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This article presents an overview of statistics for the electrical equipment manufacturing sector in the European Union (EU), as covered by NACE Rev. 2 Division 27.

Table 1: Key indicators, manufacture of electrical equipment (NACE Division 27), EU-27, 2010 - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Figure 1: Sectoral analysis of manufacture of electrical equipment (NACE Division 27), EU-27, 2010 (1)
(% share of sectoral total) - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 2a: Sectoral analysis of key indicators, manufacture of electrical equipment (NACE Division 27), EU-27, 2010 - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 2b: Sectoral analysis of key indicators, manufacture of electrical equipment (NACE Division 27), EU-27, 2010 - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 3: Largest and most specialised Member States in manufacture of electrical equipment (NACE Division 27), EU-27, 2010 (1) - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 4a: Key indicators, manufacture of electrical equipment (NACE Division 27), 2010 - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 4b: Key indicators, manufacture of electrical equipment (NACE Division 27), 2010 - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 5: Key size class indicators, manufacture of electrical equipment (NACE Division 27), EU-27, 2010 - Source: Eurostat (sbs_sc_ind_r2)
Figure 2: Relative importance of enterprise size classes, manufacture of electrical equipment (NACE Division 27), EU-27, 2010 (1)
(% share of sectoral total) - Source: Eurostat (sbs_sc_ind_r2)
Table 6a: Employment by enterprise size class, manufacture of electrical equipment (NACE Division 27), 2010 - Source: Eurostat (sbs_sc_ind_r2)
Table 6b: Value added by enterprise size class, manufacture of electrical equipment (NACE Division 27), 2010 - Source: Eurostat (sbs_sc_ind_r2)

Main statistical findings

Structural profile

There were 52.0 thousand enterprises in the EU-27‘s electrical equipment manufacturing sector (Division 27) in 2010. These enterprises employed 1.46 million persons, equivalent to 1.1 % of the total number of persons employed in the non-financial business economy (Sections B to J and L to N and Division 95) and 4.9 % of the manufacturing (Section C) workforce. The value added generated in the EU-27’s electrical equipment manufacturing sector in 2010 was EUR 84.9 billion, equivalent to 1.4 % of the non-financial business economy total and 5.3 % of the manufacturing total.

In 2010, the EU-27’s electrical equipment manufacturing sector recorded apparent labour productivity of EUR 58.2 thousand per person employed and average personnel costs of EUR 41.5 thousand per employee: these were EUR 10 thousand or more above the corresponding figures for the non-financial business economy and about EUR 5 thousand above the manufacturing averages. The wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio for the EU-27’s electrical equipment manufacturing sector was 140.2 %, 7.8 percentage points below the manufacturing average (148.0 %) and 4.6 percentage points below the non-financial business economy average (144.8 %).

The gross operating surplus in the EU-27’s electrical equipment manufacturing sector was equivalent to 9.3 % of the sector’s turnover in 2010, broadly in line with the average gross operating rate for manufacturing (9.0 %) and therefore below the non-financial business economy average of 10.1 %.

Sectoral analysis

In value added and employment terms, the EU-27’s electrical equipment manufacturing sector is made up of one large subsector, one small subsector and four other subsectors between these two extremes. The largest subsector was the manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus (Group 27.1, hereafter referred to as electric generation and distribution equipment manufacturing) which contributed half (50.2 %) of the EU-27’s electrical equipment manufacturing sector’s value added in 2010 and employed more than two fifths (44.3 %) of its workforce. The smallest subsector was batteries and accumulators manufacturing (Group 27.2) which contributed around 2 % of sectoral value added and employment. The remaining four subsectors concerned: the manufacture of: wiring and wiring devices (Group 27.3); electric lighting equipment (Group 27.4); domestic appliances (Group 27.5); and other electrical equipment (Group 27.9). In 2010, these four subsectors each contributed between 9.2 % and 13.7 % of sectoral value added and between 10.9 % and 15.7 % of sectoral employment — see Figure 1.

