List of all companies in Europe

There are 83,298,023 companies in Europe, spread over 47 countries. France has the most (14.4 million), then United Kingdom (8.8 million), Italy (7.0 million) and Germany (6.8 million). Almost all of them are small: 79% have one to four employees, and only 1,162 companies in Europe employ 10,000 people or more. Below you find the largest companies in Europe by revenue, by employees and by the number of companies in their group, which countries have the most companies per person, and how many started this year. Want to buy the list of all 83,298,023 companies in Europe as a CSV or Excel file or API integration? Get it from our European company database.

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Volkswagen AG	Germany	Wolfsburg	Berliner Ring 2	Wolfsburg, Stadt	38440	*****.de	1937	$373,138,371,864	588,754	Corporation	4281	38100B100484
2	Shell PLC	Unitedkingdom	Balham	Shell Centre	London	SE1 7NA	*****.uk	2002	$266,886,000,000	88,000	Corporation	5522	04366849
3	Glencore International AG	Switzerland	Baar	Baarermattstrasse 3	Zug	6340	*****.com	1987	$255,984,000,000	1,085	Corporation	270	CHE-106.909.694
4	Glencore PLC	Unitedkingdom	Saint-hélier	13 Castle Street	Saint Helier	JE1 1ES	N/A	1974	$247,535,000,000	140,000	Corporation	270	107710
5	Apple Operations International LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Millfield Industrial Estate	Cork	T23 YK84	*****.com	1980	$235,322,000,000	56,694	Corporation	783	76941
6	Stellantis N.V.	Netherlands	Hoofddorp	Taurusavenue 1	Noord-holland	2132 LS	*****.com	2014	$165,899,740,024	248,243	Corporation	1333	60372958
7	Bp P.L.C.	Unitedkingdom	Queen'S Park	1 St James'S Square	London	SW1Y 4PD	*****.com	1909	$158,879,000,000	98,200	Corporation	5186	00102498
8	Bayerische Motoren Werke AG	Germany	München	Petuelring 130	München	80809	*****.com	1916	$154,689,108,984	156,305	Corporation	614	80333B42243
9	Mercedes-Benz Group AG	Germany	Stuttgart	Mercedesstr. 120	Stuttgart	70372	*****.com	1926	$153,252,949,392	169,240	Corporation	970	70190B19360
10	Hsbc Holdings PLC	Unitedkingdom	Canary Wharf	8 Canada Square	London	E14 5HQ	*****.uk	1865	$149,565,000,000	218,271	Corporation	4773	00617987
11	Allianz SE	Germany	München	Königinstr. 28	München	80802	*****.com	1890	$141,308,448,992	157,084	Corporation	2608	80333B164232
12	Deutsche Telekom AG	Germany	Bonn	Friedrich-ebert-allee 140	Bonn, Stadt	53113	*****.com	1994	$138,030,121,368	199,223	Corporation	8596	53111B6794
13	Nestle S.A.	Switzerland	Vevey	Avenue Nestle 55	Vaud	1800	*****.ch	1866	$111,185,776,620	291,000	Corporation	2327	CHE-105.909.036
14	Amazon EU S.A R.L.	Luxemburg	Luxembourg	Avenue John F. Kennedy 38	Luxembourg	1855	N/A	2004	$106,552,114,215	5,262	Corporation	3718	B101818
15	Tesco PLC	Unitedkingdom	Oaklands	Tesco House Ground Floor	Hertfordshire	AL7 1GA	*****.com	1919	$101,587,445,904	336,123	Corporation	5042	00445790
16	Equinor Asa	Norway	Stavanger	Forusbeen 50	Rogaland	4035	*****.com	1972	$99,643,000,955	21,239	Corporation	2898	923609016
17	Lidl Stiftung & CO. KG	Germany	Neckarsulm	Stiftsbergstr. 1	Heilbronn	74172	*****.lidl	1973	$98,751,097,687	249,311	Corporation	6633	70190A102314
18	Nk Rosneft, PAO	Russia	Moskva	26/1 Naberezhnaya Sofiskaya	Moskva	115035	N/A	1995	$97,773,461,455	4,058	Corporation	324	00044428
19	Deutsche Post AG	Germany	Bonn	Charles-de-gaulle-str. 20	Bonn, Stadt	53113	*****.de	1949	$96,039,550,440	583,371	Corporation	6331	53111B6792
20	Uniper Global Commodities SE	Germany	Düsseldorf	Holzstr. 6	Düsseldorf, Stadt	40221	*****.energy	2015	$95,819,547,946	1,017	Corporation	6001	40227B61123
21	Robert Bosch Gesellschaft Mit Beschränkter Haftung	Germany	Gerlingen	Robert-bosch-platz 1	Ludwigsburg	70839	*****.com	2021	$95,540,560,260	424,665	Corporation	2208	70190B14000
22	Eni SPA	Italy	Roma	Piazzale Enrico Mattei 1	Roma	00144	*****.com	1953	$95,223,524,328	9,142	Corporation	2252	IT00905811006
23	Ahold Delhaize Nederland B.V.	Netherlands	Zaandam	Provincialeweg 11	Noord-holland	1506 MA	*****.com	2001	$94,494,684,848	6,600	Corporation	4235	34166262
24	Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V.	Netherlands	Zaandam	Provincialeweg 11	Noord-holland	1506 MA	*****.com	1887	$94,494,684,848	83,773	Corporation	4235	35000363
25	Etos B.V.	Netherlands	Zaandam	Provincialeweg 11	Noord-holland	1506 MA	*****.nl	2005	$94,494,684,848	4,000	Corporation	4235	35014093

