Structural business statistics: enterprises and enterprise groups - Year 2022

In 2022, enterprises generate value added in nominal value of just over 1 trillion, up 11.3% year-on-year: +20.0% in construction; +9.7% in manufacturing (including mining and quarrying and supply and sewerage); +11.2% in services. Considering 2019, the last pre-crisis year, the increase of the value added in nominal values is +21.1%.

The enterprises are about 4.5 million (+2.6% compared with the previous year) in line with the increase in 2021 over 2020 (+2.5%). For employees, the growth between 2022 and 2021 is 4.5%.

In 2022, in an overall price increase, turnover (+22.1%), gross operating surplus (+13.8%), and labour costs (+9.0%) grow from the previous year.

The growth is driven by enterprises organised in groups, which generate 66.7% of total turnover and 57.3% of value added value and increase by 27.0% and 11.6% respectively by 2021.