The electric generation and distribution equipment manufacturing subsector was the only subsector within the EU-27’s electrical equipment manufacturing sector that recorded a larger share of sectoral value added than employment in 2010, indicating a higher apparent labour productivity ratio. With value added per person employed averaging EUR 66.0 thousand in 2010, the electric generation and distribution equipment manufacturing subsector was the only one that recorded an apparent labour productivity ratio above the sectoral average (EUR 58.2 thousand). Average personnel costs were EUR 47.4 thousand per employee for the EU-27’s electric generation and distribution equipment manufacturing subsector in 2010; again this was the only subsector where average personnel costs rose above the sectoral average of EUR 41.5 thousand per employee. The relatively high values recorded for the electric generation and distribution equipment manufacturing subsector for these two indicators were balanced out when they were combined to form a wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio, with an EU-27 ratio of 139.4 % in 2010, just below the sectoral average of 140.2 %, and therefore below the manufacturing and non-financial business economy averages too. The other electrical equipment manufacturing subsector recorded a wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio of 145.5 % and was the only subsector with a ratio above the non-financial business economy average of 144.8 %.

In terms of operating profitability, the EU-27’s manufacture of other electrical equipment subsector also reported the highest gross operating rate in 2010, at 12.1 %. The only other subsector to record a rate above the manufacturing average (9.0 %) was the electric generation and distribution equipment manufacturing subsector (10.1 %).

Country analysis

The highest level of value added in the electrical equipment manufacturing sector was generated in Germany, EUR 36.6 billion, equivalent to 43.1 % of the EU-27 total in 2010. For Germany, this was the second largest share of EU-27 value added across any of the non-financial business economy NACE divisions (with data available) in 2010, smaller only than the German share of value added within the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (Division 29). Germany was the largest Member State, in value added terms, for each of the six electrical equipment manufacturing subsectors, its share of EU-27 value added peaking at 50.9 % for the electric generation and distribution equipment manufacturing subsector. Although Slovakia’s value added in this sector was considerably smaller than that of Germany, its 0.6 % contribution to the EU-27 total was its highest share in 2010 among all of the non-financial business economy NACE divisions.

The relative importance of the electrical equipment manufacturing sector was highest in Slovenia where it accounted for 3.9 % of non-financial business economy value added, followed by Germany (2.8 %), Austria (2.7 %) and the Czech Republic (2.5 %); as such, EU-27 production was particularly concentrated in central Europe. The EU Member States least specialised in this sector included Ireland, Latvia and Lithuania where the electrical equipment manufacturing sector contributed less than 0.5 % of non-financial business economy value added in 2010; Norway was also relatively unspecialised in this sector.

Germany’s specialisation in this sector was broad based, but was particularly high in the electric generation and distribution equipment manufacturing subsector and the wiring and wiring devices manufacturing subsector. Slovenia’s position as the most specialised EU Member State across the whole of the electrical equipment manufacturing sector was boosted by its very high specialisation in the domestic appliances manufacturing subsector and to a lesser extent by a high specialisation for the manufacture of batteries and accumulators (where it was the second most specialised Member State behind Bulgaria), as well as electric lighting equipment manufacturing (where it was the third most specialised behind Slovakia and Belgium).

Poland and Romania were the only EU Member States that recorded wage-adjusted labour productivity ratios for the electrical equipment manufacturing sector that were above 200 % in 2010, indicating that apparent labour productivity was more than twice as high as average personnel costs per employee. By contrast, Sweden recorded, by far, the lowest wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio for the electrical equipment manufacturing sector among the EU Member States, its ratio of 102.6 % was far below the next lowest ratio of 124.9 % (recorded by France) — see Table 4b.

Size class analysis

Large enterprises (employing 250 or more persons) contributed 67.2 % of the EU-27’s electrical equipment manufacturing value added in 2010, which was above the contribution of large enterprises to the generation of value added within the non-financial business economy (42.3 %) and manufacturing sector (55.5 %). In a similar vein, large enterprises employed 58.3 % of the EU-27’s electrical equipment manufacturing workforce, which was even further above the share of large enterprises in the non-financial business economy (32.5 %) and manufacturing (40.0 %) workforces. The contribution of micro enterprises (employing fewer than 10 persons) was particularly low across the EU-27’s electrical equipment manufacturing sector, generating 3.0 % of sectoral value added and employing 5.8 % of the workforce in 2010, which was less than half the average contribution made by micro enterprises across the whole of the manufacturing sector (7.1 % and 14.3 % respectively).

