The US & Europe private market, in numbers.
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The market is a pyramid, most of it sits under $5M
The $1–5M band alone holds 4,086,516 companies, 84% of the dataset. Each band above it thins out sharply, on both sides of the Atlantic. Small-company records are 30% cheaper in the list builder.
Companies by revenue band
Estimated annual revenue, USD.
The UK anchors Europe. California anchors the US.
Coverage spans 35 EU countries and 50 states plus DC, under one schema and one revenue filter.
Top EU countries
2,241,692 companies across 35 countries.
Top US states
2,598,327 companies across 50 states + DC.
Manufacturing tilts European. Technology tilts American.
The EU counts 194,789 manufacturers against 104,951 in the US; the US pulls ahead in technology and healthcare.
Sector composition, EU vs US
Classified sectors, sorted by combined count (unclassified Other excluded).
Private equity holds 1.2% of the universe
56,666 companies in this range are PE-backed. The rest sits with founders, families, corporates and the public sector.
Ownership structure
EU + US combined, top 8 of 11 ownership classes.
This market is younger than its reputation
Founding counts climb decade over decade and peak in the 2010s, in both regions.
Founding decade
When today's companies were founded.
One operating benchmark does not fit all sectors
Median revenue per employee runs from $329k down to $173k a year, and typical web traffic spreads nearly 10x again.
Median revenue per employee, by sector ($k)
Computed from ~180k companies with both revenue and headcount.
Median yearly website visits, by sector
Hospitality and media companies live online; construction doesn't.
16 sectors resolve into 686+ industries
These are the largest industries in the LinkedIn taxonomy by EU count, shown with their US counterparts.
Largest industries (LinkedIn taxonomy)
Top 12 by EU count.
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