Industry, trade and services
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 September 2024, compared with August 2024, seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 2.0% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August 2024, industrial production grew by 1.5% in the euro area an...
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In August 2024, compared with July 2024, seasonally adjusted services production 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 July 2024, services production grew by 1.1% in the euro area and by 1.3% i...
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In September 2024, compared with August 2024, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume increased 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 August 2024, retail trade volume grew by 1.1% in the euro a...
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In September 2024, compared with August 2024, industrial producer prices decreased by 0.6% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August 2024, industrial producer prices grew by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.4% ...
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In August 2024, compared with July 2024, seasonally adjusted production in construction increased by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In July 2024, production in construction fell by 0.5% in the eur...
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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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In 2023, 6.2 million tonnes of pasta were produced in the EU, worth €8.9 billion. While the volume was comparable with 2022 (6.1 million tonnes), there was an increase of €1.1 billion in terms of value.
Italy was by far the leading EU producer of pasta, with 4.2 million tonnes produced last year, ...
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In 2023, the EU registered a total of 2.9 billion nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments, up from 2.8 billion in 2022. Almost 1.6 billion nights were spent by domestic tourists and close to 1.4 billion by international guests.
Between 2022 and 2023, the share of nights spent by intern...
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The annual building permits data are business cycle indicators providing information on the development of granted building permits in one year. Builders apply for building permits and local building administrations issue them normally before the beginning of the construction work. Therefore buil...
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The objective of the construction cost index is to show the development of costs incurred by the contractor/producer to carry out the construction process, in others words the cost of labour, materials and plant and overheads. The construction sector corresponds to the NACE Rev. 2 section F. Buildin...
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The production in construction shows the output and activity of the construction sector. It measures changes in the volume of output on a monthly basis. Construction includes building construction and civil engineering. The construction sector in total corresponds to the NACE Rev. 2 section F. Produ...
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This table presents 3 indexes showing the development of labour input in the sector of industry (excluding construction): Number of persons employed, the hours worked and the wages and salaries. The number of person employed shows the development of employment in Industry. It can be defined as the t...
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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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