Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Bulgaria

Explore more than 870,477 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 870,477 (2.0%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 6,982,522 (15.7%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 44,495,561

According to our database, a total of more than 870,477 businesses are registered in Bulgaria . That represents 1.96% 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 0.96% of all EU employees.

Bulgaria: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Unknown industry (232,805 companies in total), followed by Services (199,856) and Retail Trade (171,369).

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 870,477 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Unknown industry 232,805 26.7% 232,805
Services 199,856 23.0% 199,856
Retail Trade 171,369 19.7% 171,369
Wholesale Trade 70,142 8.1% 70,142
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 53,807 6.2% 53,807
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 44,116 5.1% 44,116
Manufacturing 42,527 4.9% 42,527
Construction 39,445 4.5% 39,445
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 15,053 1.7% 15,053
Public Sector 811 0.1% 811
Mining 546 0.1% 546

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 (26.74%), Whol non durable goods (3.7%) and Eating place (2.61%).

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 870,477 registered companies

Bulgaria: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Bulgaria generated € 255,512,288,170 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 870,477 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. LUKOIL-BULGARIA EOOD € 3.768B 1.47% € 3.768B
2. AURUBIS BULGARIA AD € 3.353B 1.31% € 3.353B
3. KOZLODUY NPP EAD € 3.092B 1.21% € 3.092B
4. INDEPENDENT BULGARIAN ENERGY EXCHANGE EAD € 3.029B 1.19% € 3.029B
5. TPP MARITSA EAST 2 EAD € 2.044B 0.8% € 2.044B
6. NATSIONALNA ELEKTRICHESKA KOMPANIA EAD € 1.973B 0.77% € 1.973B
7. ASTRA BIOPLANT EOOD € 1.635B 0.64% € 1.635B
8. BA GLASS BULGARIA EAD € 1.453B 0.57% € 1.453B
9. SAKSA OOD € 1.359B 0.53% € 1.359B
10. OLIVA AD € 1.355B 0.53% € 1.355B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 23.06B

Bulgaria: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 3,722,819 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 (10,519), followed by ARSENAL AD (8,229) and KAUFLAND BULGARIA EOOD & CO. (7,414).

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 870,477 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. NATIONAL RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY 10,519 0.28% 10,519
2. ARSENAL AD 8,229 0.22% 8,229
3. KAUFLAND BULGARIA EOOD & CO. 7,414 0.2% 7,414
4. DSK BANK AD 5,338 0.14% 5,338
5. BILLA BULGARIA EOOD 4,990 0.13% 4,990
6. UNITED BULGARIAN BANK AD 4,795 0.13% 4,795
7. VIVACOM BULGARIA EAD 4,483 0.12% 4,483
8. EUROBANK BULGARIA AD 4,364 0.12% 4,364
9. VAZOVSKI MASHINOSTROITELNI ZAVODI EAD 4,339 0.12% 4,339
10. LIDL BULGARIA EOOD & CO 4,029 0.11% 4,029
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 58,500

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