Biggest employers in Europe - 2.3 million employees

Name	employees
Randstad Holding NV	6,27,150
G4S PLC	6,11,366
Compass Group PLC	5,15,864
ISS A/S	5,04,816
Tesco PLC	4,82,152
Deutsche Post AG	4,50,508
Sodexo SA	4,22,844
Carrefour SA	3,80,920
Siemens AG	3,48,000
Nestle SA	3,35,000
Securitas AB	3,30,000
EXOR SpA	3,03,247
Daimler AG	2,84,015
HSBC Holdings PLC	2,64,000
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV	2,36,000
Deutsche Telekom AG	2,26,000
Fresenius SE & Co KGaA	2,22,305
ArcelorMittal	2,09,404
Continental AG	2,07,899
METRO AG	2,03,773
ACS Actividadesde Construccion	1,97,651
Banco Santander SA	1,93,863
BNP Paribas SA	1,89,077
Vinci SA	1,85,500
Schneider Electric SE	1,81,362
Capgemini SA	1,80,639
Veolia Environnement SA	1,73,959
Unilever PLC	1,71,000
Cie de Saint-Gobain	1,69,400
Glencore PLC	1,60,000
Prosegur Cia de Seguridad SA	1,59,208
Royal Mail PLC	1,57,664
thyssenkrupp AG	1,56,808
Orange SA	1,56,542
Electricite de France SA	1,56,312
Industria de Diseno Textil SA	1,52,854
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV	1,52,321
Societe Generale SA	1,45,703
Allianz SE	1,42,459
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA	1,37,968
Poste Italiane SpA	1,37,601
Airbus Group SE	1,36,574
ABB Ltd	1,35,800
Barclays PLC	1,29,400
Telefonica SA	1,25,892
UniCredit SpA	1,25,510
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE	1,25,346
WPP PLC	1,24,930
Associated British Foods PLC	1,24,036
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG	1,22,244
Deutsche Lufthansa AG	1,20,652
AXA SA	1,20,486
Bouygues SA	1,20,254
Renault SA	1,20,136
Novartis AG	1,18,700
Bayer AG	1,16,811
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson	1,16,281
Sanofi	1,15,631
Koninklijke Philips NV	1,12,959
Vodafone Group PLC	1,11,684
BASF SE	1,09,195
J Sainsbury PLC	1,08,300
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin	1,05,800
Hennes & Mauritz AB	1,04,634
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co KGaA	1,04,033
Faurecia	1,02,869
BT Group PLC	1,02,500
GlaxoSmithKline PLC	1,01,192
Deutsche Bank AG	1,01,104
LafargeHolcim Ltd	1,00,956
Danone SA	99,781
TOTAL SA	96,019
Royal Dutch Shell PLC	93,000
Roche Holding AG	91,747
Atos SE	91,322
Steinhoff International Holdings NV	91,114
Anglo American PLC	91,000
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA	90,807
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC	90,158
Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA	89,027
Volvo AB	88,464
British American Tobacco PLC	87,577
Standard Chartered PLC	84,076
Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC	82,992
Marks & Spencer Group PLC	82,948
L'Oreal SA	82,881
BP PLC	82,600
Suez	82,536
Telecom Italia SpA/Milano	82,095
Kuehne + Nagel International AG	80,056
Luxottica Group SpA	78,933
CRH PLC	78,106
Publicis Groupe SA	77,574
SAP SE	76,986
Assicurazioni Generali SpA	76,191
TUI AG	76,036
Kingfisher PLC	76,000
Lloyds Banking Group PLC	75,306
BAE Systems PLC	75,000
Heineken NV	73,767
Ferrovial SA	71,784
Credit Agricole SA	71,495
SABMiller PLC	70,089
Safran SA	70,087
Capita PLC	69,284
Enel SpA	67,914
Bureau Veritas SA	65,995
Linde AG	64,538
Old Mutual PLC	64,043
Thales SA	61,848
AstraZeneca PLC	61,500
Essilor International SA	60,883
International Consolidated Airlines Grou	60,862
UBS Group AG	60,099
RWE AG	59,762
Bollore SA	58,312
Valeo SA	57,662
Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA	57,535
E.ON SE	56,490
Nokia OYJ	55,718
adidas AG	55,555
Electrolux AB	55,245
Rio Tinto PLC	54,888
Zurich Insurance Group AG	54,335
ING Groep NV	52,368
Air Liquide SA	51,500
Raiffeisen Bank International AG	51,492
Commerzbank AG	51,305
Eiffage SA	50,854
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC	50,500
Alcatel-Lucent SA	50,047
Accor SA	49,953
Kone OYJ	49,734
Merck KGaA	49,613
Saipem SpA	48,967
voestalpine AG	48,367
Credit Suisse Group AG	48,200
