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Structural business and financial statement statistics 2021

Manufacturing (TOL C) biggest industry measured by turnover in 2021

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According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, the turnover of enterprises (TOL B to S, excl. K) without internal items totalled EUR 450.0 billion in 2021. Measured by turnover, the biggest industry was manufacturing (TOL C) with a turnover of EUR 143.9 billion. Trade (TOL G) was almost as large with a turnover of EUR 127.8 billion. Measured by turnover, the industry of education (TOL P) was smallest with a turnover of EUR 0.8 billion in 2021.

Change

The StatFin database tables of the financial statement statistics on credit institutions, statistics on investment service companies and statistics on insurance activities have been moved and are now found under the structural business and financial statement statistics. The harmonisation of statistics has been carried out as part of the implementation of the new EU regulation on European business statistics (EBS). Data will be released for the first time on 29 September 2022.

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Change

The structural business statistics will be renewed in autumn 2022, which will cause a break in the time series between 2020 and 2021.

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Key selections

  • The turnover of enterprises (TOL B to S, excl. K) without internal items totalled EUR 450.0 billion in 2021.
  • Measured by turnover, the biggest industry was manufacturing (TOL C) with a turnover of EUR 143.9 billion.
  • Measured by turnover, education (TOL P) was the smallest industry with a turnover of EUR 0.8 billion.
  • The figures in the release are based on enterprise unit level data.

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Referencing instructions

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Structural business and financial statement statistics [online publication].
Reference period: 2021. ISSN=2342-6233. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 30.4.2026].
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