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There were around 198 000 enterprises operating with the repair of computers and personal and household goods (Division 95) as their main activity in the EU in 2022, an increase of 0.7% compared to the previous year. Together they employed 0.3% less than in 2021, accounting for around 340 000 persons. This is equivalent to 0.2% of the business economy employment. They generated only 0.1% of the business economy total value added, accounting for €9.1 billion of value added, an increase of 1.8% compared to the previous year. More ...
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In Q1 2025, 197.9 million persons in the EU were employed. The EU seasonally adjusted employment rate for people aged 20-64 years stood at 76.1%, up from 76.0% in Q4 2024 as shown in Figure 1. For the same period, the seasonally adjusted total labour market slack in the EU, which is the unmet need for work, amounted to 23.6 million persons, which represented 10.9% of the extended labour force in Q1 2025, up from 10.8% in Q4 2024. More ...
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