Micro-enterprise employment share in accommodation sector

RecordSTO-45R8EMMCAJ-1WHH8SP90F-NT64XH

30%

European Union · 2021

Micro-enterprise employment share in accommodation sector in the European Union was 30% in 2021 (Eurostat).

Original source
Publisher
Eurostat
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Figure 2: Share of persons employed by enterprise size class, by economic activity, EU, 2021
Retrieved
22 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Looking at the three selected tourism industries separately, 44 % of employment in travel agencies and tour operators was in micro-enterprises, while for the accommodation sector this figure was 30 %.

Statistical Office of the European Union, Tourism industries - employment, Figure 2: Share of persons employed by enterprise size class, by economic activity, EU, 2021

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APA

Statistical Office of the European Union. (2021). Tourism industries - employment. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Tourism_industries_-_employment. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_45R8EMMCAJ1WHH8SP90FNT64XH

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MLA
Statistical Office of the European Union. "Tourism industries - employment." 2021, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Tourism_industries_-_employment. Accessed 22 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_45R8EMMCAJ1WHH8SP90FNT64XH.
Chicago
Statistical Office of the European Union. "Tourism industries - employment." 2021. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Tourism_industries_-_employment. Accessed September 22, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_45R8EMMCAJ1WHH8SP90FNT64XH.
BibTeX
@misc{eurostat2021micront64xh, author = {{Statistical Office of the European Union}}, title = {Tourism industries - employment}, year = {2021}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_45R8EMMCAJ1WHH8SP90FNT64XH}, note = {Original source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Tourism\_industries\_-\_employment. Accessed September 22, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
Statistical Office of the European Union · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Tourism industries - employment
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Figure 2: Share of persons employed by enterprise size class, by economic activity, EU, 2021
Retrieved
22 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
pipeline:quote-verified-v2
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_45R8EMMCAJ1WHH8SP90FNT64XH