Bulgaria Industry Breakdown: Top Industries & Companies (2024)

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Explore more than 870,570 Bulgaria-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Bulgaria 870,570 (1.9%)

Largest Country: United Kingdom 6,993,435 (15.2%)

Total Number of Companies in Europe 46,104,457

Source: HitHorizons.com, data accessed in December 2023

According to our database, a total of more than 870,570 businesses are registered in Bulgaria . That represents 1.89% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Bulgaria-based companies have a share of 0.31% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 0.85% of all EU employees.

Bulgaria: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Unknown industry (224,040 companies in total), followed by Services (201,628) and Retail Trade (173,566).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Bulgaria: TOP Industries 870,570 registered companies

Industry Number of
Companies
Unknown industry 224,040
Services 201,628
Retail Trade 173,566
Wholesale Trade 71,673
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 54,761
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 44,756
Manufacturing 43,342
Construction 40,211
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 15,216
Public Sector 822
Mining 555

Source: HitHorizons.com, data accessed in December 2023

Bulgaria: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for Bulgaria are Non classified establishment (25.73%), Whol non durable goods (3.79%) and Business services (2.65%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

Bulgaria: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 870,570 registered companies

Source: HitHorizons.com, data accessed in December 2023

Bulgaria: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Bulgaria generated € 267,226,565,427 in sales, which represents 0.31% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Bulgaria was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Bulgaria: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 870,570 registered companies

Company Name Sales
1. AURUBIS BULGARIA AD € 4.015B
2. LUKOIL-BULGARIA EOOD € 3.77B
3. ASTRA BIOPLANT EOOD € 3.721B
4. KOZLODUY NPP EAD € 3.093B
5. INDEPENDENT BULGARIAN ENERGY EXCHANGE EAD € 3.031B
6. BULGARGAZ EAD € 2.519B
7. NATSIONALNA ELEKTRICHESKA KOMPANIA EAD € 1.974B
8. MET ENERGY TRADING BULGARIA EAD € 1.844B
9. BA GLASS BULGARIA EAD € 1.454B
10. SAKSA OOD € 1.36B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 26.78B

Source: HitHorizons.com, data accessed in December 2023

Bulgaria: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 3,359,831 people, which represents 0.85% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is NATIONAL RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY (10,539), followed by ARSENAL AD (8,160) and (7,465).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Bulgaria: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 870,570 registered companies

Company Name Number of Employees
1. NATIONAL RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY 10,539
2. ARSENAL AD 8,160
3. 7,465
4. DSK BANK AD 5,320
5. BILLA BULGARIA EOOD 4,942
6. UNITED BULGARIAN BANK AD 4,776
7. VIVACOM BULGARIA EAD 4,508
8. EUROBANK BULGARIA AD 4,361
9. VAZOVSKI MASHINOSTROITELNI ZAVODI EAD 4,285
10. 4,082
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 58,438

Source: HitHorizons.com, data accessed in December 2023

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