Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Bulgaria

Explore more than 873,864 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 873,864 (1.9%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 6,982,471 (15.4%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 45,197,626

According to our database, a total of more than 873,864 businesses are registered in Bulgaria . That represents 1.93% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Bulgaria-based companies have a share of 0.39% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 0.9% of all EU employees.

Bulgaria: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Unknown industry (235,544 companies in total), followed by Services (200,039) and Retail Trade (171,528).

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 873,864 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Unknown industry 235,544 27.0% 235,544
Services 200,039 22.9% 200,039
Retail Trade 171,528 19.6% 171,528
Wholesale Trade 70,221 8.0% 70,221
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 53,840 6.2% 53,840
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 44,191 5.1% 44,191
Manufacturing 42,596 4.9% 42,596
Construction 39,481 4.5% 39,481
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 15,064 1.7% 15,064
Public Sector 815 0.1% 815
Mining 545 0.1% 545

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 (26.95%), Whol non durable goods (3.69%) and Eating place (2.6%).

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 873,864 registered companies

Bulgaria: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Bulgaria generated € 332,828,359,778 in sales, which represents 0.39% 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 873,864 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. AURUBIS BULGARIA AD € 4.97B 1.49% € 4.97B
2. LUKOIL-BULGARIA EOOD € 4.667B 1.4% € 4.667B
3. ASTRA BIOPLANT EOOD € 4.607B 1.38% € 4.607B
4. KOZLODUY NPP EAD € 3.829B 1.15% € 3.829B
5. BULGARGAZ EAD € 3.119B 0.94% € 3.119B
6. NATSIONALNA ELEKTRICHESKA KOMPANIA EAD € 2.443B 0.73% € 2.443B
7. BA GLASS BULGARIA EAD € 1.89B 0.57% € 1.89B
8. SAKSA OOD € 1.684B 0.51% € 1.684B
9. KAUFLAND BULGARIA EOOD & CO. € 1.54B 0.46% € 1.54B
10. LUKOIL NEFTOCHIM BURGAS AD € 1.376B 0.41% € 1.376B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 30.13B

Bulgaria: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 3,485,460 people, which represents 0.9% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is NATIONAL RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY (10,449), followed by ARSENAL AD (8,951) and KAUFLAND BULGARIA EOOD & CO. (7,577).

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 873,864 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. NATIONAL RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY 10,449 0.3% 10,449
2. ARSENAL AD 8,951 0.26% 8,951
3. KAUFLAND BULGARIA EOOD & CO. 7,577 0.22% 7,577
4. DSK BANK AD 5,408 0.16% 5,408
5. BILLA BULGARIA EOOD 5,113 0.15% 5,113
6. VAZOVSKI MASHINOSTROITELNI ZAVODI EAD 4,798 0.14% 4,798
7. UNITED BULGARIAN BANK AD 4,722 0.14% 4,722
8. VIVACOM BULGARIA EAD 4,618 0.13% 4,618
9. EUROBANK BULGARIA AD 4,327 0.12% 4,327
10. DXC BULGARIA EOOD 4,069 0.12% 4,069
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 60,032

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