Structural business statistics: enterprises and enterprise groups

In 2021, a strong increase in the value added of enterprises

In 2021, enterprises were about 4.4 million (+2.5% compared with the previous year).

They produced 898 billion of valued added (+21.6 compared to 2020). Value added increased by 37.4% in construction, 20.5% in manufacturing (including mining and quarrying and supply and sewerage) and 20.3% in services, recovering the drop recorded in 2020 (-10.5%). The value added produced in 2021 also showed a significant increase compared to 2019 (+8.8%).

Increases are recorded for the gross operating surplus (+33.9%), turnover (+22.4%) and labour costs (11.8%); these measures were also up on 2019 (+16.5% gross operating surplus, +8.5% turnover and +2.4% labour costs).

Enterprise groups, which generate 57.2% of the value added and 64.2% of the total turnover, registered a growth in value added of 21.4% compared to 2020 and 9.9% compared to 2019, recovering the drop in 2020 (-9.5%).

Nota. Tables 1, 2, 9 and 9e were replaced starting from 30 July 2024 17:15