Industry, trade and services
In November 2024, compared with October 2024, seasonally adjusted production in construction increased by 1.2% in the euro area and by 1.3% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In October 2024, production in construction grew by 0.8% in...
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In November 2024, compared with October 2024, seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.1% the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In October 2024, industrial production grew by 0.2% in the euro are...
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In October 2024, compared with September 2024, seasonally adjusted services production increased by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In September 2024, services production fell by 0.1% in the euro a...
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In November 2024, compared with October 2024, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume increased by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In October 2024, retail trade volume fell by 0.3% in the euro ...
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In November 2024, compared with October 2024, industrial producer prices increased by 1.6% in the euro area and by 1.7% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In October 2024, industrial producer prices grew by 0.4% in both the euro area ...
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In October 2024, compared with September 2024, seasonally adjusted production in construction increased by 1.0% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In September 2024, production in construction fell by 0.3%...
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In October 2024, compared with September 2024, seasonally adjusted industrial production remained stable in the euro area and increased by 0.3% the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In September 2024, industrial production fell by 1.5% in t...
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In September 2024, compared with August 2024, seasonally adjusted services production decreased by 0.5% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August 2024, services production grew by 0.5% in both the euro ...
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In October 2024, compared with September 2024, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume decreased by 0.5% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In September 2024, retail trade volume grew by 0.5% in the eu...
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In October 2024, compared with September 2024, industrial producer prices increased by 0.4% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In September 2024, industrial producer prices fell by 0.6% in both the euro area and...
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In September 2024, compared with August 2024, seasonally adjusted production in construction decreased by 0.1% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August 2024, production in construction remained stable in the...
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In 2024, the estimated number of nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments in the EU reached 2.99 billion, exceeding the previous year by 53.4 million, or 2%.
The growth in tourism nights was mainly driven by an increase in nights spent by international guests (+58.7 million), while the ...
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During the third quarter of 2024, guests spent 366.2 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU, booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or Tripadvisor. This corresponds to an increase of 18% compared with the same period in 2023.
All 3 months in the third quarter of 2024 recorde...
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In 2022, among the foreign affiliates controlled by the institutional units resident in the EU, 52.5% were located outside the EU.
The highest share of enterprises active outside the EU were reported for enterprises controlled by Ireland (65.7%), Spain and Croatia (61.8% each). The lowest shares w...
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In September 2024, the total market production decreased by 0.6% in the EU and by 0.7% in the euro area compared with the previous month.
The total market production index (TMPI) is a composite indicator that combines 4 short-term business statistics indicators covering most of the market economy, ...
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In 2023, the EU had around 33 million enterprises, employing 163 million persons. Those enterprises registered a net turnover of over €38 trillion.
Large enterprises (more than 249 persons employed) represented only 0.2% of the total number of enterprises in the EU’s business economy (53 000 enter...
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51% of all enterprises in the EU reported that they had some form of innovation activity during the years 2020 to 2022, according to the Community Innovation Survey (CIS). The CIS reports about product and process innovation in businesses in the EU.
The latest CIS shows that Belgium had the high...
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In 2022, 1% of EU market producer enterprises were under foreign control. More than half, 63%, were controlled by institutional units from other EU countries, while 37% were resident outside the EU.
Even if small in numbers, foreign-controlled enterprises contributed significantly to the EU economy...
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Cycling is an eco-friendly and health-conscious mode of transportation with many fans. In 2023, 9.7 million bicycles were produced in the EU, a 24% decrease in bicycle production compared with 2022 (12.7 million).
Looking at the available non-confidential data, the biggest producer of bicycles in 2...
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In the third quarter of 2024, the number of bankruptcy declarations of EU businesses increased by 2.7% compared with the second quarter of 2024.
At the same time, business registrations also went up by 2.2% compared with the second quarter of 2024.
This information comes from data on business re...
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In 2022, there was a total of over 32 million enterprises in the EU, 3.4 million new enterprises were born that year, and according to the preliminary data, 2.8 million enterprise deaths were registered. The enterprise birth rate was 10.5% while the preliminary rate of enterprise deaths stood at 8.7...
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In 2022, the EU had 32.3 million enterprises, employing 160 million persons. Of that total, 99% were micro and small enterprises employing up to 49 persons.
Micro and small enterprises employed 77.5 million persons, i.e. almost half (48%) of the total number of all persons employed in enterprises. ...
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The objective of the building permit index is to show the future development of construction activity in terms of per square meter of useful floor. The current base year is 2021 (Index 2021 = 100). The index is presented in seasonally adjusted form. Growth rates with respect to the previous month (M...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter take...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter take...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter take...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter take...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter take...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter take...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter take...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter take...
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The Turnover Index is a business cycle indicator showing the monthly evolution of the market of goods and services in the industrial sector. It also records the evolution of turnover over longer periods of time. The turnover of industry index is not deflated. It is therefore the objective of this in...
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The Turnover Index is a business cycle indicator showing the monthly evolution of the market of goods and services in the industrial sector. It also records the evolution of turnover over longer periods of time. The turnover of industry index is not deflated. It is therefore the objective of this in...
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