Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Bulgaria

Explore more than 963,512 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 963,512 (2.0%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,879,015 (16.5%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 47,626,815

According to our database, a total of more than 963,512 businesses are registered in Bulgaria . That represents 2.02% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Bulgaria-based companies have a share of 0.38% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 0.96% of all EU employees.

Bulgaria: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Unknown industry (251,938 companies in total), followed by Services (228,406) and Retail Trade (190,152).

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 963,512 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Unknown industry 251,938 26.1% 251,938
Services 228,406 23.7% 228,406
Retail Trade 190,152 19.7% 190,152
Wholesale Trade 74,058 7.7% 74,058
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 60,655 6.3% 60,655
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 49,949 5.2% 49,949
Manufacturing 45,592 4.7% 45,592
Construction 45,229 4.7% 45,229
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 16,152 1.7% 16,152
Public Sector 829 0.1% 829
Mining 552 0.1% 552

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 (26.15%), Whol non durable goods (3.47%) and Business services (2.71%).

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 963,512 registered companies

Bulgaria: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Bulgaria generated € 330,515,912,477 in sales, which represents 0.38% 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 963,512 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. LUKOIL NEFTOHIM BURGAS AD € 4.668B 1.41% € 4.668B
2. AURUBIS BULGARIA AD € 4.285B 1.3% € 4.285B
3. LUKOIL-BULGARIA EOOD € 3.033B 0.92% € 3.033B
4. BA GLASS BULGARIA EAD € 1.365B 0.41% € 1.365B
5. LIDL BULGARIA EOOD & CO € 1.336B 0.4% € 1.336B
6. KAUFLAND BULGARIA EOOD & CO. € 1.308B 0.4% € 1.308B
7. ASTRA BIOPLANT EOOD € 1.149B 0.35% € 1.149B
8. KOZLODUY NPP EAD € 1.05B 0.32% € 1.05B
9. SAKSA OOD € 1.022B 0.31% € 1.022B
10. MARTANKSHIP EOOD € 981.4M 0.3% € 981.4M
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 20.2B

Bulgaria: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 3,643,753 people, which represents 0.96% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is NATIONAL RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY (10,398), followed by ARSENAL AD (8,944) and KAUFLAND BULGARIA EOOD & CO. (7,830).

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 963,512 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. NATIONAL RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY 10,398 0.29% 10,398
2. ARSENAL AD 8,944 0.25% 8,944
3. KAUFLAND BULGARIA EOOD & CO. 7,830 0.21% 7,830
4. BILLA BULGARIA EOOD 5,573 0.15% 5,573
5. DSK BANK AD 5,496 0.15% 5,496
6. VAZOVSKI MASHINOSTROITELNI ZAVODI EAD 4,953 0.14% 4,953
7. VIVACOM BULGARIA EAD 4,561 0.13% 4,561
8. PLOVDIV MUNICIPALITY 4,514 0.12% 4,514
9. LIDL BULGARIA EOOD & CO 4,426 0.12% 4,426
10. UNITED BULGARIAN BANK AD 4,321 0.12% 4,321
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 61,016

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