Finland: wholesale and retail trade employment figures 2019

In 2019, the number of employees in the wholesale and retail trade industry incl. repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles in Finland increased by 5,925 employees since 2018. Therefore, the total number of employees amounted to 273,939 employees in 2019.

The relationship of employer to employee exists when there is an agreement, which may be formal or informal, between an enterprise and a person, normally entered into voluntarily by both parties, whereby the person works for the enterprise in return for remuneration in cash or in kind.
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Total number of employees in the wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles industry in Finland from 2010 to 2019

Characteristic	Number of employees
2019	273,939
2018	268,014
2017b	265,503
2016	265,091
2015	267,615
2014	274,995
2013b	276,775
2012	272,744
2011	275,324
2010	270,325

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

Finland

Survey time period

2010 to 2019

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds the following information: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.
Data coverage is for the code G of the NACE_R2 of economic activities, which is wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

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