151,004 multinational enterprise groups were operating in the EU and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries in 2023, employing 49.0 million people, according to Eurostat.
This information comes from the data on multinational enterprise groups operating in EU-EFTA countries published by the EU statistics agency Eurostat, based on EuroGroups register (EGR). This article presents findings from a more detailed ‘Statistics Explained’ article on structure of multinational enterprise groups in the EU.
Countries of control of multinational enterprise groups, 2023 – Eurostat
When considering countries outside the EU and EFTA, most multinational enterprise groups in the EU and EFTA were controlled by the United Kingdom (13,959 multinational enterprise groups), the United States (8,288) and China (2,621).
Thematic section on statistical business registers
