July 24, 2023
It is estimated that in 2021, there were half a million active enterprises in creative, arts and entertainment activities in the EU, with an additional 12 000 involved in library, archive and museum activities. These, add to the 1.2 million enterprises in other culture-related economic activities (2020 data).
This information comes from preliminary data on Structural Business Statistics (SBS), which now offers wider and more complete coverage of the services sector.
Enterprises in creative, arts and entertainment activities employed 582 000 people in 2021. The vast majority (91 %) were employed in micro or small enterprises (0 to 49 employees), 6% in medium enterprises (50 to 249 employees) and 3% in large enterprises (250 or more employees).
Looking at EU countries, the Netherlands had the highest number of creative, arts and entertainment enterprises, 95 902, followed by France (88 981), Sweden (46 825), Spain (43 796) and Portugal (24 533). The lowest numbers were registered in Luxembourg (398), Cyprus (711), Bulgaria (1 154), Croatia (1 217) and Malta (1 304).
Source: Eurostat
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