This list includes publicly listed companies who have their headquarters in Europe. The number of employees is the total number of employed persons worldwide, rather than only in Europe.
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Largest Business Enterprises based in Europe by number of employees 2023
***. is the largest company based in Europe by how many employees it has worldwide. The Irish-American IT services and consulting firm is based in Dublin, Ireland, although most of its employees are based elsewhere in the world. The company moved its headquarters from Bermuda to Ireland in the in order to avail of low corporation tax rates, along with the access to EU markets which their Dublin HQ provides.
Other large employers in Europe include the German giants of , ***, and **, French companies such as *, ****, and ****, as well as Russian firms such as **, *, and ****
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