value-added-in-2024-news-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/632382\/","title":{"rendered":"EU businesses: \u20ac10.9 trillion in value added in 2024 – News articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2024, there were around 34.0 million enterprises<\/a> in the EU<\/a>, employing 164.5 million people. Those enterprises generated a net turnover<\/a> of over \u20ac38.7 trillion, leading to \u20ac10.9 trillion in value added<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Large enterprises (with more than 249 people employed) represented only 0.2% of the total number of enterprises in the EU\u2019s business economy. However, they employed more than a third of the business economy workforce (37%) and generated around half (49%) of the total value added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Medium-sized enterprises (50-249 people employed) made up a small share of total enterprises (0.8%), employed 15% of the workforce, and generated 16% of value added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The majority, 99%, of the enterprises were micro and small enterprises (0-49 people employed). Together, these enterprises employed almost half of all people employed in the EU\u2019s business economy (48%) and generated 35% of its total value added. \u00a0<\/p>\n

This information comes from final data on\u202fstructural business statistics<\/a>\u202f(SBS) for 2024, published by Eurostat today. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\"EU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Source dataset: sbs_sc_ovw<\/a><\/p>\n

Services: highest share in employment and in value added<\/p>\n

The services sector generated half (51%) of the total value added of the EU\u2019s business economy in 2024, the highest share among the 4 main sectors (industry, trade, services and construction). With 64% of all enterprises, it employed more than half of the workforce (53%).<\/p>\n

The industry sector accounted for 28% of value added, with only 7% of total \u00a0enterprises, and around one-fifth of total employment (20%).<\/p>\n

Trade represented 15% of value added but accounted for 17% of the enterprises and employed 18% of the people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Construction enterprises represented 12% of the total number of enterprises but produced only 7% of the total value added. This sector accounted for 8% of employment in the EU\u2019s business economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Enterprises,<\/a><\/p>\n

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