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Companies in Europe

83,298,023

47 countries · 2 November 2026

There are 83,298,023 companies in Europe in our data (2 November 2026). That is one company for every 9 people in Europe. 3,099,244 of them were registered this year, about 14,000 per working day. We count every registered business, from a sole trader to Russian Railways (RZhD), not only the listed ones.

Per working day in 2026

≈ 14,000

new companies registered · 3,099,244 so far this year

Very large

1,162

companies employ 10,000 people or more · 12,673 turn over $1 billion+

Very small

79%

65.6 million companies have 1 to 4 employees

Which country in Europe has the most companies?

France has the most companies in Europe, 14.4 million, ahead of United Kingdom (8.8 million) and Italy (7.0 million). The ten largest countries hold 74% of all companies; the other 37 share the remaining 26%.

Area = companies. Hover or focus a tile for the exact count; click for the country page. "Other" bundles 32 countries.

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Companies per 1,000 people: where entrepreneurship is densest

The European average is 102 companies per 1,000 people. Among the countries with the most companies Czech Republic 270, Netherlands 206 and France 187 are far above it, while Russia 21 and Germany 75 are below it. Among countries with a million people or more, Estonia, Czech Republic and Finland have the most companies per person. Branch locations are not counted; population from the World Bank (2025).

Densest countries with 1 million+ people

Estonia275 companies per 1,000 people
Czech Republic270 companies per 1,000 people
Finland229 companies per 1,000 people
Norway207 companies per 1,000 people
Netherlands206 companies per 1,000 people
Bulgaria194 companies per 1,000 people
Slovakia192 companies per 1,000 people
Cyprus187 companies per 1,000 people
France187 companies per 1,000 people
Poland171 companies per 1,000 people

The ten countries with the most companies

France187 companies per 1,000 people
United Kingdom123 companies per 1,000 people
Italy96 companies per 1,000 people
Germany75 companies per 1,000 people
Poland171 companies per 1,000 people
Spain99 companies per 1,000 people
Netherlands206 companies per 1,000 people
Czech Republic270 companies per 1,000 people
Russia21 companies per 1,000 people
Belgium167 companies per 1,000 people

Dashed line: European average, 102 per 1,000 people. Filled dot: above average.

Largest companies in Europe

Volkswagen is the largest company in Europe by revenue, $373.1 billion a year, ahead of Shell ($266.9 billion). 12,673 companies in Europe turn over more than $1 billion.

