Characteristics of the mainly market services sector by business sector in 2020

Key figures
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- December 2022

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Characteristics of the mainly market services sector by business sector in 2020

Characteristics of the mainly market services sector by business sector in 2020
Number of Employees (FTE¹) , excluding tax (in million euro) , excluding tax (in million euro) Personnel costs² (in million euro) Gross operating surplus (in million euro) Gross , excluding contributions (in million euro)
Accommodation and food service activities 269,623 651,249 75,440 27,370 26,234 1,239 9,111
Accommodation 55,587 135,862 17,861 5,236 5,720 530 5,054
Food and beverage service activities 214,036 515,387 57,579 22,135 20,515 709 4,057
153,727 815,320 210,773 98,938 65,939 30,067 16,455
Publishing, audiovisual and broadcasting activities 49,555 240,071 60,911 25,194 18,917 12,168 1,423
Telecommunications 3,330 138,591 64,183 29,846 11,061 3,661 12,363
IT and other information services 100,842 436,658 85,680 43,898 35,961 14,238 2,669
230,805 207,081 78,544 42,006 13,270 424 34,674
Professional, scientific, technical, administrative and support service activities 773,354 2,384,975 319,101 171,739 134,451 37,060 27,882
Scientific research and development 6,261 42,414 7,340 2,435 3,356 3,375 574
Legal, accounting, management, architecture, engineering, technical testing and analysis activities 397,967 728,487 147,075 79,868 59,762 19,676 5,911
Other professional, scientific and technical activities 137,049 127,501 29,470 12,318 9,611 4,386 1,134
Administrative and support service activities 232,077 1,486,572 135,216 77,118 61,722 9,624 20,263
Other services activities 391,771 248,636 42,990 18,025 13,106 1,941 4,081
Arts, entertainment and recreation 145,658 89,374 23,201 8,877 6,178 1,356 2,387
Other service activities 246,113 159,262 19,790 9,148 6,928 585 1,694
Total 1,819,280 4,307,261 726,848 358,078 253,001 70,731 92,203
  • 1. Full-time equivalent (FTE).
  • 2. Wages and charges.
  • Reading note: in 2020, enterprises within the employed 4,307,261 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees.
  • Coverage: France, enterprises within the non-financial mainly market services sectors.
  • Source : INSEE, ÉSANE.