A VOICE FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN BRUSSELS!

Six national associations representing construction micro-enterprises and SMEs in several European countries joined forces in 1990 to establish the European Builders Confederation (EBC) – the Voice of Construction SMEs in Europe. EBC is a European non-profit professional organisation based in Brussels.

The construction sector is of vital importance to the European economy. With 3 million enterprises and a total direct workforce of around 18 million people, the construction sector contributes at about 9% to the GDP of the European Union. 

The European construction sector is composed at 99.9% of small and medium-sized enterprises, which produce 80% of the construction industries output. The small enterprises (less than 50 employees) ensure 60% of the production and employ 70% of the sector working population (data from Eurostat 2011).