Israel: active businesses, by industry

As of 2021, over 131 thousand businesses in the professional, scientific and technical activities industry in Israel maintained their status as active businesses. That industry recorded the highest number of active businesses that year, followed by the wholesale, retail trade and repair of motor vehicles industry, respectively. In contrast, the sector of local, public and defense administration and social security, recorded the lowest number of active businesses that yearn with just over 1,000 businesses.

Number of active businesses in Israel as of 2021, by industry

Characteristic	Number of active businesses
Professional, scientific and technical activities	131,932
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles	98,416
Construction	75,252
Human health and social work activities	52,435
Transportation, storage, postal and courier activities	43,131
Real estate activities	41,782
Other service activities; extraterritorial organizations and bodies	28,352
Accommodation and food service activities	26,671
Information and communications	26,038
Arts, entertainment and recreation	23,713
Administrative and support service activities	23,692
Education	23,331
Manufacturing; mining and quarrying	22,733
Financial and insurance activities	17,342
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	15,233
Electricity and water supply, sewerage and waste management	1,852
Local, public and defence administration and social security	1,014