Staff categories 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021a 2022 2023
Total
Persons occupied 0 and unknown 786,651 800,288 808,288 821,762 529,589 365,851 342,644 355,914 367,392 432,683 470,100 469,259 493,913 517,024 524,609 539,932 332,592 345,684 363,029 296,335 382,326 896,967 887,931 876,706
1–9 272,416 288,946 307,767 318,636 631,748 805,209 803,302 840,119 1,154,681 1,121,464 1,136,181 1,145,523 1,135,488 1,134,336 1,141,180 1,115,783 1,327,845 1,336,623 1,356,738 1,458,431 1,387,313 921,155 910,422 922,787
10–19 19,477 19,376 19,755 19,943 20,606 20,870 21,138 21,649 22,372 21,137 21,307 20,578 21,230 21,221 20,513 19,836 20,501 20,686 20,961 22,169 22,757 21,735 22,560 22,408
20–49 9,934 10,177 10,536 10,692 10,772 11,046 11,260 10,448 11,047 11,173 11,130 10,606 10,191 10,005 10,101 10,034 10,443 10,736 10,817 11,273 11,784 11,077 11,608 11,720
50–249 4,858 4,970 4,829 4,921 4,971 4,860 4,702 4,674 5,001 5,155 4,886 4,682 4,706 4,703 4,535 4,415 4,932 4,919 4,954 5,182 5,125 4,943 5,172 5,267
250 and more persons occupied 1,110 1,078 1,046 980 942 944 907 900 953 979 880 859 874 880 867 878 923 953 990 1,019 1,051 982 1,027 1,052
Total 1,094,446 1,124,835 1,152,221 1,176,934 1,198,628 1,208,780 1,183,953 1,233,704 1,561,446 1,592,591 1,644,484 1,651,507 1,666,402 1,688,169 1,701,805 1,690,878 1,697,236 1,719,601 1,757,489 1,794,409 1,810,356 1,856,859 1,838,720 1,839,940
Of which: companies and partnerships
Persons occupied 0 and unknown 191,869 193,606 193,340 188,599 194,379 191,989 183,795 203,134 211,107 235,257 244,374 220,999 218,986 217,776 204,231 198,300 268,533 259,085 257,236 176,651 205,028 188,773 186,552 185,118
1–9 186,410 199,896 216,420 237,111 251,986 270,389 294,041 292,297 312,939 307,915 319,847 337,793 346,250 347,228 347,503 328,796 237,146 235,079 227,941 300,758 270,762 301,556 302,784 291,645
10–19 17,821 17,567 17,989 18,337 18,716 19,102 19,413 19,993 20,717 19,665 19,900 19,419 20,000 19,996 19,358 18,688 18,943 19,185 19,414 20,724 21,147 20,425 21,217 21,242
20–49 9,507 9,761 10,124 10,297 10,356 10,695 10,926 10,147 10,739 10,886 10,864 10,374 9,977 9,799 9,882 9,811 10,141 10,428 10,507 10,976 11,409 10,803 11,288 11,447
50–249 4,804 4,928 4,790 4,881 4,927 4,823 4,668 4,638 4,969 5,119 4,861 4,653 4,672 4,667 4,501 4,380 4,899 4,878 4,915 5,146 5,084 4,912 5,144 5,243
250 and more persons occupied 1,110 1,076 1,045 980 941 944 907 900 953 979 880 859 874 880 867 878 923 953 990 1,019 1,051 982 1,027 1,052
Total 411,521 426,834 443,708 460,205 481,305 497,942 513,750 531,109 561,424 579,821 600,726 594,097 600,759 600,346 586,342 560,853 540,585 529,608 521,003 515,274 514,481 527,451 528,012 515,747

Footnotes

aFrom 2021, the headcount setting changed, see methodological documentation.

Explanation of symbols

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Break in series (limited comparability).
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