#	Company	Revenue	Employees	Group
1	Wolfsburg, GermanyListed	$373.1B	588,754	4,281
2	Balham, United KingdomListed	$266.9B	88,000	5,522
3	Saint-Hélier, United KingdomListed	$247.5B	140,000	270
4	Hoofddorp, NetherlandsListed	$165.9B	248,243	1,333
5	Queen's Park, United KingdomListed	$158.9B	98,200	5,186
6	München, GermanyListed	$154.7B	156,305	614
7	Stuttgart, GermanyListed	$153.3B	169,240	970
8	Canary Wharf, United KingdomListed	$149.6B	218,271	4,773
9	München, GermanyListed	$141.3B	157,084	2,608
10	Bonn, GermanyListed	$138.0B	199,223	8,596
11	Vevey, SwitzerlandListed	$111.2B	291,000	2,327
12	Oaklands, United KingdomListed	$101.6B	336,123	5,042
13	Stavanger, NorwayState-owned	$99.6B	21,239	2,898
14	Neckarsulm, GermanyPrivate	$98.8B	249,311	6,633
15	Bonn, GermanyListed	$96.0B	583,371	6,331
16	Gerlingen, GermanyPrivate	$95.5B	424,665	2,208
17	Zaandam, NetherlandsListed	$94.5B	83,773	4,235
18	München, GermanyListed	$91.8B	316,000	3,670
19	Essen (Oldenburg), GermanyListed	$91.2B	80,512	1,335
20	Monument, United KingdomListed	$86.0B	64,038	2,122
21	Basilea, SwitzerlandListed	$78.7B	112,774	606
22	Paris, FranceState-owned	$76.5B	64,981	36,005
23	München, GermanyListed	$74.7B	43,584	716
24	Lakhta, RussiaState-owned	$74.4B	29,509	1,137
25	Canary Wharf, United KingdomListed	$72.2B	94,700	1,199
26	Düsseldorf, Germany	$70.7B	7,569	6,001
27	Ginevra, Switzerland	$70.3B	34,000	955
28	Blagnac, FranceListed	$68.9B	10,084	483
29	Zurich, SwitzerlandListed	$65.5B	65,437	1,464
30	Dublin, IrelandListed	$61.6B	693,748	1,667
31	Trumpington, United KingdomListed	$58.7B	95,100	470
32	Zurich, Switzerland	$56.8B	43,000	778
33	Basilea, SwitzerlandListed	$56.7B	75,267	565
34	Boulogne-Billancourt, FranceListed	$55.5B	16,430	636
35	Zurich, SwitzerlandListed	$49.6B	105,236	1,762
36	Bagsværd, DenmarkListed	$48.0B	27,975	871
37	Leiden, NetherlandsPrivate	$47.8B	16,646	908
38	Płock, Poland	$47.8B	12,782	886
39	Zurich, Switzerland	$45.9B	15,238	157
40	Friedrichshafen, GermanyPrivate	$45.0B	157,568	1,157
41	Sankt-Peterburg, Russia	$43.8B	160,679	226
42	Albalat Dels Sorells, Spain	$42.1B	115,000	1,571
43	Moskva, RussiaState-owned	$39.5B	696,300	2,659
44	Krasnodar, Russia	$38.8B	233,642	268
45	Rathfarnham, Ireland	$37.4B	83,032	3,146
46	Sankt-Peterburg, RussiaState-owned	$36.6B	86,000	141
47	Monument, United Kingdom	$36.1B	130,800	2,847
48	Wien, Austria	$35.9B	21,295	654
49	Ginevra, Switzerland	$35.6B	200,000	1,037
50	Marseille, France	$33.9B	3,889	1,919

Built from the top of each country's register, not from one global sort: the global sort returns placeholder revenues. Revenue and headcount are those on the parent record. A parent that files one legal entity's headcount ranks by revenue only and carries a tag.

Russian Railways (RZhD) is the biggest employer in Europe with 696,300 staff; Accenture follows with 693,748. Only 1,162 companies in Europe employ 10,000 people or more.