Medium-sized enterprises (employing 50 to 249 persons) in Lithuania generated 49.3 % of the value added in the electrical equipment manufacturing sector, nearly 2.5 times the average contribution made by medium-sized enterprises within the whole of the EU-27. Small enterprises (employing 10 to 49 persons) provided 70.2 % of sectoral value added in Cyprus (2009 data), more than seven times the average share of small enterprises within the whole of the EU-27. Apart from these two exceptional cases, large enterprises generated more value added in the electrical equipment manufacturing sector than did any of the three other size classes shown in Table 6b. The value added share of large enterprises in the electrical equipment manufacturing sector exceeded one half in 15 Member States, as well as in Switzerland: value added shares in excess of three quarters were recorded for large enterprises in Germany, Slovenia and Austria.

Data sources and availability

The analysis presented in this article is based on the main dataset for structural business statistics (SBS) and size class data, all of which are published annually.

The main series provides information for each EU Member State as well as a number of non-member countries at a detailed level according to the activity classification NACE. Data are available for a wide range of variables.

In structural business statistics, size classes are generally defined by the number of persons employed. A limited set of the standard structural business statistics variables (for example, the number of enterprises, turnover, persons employed and value added) are analysed by size class, mostly down to the three-digit (group) level of NACE. The main size classes used in this article for presenting the results are:

  • small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): with 1 to 249 persons employed, further divided into;
    • micro enterprises: with less than 10 persons employed;
    • small enterprises: with 10 to 49 persons employed;
    • medium-sized enterprises: with 50 to 249 persons employed;
  • large enterprises: with 250 or more persons employed.

Context

This article presents an overview of statistics for the electrical equipment manufacturing sector in the EU, as covered by NACE Rev. 2 Division 27. This division includes the manufacture of products that generate, distribute and use electrical power. Also included is the manufacture of electrical lighting equipment, electric household appliances and other electrical equipment.

Electricity distribution and control apparatus includes, for example, power circuit breakers, control panels, electrical relays, electric fuses, power switching equipment and power switches. Wiring includes the production of electrical wires and cables, the insulation of wire and the manufacture of fibre optic cables. Electric lighting equipment manufacturing includes the manufacture of electric lighting fixtures as well as electric light bulbs and tubes. Domestic appliances include small electric appliances and electric household goods, water heaters, vacuum cleaners and so-called white goods such as cooking appliances, laundry equipment, refrigerators, freezers and dishwashers; appliances with electric, gas or other fuel sources are all included. The manufacture of other electrical equipment includes the manufacture of a wide range of electrical goods for household or industrial use, ranging from typically small items such as battery chargers, door opening and closing devices, bells, sirens and traffic lights to potentially larger items such as scoreboards, signs and particle accelerators.

This NACE division is composed of six groups:

  • the manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus (Group 27.1);
  • the manufacture of batteries and accumulators (Group 27.2);
  • the manufacture of wiring and wiring devices (Group 27.3);
  • the manufacture of electric lighting equipment (Group 27.4);
  • the manufacture of domestic appliances (Group 27.5);
  • the manufacture of other electrical equipment (Group 27.9).

This division excludes the manufacture of electronic products (which form part of the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, Division 26), while commercial and industrial equipment (as opposed to household domestic appliances) for cooling, freezing, cooking and so on is also excluded (as this forms part of the manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c., Division 28).

See also

Further Eurostat information

Publications

Main tables

Database

SBS - industry and construction (sbs_ind_co)
Annual detailed enterprise statistics - industry and construction (sbs_na_ind)
Annual detailed enterprise statistics for industry (NACE Rev. 2 B-E) (sbs_na_ind_r2)
SMEs - Annual enterprise statistics by size class - industry and construction (sbs_sc_ind)
Industry by employment size classes (NACE Rev. 2 B-E) (sbs_sc_ind_r2)
SBS - regional data - all activities (sbs_r)
SBS data by NUTS 2 regions and NACE Rev. 2 (from 2008 onwards) (sbs_r_nuts06_r2)

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Source data for tables and figures (MS Excel)

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