Business units and non-profit organisations

A business unit is a profit-oriented or function-oriented entity set up as the organisational framework of management, which produces goods or provides services to market participants and the society. Data on business units and non-profit organisations are available from registers or after processing statistical and tax data. Register data and business demographic data make it possible to analyse the structure of registered organisations and active enterprises, respectively, by number, activity, headcount and revenue, and to identify new and closed enterprises. Economic indicators for enterprises and non-profit organisations provide information on performance and activity characteristics. The purpose of foreign affiliates statistics (FATS) is to measure which countries control the economy of the different countries, and in which industries and to what extent they do so.

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HCSO Monitor

The collection of interactive figures provides up-to-date information on the latest domestic and international socio-economic trends. The decisive part of the figures included in HCSO Monitor are downloadable in both image and data formats (PNG, SVG and CSV). Feel free to browse the data in HCSO Monitor, updated many times a week!

Day of Debrecen, 11 April 2025

King Leopold I gave Debrecen free royal town status in a patent dated 11 April 1693, in commemoration of this event the city is celebrating since 1998 its day on 11 April. Debrecen was the capital of the country twice, since the mid-1980s it is the second most populous city of Hungary (preceding Miskolc). It is a significant economic and educational-cultural centre. The city is the first in the rank of county seats considering the number of registered enterprises, and the University of Debrecen hosts, among the tertiary educational institutions of Hungary, the most foreign students.

TÉR-KÉP, 2023 – Economy: Business environment

The Economy chapter of the TÉR-KÉP (Map-Snap), 2023 publication presents the factors at the base of growth, from macroeconomic trends, spatial differences in GDP per capita perspectives, the spatiality of investments and R&D, the level of digitalisation, the use of infocommunication devices at enterprises. The number of active enterprises (929 thousand in total) per thousand people is characteristically higher in the mid- and western parts of the country, and lower than the national average (97) in the eastern and northern parts – especially around the country border area and the mid-Tisza districts. The complete publication is available in Hungarian at: TÉR-KÉP, 2023.

Concentration in the business economy – Weight of the TOP 5 enterprises, key sectors and foreign control in the Hungarian economy

Hungarian enterprises are characterised by strong concentration, the 5 enterprises with the highest turnover generated more than ten percent (10,1%) of total turnover in 2023. The ten largest weight representing divisions, all of these representing industrial, construction or trade activities, realised 58% of total sales revenue. The share of foreign-controlled enterprises in the turnover of the leading economic divisions was 52%, with German and Austrian companies’ dominance and an increasing Asian presence.

Snapshots, 2023 – Nonprofit sector

In 2023, there were 61,000 nonprofit organisations in Hungary, whose number has not changed significantly compared to 2022. As in previous years, the activities of foundations were mostly related to education, social services and culture, while the share of nonprofit associations was the highest among social nonprofit organisations, such as leisure and sports associations and cultural organisations. The sector's weight in the national economy was 4.5%, based on the average of GDP-proportionate revenue and the proportion of employed persons.

Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2023

The yearbook provides an overview of Hungary's demographic, social and economic processes, environmental characteristics and their changes over time, with the help of tens of thousands of data of 500 tables, graphs and maps. Innovatively, the Tourism, catering chapter in the volume includes the gross receipts of tourist accommodation establishments by type of accommodation. Another change is that this year the Regional data chapter already presents territorial data by tourism area, giving greater emphasis to tourist destinations.

Snapshots, 2023 - Enterprises

According to preliminary data the number of sole proprietorships and that of business partnerships was overall below the one year earlier data. Even if the number of business partnerships slightly increased, that of sole proprietorships – partly due to legislative tightening in regard to small tax companies – lessened significantly. The share of foreign controlled enterprises operating in Hungary in the gross value added did not change in merit compared to 2021.

Hungary, 2023

Geopolitical tensions continued to overshadow economic developments in 2023, with the gross domestic product falling by 0.9%. Inflationary pressures gradually eased, but the 17.6% annual increase in consumer prices led to a decline in real earnings and consumption, and negatively affected investment decisions. Despite the economic difficulties, employment has reached a record high. In 2023, the number of deaths and births continued to fall, in addition to the decrease in the number of women of childbearing age.