#	Company	Employees	Revenue	Group
1	Moskva, RussiaState-owned	696,300	$39.5B	2,659
2	Dublin, IrelandListed	693,748	$61.6B	1,667
3	Wolfsburg, GermanyListed	588,754	$373.1B	4,281
4	Bonn, GermanyListed	583,371	$96.0B	6,331
5	Gerlingen, GermanyPrivate	424,665	$95.5B	2,208
6	Oaklands, United KingdomListed	336,123	$101.6B	5,042
7	München, GermanyListed	316,000	$91.8B	3,670
8	Vevey, SwitzerlandListed	291,000	$111.2B	2,327
9	Neckarsulm, GermanyPrivate	249,311	$98.8B	6,633
10	Hoofddorp, NetherlandsListed	248,243	$165.9B	1,333
11	Krasnodar, Russia	233,642	$38.8B	268
12	Moskva, RussiaState-owned	224,785	$29.1B	1,102
13	Canary Wharf, United KingdomListed	218,271	$149.6B	4,773
14	Ginevra, Switzerland	200,000	$35.6B	1,037
15	Bonn, GermanyListed	199,223	$138.0B	8,596
16	Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany	176,341	$23.1B	4
17	Kyiv, Ukraine	169,952	$2.1B	55
18	Stuttgart, GermanyListed	169,240	$153.3B	970
19	Sankt-Peterburg, Russia	160,679	$43.8B	226
20	Friedrichshafen, GermanyPrivate	157,568	$45.0B	1,157
21	München, GermanyListed	157,084	$141.3B	2,608
22	München, GermanyListed	156,305	$154.7B	614
23	Saint-Hélier, United KingdomListed	140,000	$247.5B	270
24	Holbeck, United Kingdom	131,027	$30.1B	722
25	Monument, United Kingdom	130,800	$36.1B	2,847
26	Monument, United Kingdom	126,811	$10.4B	3,349
27	Roma, ItalyState-owned	116,953	$8.5B	1,649
28	Sankt-Peterburg, Russia	116,500	$6.4B	696
29	Albalat Dels Sorells, Spain	115,000	$42.1B	1,571
30	Basilea, SwitzerlandListed	112,774	$78.7B	606
31	Zurich, SwitzerlandListed	111,900	$33.2B	1,587
32	Zurich, SwitzerlandListed	105,236	$49.6B	1,762
33	Galway, Ireland	104,210	$33.5B	658
34	Surgut, Russia	100,324	$28.2B	36
35	Queen's Park, United KingdomListed	98,200	$158.9B	5,186
36	Trumpington, United KingdomListed	95,100	$58.7B	470
37	Canary Wharf, United KingdomListed	94,700	$72.2B	1,199
38	Balham, United KingdomListed	88,000	$266.9B	5,522
39	Essen (Oldenburg), GermanyPrivate	86,301	$31.0B	1,482
40	Sankt-Peterburg, RussiaState-owned	86,000	$36.6B	141
41	Feusisberg, Switzerland	85,407	$30.4B	1,325
42	Zaandam, NetherlandsListed	83,773	$94.5B	4,235
43	Rathfarnham, Ireland	83,032	$37.4B	3,146
44	Kostrzyn, Poland	81,311	$29.5B	673
45	Essen (Oldenburg), GermanyListed	80,512	$91.2B	1,335
46	Echterdingen, GermanyListed	80,155	$10.0B	402
47	Gütersloh, GermanyPrivate	77,909	$22.0B	1,059
48	Saint-Denis, FranceState-owned	77,203	$21.1B	36,005
49	Salzburg, Austria	75,794	$18.3B	439
50	Basilea, SwitzerlandListed	75,267	$56.7B	565

A company with 200,000+ employees is ranked only when its group holds 50+ companies and turns over $20 billion+; this removes register records with implausible headcounts.

Deutsche Telekom has 8,596 companies in its group, more than any other of Europe's largest companies. Nobody else publishes this ranking: the largest corporate families by the number of legal entities they control.

#	Company	Companies	Countries	Abroad
1	Bonn, GermanyListed	8,596	51	7,063
2	Neckarsulm, GermanyPrivate	6,633	40	6,562
3	Bonn, GermanyListed	6,331	150	5,719
4	Balham, United KingdomListed	5,522	107	4,198
5	Queen's Park, United KingdomListed	5,186	78	3,210
6	Oaklands, United KingdomListed	5,042	27	817
7	Canary Wharf, United KingdomListed	4,773	66	3,821
8	Wolfsburg, GermanyListed	4,281	82	3,376
9	Zaandam, NetherlandsListed	4,235	12	2,807
10	Frankfurt am Main, Germany	4,230	60	3,654
11	Dublin, Ireland	4,058	89	4,047
12	Manchester, United Kingdom	4,020	1	0
13	Issy-les-Moulineaux, France	3,805	82	1,363
14	Milano, ItalyListed	3,679	33	1,311
15	München, GermanyListed	3,670	98	3,183
16	Milano, ItalyListed	3,449	39	266
17	Rathfarnham, Ireland	3,146	32	3,066
18	Karlsruhe, GermanyPrivate	3,026	14	909
19	Moskva, RussiaState-owned	2,659	8	8
20	München, GermanyListed	2,608	76	2,260
21	Vevey, SwitzerlandListed	2,327	115	2,230
22	Monument, United KingdomListed	2,122	17	61
23	Madrid, Spain	1,863	28	104
24	Zurich, SwitzerlandListed	1,762	48	1,100
25	Roma, ItalyState-owned	1,649	5	4
26	Zurich, SwitzerlandListed	1,587	95	1,547
27	Essen (Oldenburg), GermanyPrivate	1,482	8	1,446
28	Zurich, SwitzerlandListed	1,464	45	1,385
29	Essen (Oldenburg), GermanyListed	1,335	27	628

