Statistical Offices of the Länder and the Federal Statistical Office

Enterprises and local units – Germany

Enterprises by size classes of employees

Counting from the business register. Status: 2009-09-30

Section of economic activity¹⁾		Enterprises with taxable turnover and/or with employees liable to pay social insurance contributions in 2007
		total	of which with … to … employees liable to pay social insurance contributions 2007
		total	0–9	10–49	50–249	250 and over
1) Classification of economic activities; 2008 (WZ 2008).
B	Mining and quarrying	2,559	1,902	523	112	22
C	Manufacturing	268,451	203,609	45,672	15,269	3,901
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	19,451	18,258	586	436	171
E	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	13,484	10,170	2,467	729	118
F	Construction	383,564	349,863	30,805	2,687	209
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	733,772	675,287	49,030	8,037	1,418
H	Transportation and storage	129,388	111,636	14,435	2,830	487
I	Accomodation and food service activities	268,347	255,202	11,511	1,473	161
J	Information and communication	132,486	122,549	7,642	1,904	391
K	Financial and insurance activities	67,182	62,929	2,123	1,366	764
L	Real estate activities	302,211	298,760	2,902	487	62
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	471,155	447,132	20,885	2,710	428
N	Administrative and support service activities	160,749	144,117	11,310	4,304	1,018
P	Education	69,646	59,169	8,574	1,513	390
Q	Human health and social work activities	231,381	200,319	22,281	7,034	1,747
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation	100,603	97,808	2,243	455	97
S	Other service activities	236,836	226,175	8,614	1,731	316
Total		3,591,265	3,284,885	241,603	53,077	11,700

Local units by size classes of employees

Counting from the business register. Status: 2009-09-30

Section of economic activity¹⁾		Local units with employees liable to pay social insurance contributions in 2007 and active single-unit enterprises with employees liable to pay social insurance contributions and/or with taxable turnover in 2007
		total	of which with … to … employees liable to pay social insurance contributions 2007
		total	0–9	10–49	50–249	250 and over
1) Classification of economic activities; 2008 (WZ 2008).
B	Mining and quarrying	2,937	2,134	644	118	41
C	Manufacturing	277,223	207,342	48,254	17,250	4,377
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	20,871	18,967	1,084	616	204
E	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	14,974	10,880	3,081	920	93
F	Construction	385,703	350,869	31,671	2,994	169
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	815,041	731,225	70,594	12,105	1,117
H	Transportation and storage	141,500	117,997	18,709	4,151	643
I	Accomodation and food service activities	277,240	260,861	14,531	1,736	112
J	Information and communication	139,729	127,473	9,378	2,452	426
K	Financial and insurance activities	84,162	74,414	6,513	2,503	732
L	Real estate activities	303,810	300,077	3,162	526	45
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	481,456	454,470	23,294	3,253	439
N	Administrative and support service activities	172,402	149,765	14,771	6,904	962
P	Education	84,643	67,159	14,439	2,610	435
Q	Human health and social work activities	239,436	203,445	25,336	8,853	1,802
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation	103,498	100,218	2,624	548	108
S	Other service activities	250,312	237,988	10,153	1,918	253
Total		3,794,937	3,415,284	298,238	69,457	11,958

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17.11. 2009