Carlsberg A/S	47,464
Leonardo-Finmeccanica SpA	47,156
GKN PLC	47,063
SKF AB	46,635
Erste Group Bank AG	46,467
Assa Abloy AB	45,994
Sandvik AB	45,808
Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentac	45,732
Akzo Nobel NV	45,600
HeidelbergCement AG	45,453
Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA	44,000
Munich Re	43,554
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC	43,354
STMicroelectronics NV	43,183
Skanska AB	43,122
Atlas Copco AB	43,114
Dixons Carphone PLC	41,847
Greene King PLC	41,486
Intertek Group PLC	41,434
Whitbread PLC	41,175
Novo Nordisk A/S	41,122
Centrica PLC	38,848
Kering	38,801
Mapfre SA	38,472
Telenor ASA	38,000
Altice NV	37,506
Pearson PLC	37,265
Wolseley PLC	37,054
Imperial Brands PLC	36,400
Swatch Group AG/The	36,313
KBC Group NV	36,199
Infineon Technologies AG	35,424
Babcock International Group PLC	35,050
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC	34,700
Technip SA	34,441
Amec Foster Wheeler PLC	34,013
Evonik Industries AG	33,576
Coca-Cola HBC AG	33,311
OSRAM Licht AG	32,914
Hella KGaA Hueck & Co	32,708
Legrand SA	32,667
Acciona SA	32,147
Diageo PLC	32,078
Adecco Group AG	32,000
Aegon NV	31,530
Zodiac Aerospace	31,171
Alstom SA	30,970
Solvay SA	30,900
Next PLC	30,591
RELX PLC	30,000
CaixaBank SA	29,972
Nordea Bank AB	29,815
Rentokil Initial PLC	29,792
Aviva PLC	29,639
RELX NV	29,300
Eni SpA	29,053
Dufry AG	28,853
Cie Financiere Richemont SA	28,810
Syngenta AG	28,400
John Wood Group PLC	28,175
Colruyt SA	28,047
Rexel SA	28,000
Sky PLC	27,941
Iberdrola SA	27,169
Repsol SA	27,111
Telia Co AB	26,895
bpost SA	26,381
Banco de Sabadell SA	26,090
DS Smith PLC	26,065
Lagardere SCA	25,784
Stora Enso OYJ	25,680
Prudential PLC	25,512
National Grid PLC	25,068
Travis Perkins PLC	24,670
ANDRITZ AG	24,508
OMV AG	24,124
KION Group AG	23,506
Smiths Group PLC	23,250
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Wo	23,038
Kerry Group PLC	23,000
B&M European Value Retail SA	22,929
DSV A/S	22,783
ICA Gruppen AB	22,066
Kesko OYJ	21,935
Talanx AG	21,892
Tenaris SA	21,741
Statoil ASA	21,581
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization	21,573
SSE PLC	21,118
Koninklijke DSM NV	20,750
Rheinmetall AG	20,676
Natixis SA	20,617
Vestas Wind Systems A/S	20,507
Plastic Omnium SA	20,289
Gas Natural SDG SA	19,939
Melia Hotels International SA	19,893
Investor AB	19,698
Saga PLC	19,612
UPM-Kymmene OYJ	19,578
Danske Bank A/S	19,049
Prysmian SpA	19,000
Wartsila OYJ Abp	18,856
Merlin Entertainments PLC	18,821
Arkema SA	18,806
Aryzta AG	18,800
Pernod Ricard SA	18,421
RSA Insurance Group PLC	18,387
Wolters Kluwer NV	18,055
Beiersdorf AG	17,659
GEA Group AG	17,533
Italcementi SpA	17,525
Alfa Laval AB	17,417
Clariant AG	17,213
Vivendi SA	17,000
Wacker Chemie AG	16,972
Petrofac Ltd	16,635
Suedzucker AG	16,486
Trelleborg AB	16,450
Experian PLC	16,424
LANXESS AG	16,225
Hexagon AB	16,132
SSAB AB	16,045
Huhtamaki OYJ	15,844
SFR Group SA	15,816
Covestro AG	15,761
William Hill PLC	15,747
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB	15,605
Getinge AB	15,424
Abertis Infraestructuras SA	15,302
RPC Group PLC	15,177
Bunzl PLC	15,098
Banco Popular Espanol SA	15,079
Axel Springer SE	15,023
Gemalto NV	15,000
Koninklijke KPN NV	14,855
Duerr AG	14,850
Weir Group PLC/The	14,838
Grifols SA	14,749
Aalberts Industries NV	14,709
Smith & Nephew PLC	14,686
Saab AB	14,685
ASML Holding NV	14,681
Orkla ASA	14,670
Atlantia SpA	14,600
Inchcape PLC	14,523
Brenntag AG	14,459
K+S AG	14,383
Proximus SADP	14,090
Bankia SA	14,058
Dassault Systemes	13,974
Pandora A/S	13,971
Swedbank AB	13,893
HUGO BOSS AG	13,764
OC Oerlikon Corp AG	13,500
Sage Group PLC/The	13,271
Booker Group PLC	13,144
Ashtead Group PLC	13,106
Husqvarna AB	13,053
Norsk Hydro ASA	13,000
Yara International ASA	12,883
JCDecaux SA	12,854
Amadeus IT Group SA	12,807
Swiss Re AG	12,767
total employees	2,27,72,232