Companies in the group: every company that reports to the same global ultimate owner, across all countries; countries counted from the group's own record. Only a group's head is listed, not a subsidiary that carries the group's size.

Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG is the largest privately held company in Europe by revenue in our data, ahead of Robert Bosch and Ingka Holding Overseas. Private means not listed and not state-owned.

#	Company	Revenue	Employees	Group
1	Neckarsulm, GermanyPrivate	$98.8B	249,311	6,633
2	Gerlingen, GermanyPrivate	$95.5B	424,665	2,208
3	Leiden, NetherlandsPrivate	$47.8B	16,646	908
4	Friedrichshafen, GermanyPrivate	$45.0B	157,568	1,157
5	Essen (Oldenburg), GermanyPrivate	$31.0B	86,301	1,482
6	Karlsruhe, GermanyPrivate	$22.6B	71,296	–
7	Gütersloh, GermanyPrivate	$22.0B	77,909	1,059
8	Ingelheim am Rhein, GermanyPrivate	$13.9B	1,580	370

Ownership from our own list of the largest groups, checked by hand; revenue is the parent record's. Most published lists of private companies stop at 2023 figures; this one refreshes monthly.

Group structures

How big are companies in Europe?

65.6 million companies (79%) have one to four employees. At the other end, 1,162 companies employ 10,000 or more, 0.001% of the total. 12,673 companies turn over more than $1 billion a year.

By employee size

Employees	Companies	%
1-4	65,582,381	79%
5-9	4,908,724	6%
10-19	2,024,694	2%
20-49	1,235,711	1%
50-99	419,753	0.5%
100-499	295,632	0.4%
500-999	40,622	<0.1%
1,000-9,999	23,681	<0.1%
10,000+	1,162	<0.1%

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Companies	%
< $100K	36,018,569	43%
$100K-$500K	25,579,331	31%
$500K-$1M	3,640,862	4%
$1M-$5M	3,023,827	4%
$5M-$10M	418,576	0.5%
$10M-$100M	493,455	0.6%
$100M-$1B	85,222	0.1%
$1B+	12,673	<0.1%

Log scale: a bar shows the order of magnitude, so the 1,162 companies with 10,000+ staff stay visible next to the 65.6 million with one to four. Hover or focus a bar for the exact count and share (0.001% of all companies have 10,000+ staff).

Legal forms of European companies

40% of all companies in Europe are corporations (33.7 million), and 33% are sole traders (27.8 million). Partnerships make up 3.9 million, non-profit organisations 3.3 million and cooperatives 2.6 million.

Corporations33,723,28940%
Sole traders27,788,31733%
No legal form on record11,056,40313%
Partnerships3,877,7955%
Non-profit organisations3,322,6144%
Cooperatives2,584,8153%
Foreign branches387,3960.5%
Public bodies384,8600.5%
Joint ventures172,5340.2%

Private, state-owned, listed

Of the 50 largest companies by revenue on this page, 28 are listed, 5 are state-owned (Equinor Asa, Electricite de France, Gazprom, PAO and Russian Railways (RZhD) among them) and 4 are privately held, led by Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG, Robert Bosch and Ingka Holding Overseas.

Listed 28, , ,
State-owned 5, , ,
Private 4, , ,

Of the 50 largest companies by revenue in the ranking above.

How many European companies are part of a group structure?

12.8 million companies (15%) are part of a multi-site structure: 5.7 million head offices with 7.1 million branch locations. The other 70.5 million stand alone. Structures are most common in Italy (32%), Monaco (32%) and Belgium (30%).

Share of companies in a structure, by country

Country	Share	In a structure
Italy		31.7%
Monaco		31.6%
Belgium		29.5%
Czech Republic		29.4%
Slovakia		24.1%
Denmark		22.9%
France		17.0%
Spain		16.7%
Netherlands		13.2%
Luxembourg		13.0%
Germany		12.9%
Austria		12.6%
Greece		12.0%
Portugal		11.8%
Sweden		10.2%

Norway is left out: its register files every place of business of a company as a sub-unit of its own, so 82% of its records are part of a structure.

The most international groups

1Germany · 5,719 of 6,331 companies abroad150 countries
2Switzerland · 2,230 of 2,327 companies abroad115 countries
3United Kingdom · 4,198 of 5,522 companies abroad107 countries
4Germany · 3,183 of 3,670 companies abroad98 countries
5Switzerland · 1,547 of 1,587 companies abroad95 countries
6Ireland · 4,047 of 4,058 companies abroad89 countries
7Germany · 3,376 of 4,281 companies abroad82 countries
8France · 1,363 of 3,805 companies abroad82 countries

Countries in which the group has a company, counted from the group's own record, among the largest groups above.

Company ownership structure data

How many companies started in Europe this year?

3,099,244 companies were registered in Europe so far in 2026, about 14,000 per working day, after 4.9 million in 2025. France, United Kingdom and Poland account for 43% of them. Measured against the companies a country already has, the fastest-growing registers are in Slovenia, United Kingdom and Denmark.

Companies registered per year, in Europe

3,669,2112022
4,181,2622023
4,315,6372024
4,888,1132025
3,099,2442026 so far

New companies in 2026 by country

Country	New	%
France +4.1%	583,881	19%
United Kingdom +6.0%	534,395	17%
Poland +3.5%	218,587	7%
Italy +2.9%	203,066	7%
Netherlands +5.2%	202,883	7%
Germany +1.8%	121,844	4%
Romania +5.7%	114,153	4%
Norway +5.7%	113,872	4%
Belgium +4.5%	108,068	3%
Russia +2.9%	88,444	3%

+%: new companies against the companies the country already has.

Companies by part of Europe

Western Europe holds 36% of Europe's companies, Eastern Europe 25% and Southern Europe 20%. Every country of Europe has its own page with the largest companies, its regions and how many started this year.

Western Europe
30M
36% of Europe · 9 countries
Largest:
Eastern Europe
21M
25% of Europe · 10 countries
Largest:
Southern Europe
16M
20% of Europe · 17 countries
Largest:
Northern Europe
16M
20% of Europe · 11 countries
Largest:

Questions about companies in Europe

Every answer is counted from the data on this page (2 November 2026).

There are 83,298,023 companies in Europe in our data, across 47 countries, counted on 2 November 2026. That is one company for every 9 people.

France, with 14.4 million, ahead of United Kingdom (8.8 million), Italy (7.0 million) and Germany (6.8 million). The ten largest countries hold 74% of all companies in Europe.

Among countries with over a million people, Estonia leads with 275 companies per 1,000 residents, then Czech Republic (270) and Finland (229). The European average is 102.

By revenue Volkswagen ($373.1 billion), ahead of Shell ($266.9 billion). By employees Russian Railways (RZhD) (696,300). By the number of companies in its group Deutsche Telekom (8,596).

Russian Railways (RZhD), with 696,300 employees, followed by Accenture (693,748), Volkswagen (588,754), Deutsche Post (583,371) and Robert Bosch (424,665).

In our data Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG, with $98.8 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of Robert Bosch ($95.5 billion) and Ingka Holding Overseas ($47.8 billion).

Only 1,162 companies employ 10,000 people or more, and 12,673 turn over more than $1 billion a year. 79% of all companies have one to four employees.

3,099,244 companies were registered in Europe so far in 2026, about 14,000 per working day, after 4.9 million in 2025.

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Denmark 958K
Estonia 376K
Finland 1.3M
Iceland 140K
Ireland 402K
Latvia 186K
Lithuania 197K
Norway 2.0M
Sweden 1.9M
United Kingdom 8.8M

Eastern Europe

Belarus 186K
Czech Republic 3.5M
Hungary 1.3M
Moldova 160K
Poland 6.3M
Romania 2.0M
Russia 3.0M
Slovakia 1.2M
Ukraine 1.7M

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