https://bizlist.gr/en/research/ Original analyses of Greek public data: business registry, public contracts, EU funds and subsidies. With methodology and sources. en Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT 720 https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-businesses-advertising-google-facebook/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-businesses-advertising-google-facebook/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Digital presence business advertising Google Ads Facebook Instagram digital marketing GEMI At least 2.00% of active businesses in Greece advertise on Google and on Facebook or Instagram: 20,287 out of 1,013,176, in September 2026. Health businesses come first with 5.19%, energy last with 0.30%, and 257 advertisers have 33.6% of the Google ads. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/patient-transfers-greek-islands/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/patient-transfers-greek-islands/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Health health islands air ambulance Coast Guard Hellenic Air Force Patient transfers from the Greek islands by Hellenic Air Force aircraft or by vessels coordinated by the Coast Guard number 2,734 a year, about 7.5 a day. Islands with fewer than 1,000 residents have 17.9 per 1,000 residents a year, islands with 20,000 residents or more 1.7. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/short-term-rental-greece-sector-study-2026/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/short-term-rental-greece-sector-study-2026/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Tourism short-term rental accommodation property management sector study GEMI financial statements Short-term rental in Greece has 2,454 companies by main activity code, inside an accommodation sector of 39,233 companies. Accommodation revenue rose 11.6% in 2024 for the same companies, and 5% of the companies make 70% of the revenue. The full study is free as a PDF. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-services-exports-by-sector-2024/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-services-exports-by-sector-2024/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Entrepreneurship services exports legal services accounting firms IT balance of payments Eurostat In Greece's services exports by sector, legal services come first: in 2024 37.9% of their revenue came from clients outside Greece and 23.3% from clients outside the EU. In accounting, 89.0% of revenue from abroad comes from outside the EU, and across the eight sectors foreign clients bring 23.1% of revenue. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-profit-margin-by-sector-2024/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-profit-margin-by-sector-2024/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Entrepreneurship profit margin profit by sector profitability KAD financial statements GEMI In 84,494 sets of 2024 financial statements of Greek companies, the median pre-tax profit margin is 7.34% and the median profit €21,720. The two rankings do not match: the accountant keeps 20.20% and makes €18,946, the wholesaler keeps 4.80% and makes €39,483. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greece-fish-prices-by-species-2025/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greece-fish-prices-by-species-2025/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Primary sector fisheries ELSTAT food prices aquaculture ELSTAT gives quantity and value in adjacent columns. I divided them by species: €0.90 per kg for round sardinella, €50.39 for lobster, €3.96 on average in Greece. The thirteen cheapest species are half the tonnes of the year and one fifth of the money. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/average-hourly-wage-greece-by-sector/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/average-hourly-wage-greece-by-sector/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Labour market hourly wage wages labour cost real wages ELSTAT Eurostat The average gross hourly wage in Greek businesses was €15.3 in 2025, 58.2% of the EU average. In real terms it is 4.7% below 2008, it has risen 15.4% since 2020, and in the second quarter of 2026 it rose 1.3% above inflation. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-company-revenue-by-region/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-company-revenue-by-region/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Economic geography revenue regional units financial statements GEMI company size Median revenue by regional unit in the 2024 financial statements of Greek companies: €467,784 in Imathia, €96,086 in Lefkada, €238,589 nationwide. And within each size category of Law 4308/2014, which regional unit has the largest companies. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/self-employed-greece-by-sector-2024/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/self-employed-greece-by-sector-2024/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Labour market self-employed freelancers sole proprietorships GEMI Eurostat employment by sector In 2024, 1,368,400 people in Greece worked for themselves, 26.4% of employment, the highest share in the EU-27. GEMI, the Greek business registry, has 605,513 active sole proprietorships, and in agriculture just 11,019 for 391,700 self-employed. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-companies-revenue-distribution/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-companies-revenue-distribution/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Economic geography revenue concentration financial statements GEMI In the 2024 financial statements of Greek companies, without dormant ones, the median revenue is €239,034 and the mean €3.42 million. 392 companies make almost half. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-advance-tax-payment-2026/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-advance-tax-payment-2026/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Entrepreneurship advance tax payment taxation liquidity IKE I compared the Greek advance corporate tax payment, 80% assessed in July and paid in 8 instalments, with the quarterly system that other countries use, for a Greek private company (IKE) with a profit of €10,000 a month. With steady profit the business keeps €9,680 more in its cash account. It hurts only after a sharp rise: a company that triples its profit for one year pays in July 156% of the tax for that financial year. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-tutoring-schools-demographic-decline/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-tutoring-schools-demographic-decline/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Demographics demographics tutoring schools education Eurostat Children aged 0-9 in Greece fell 20.2% in a decade, with a fall in 45 of the 46 areas. Teenagers aged 10-19 have not felt it yet. And the market that serves them looks different if you count VAT numbers and different if you count teachers. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-business-revenue-from-repayable-advance/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-business-revenue-from-repayable-advance/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Entrepreneurship Repayable Advance state aid revenue financial statements COVID-19 The amount of the Repayable Advance, Greece's Covid-era business support, is public and was calculated from revenue. Multiply it by 15 and you have, roughly, 2019 revenue. With a correction for rounds and sector, it gets the order of magnitude right in 3 out of 4 businesses. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-accommodation-revenue-vs-overnight-stays/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-accommodation-revenue-vs-overnight-stays/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Tourism tourism accommodation food service ELSTAT Second quarter of 2026 in Greece: accommodation revenue +6.1%, overnight stays +1.7%. The division gives €70.59 per overnight stay, up from €67.64 last year. At the same time food service revenue fell 2.5%. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-business-openings-and-closures/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-business-openings-and-closures/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Entrepreneurship GEMI company formation deletions sectors In 2025, 84,031 businesses registered in Greece and 27,355 were deleted, a ten-year record for registrations. The first seven months of 2026 are 11.8% lower, but no sector is shrinking. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/eu-structural-funds-greece-where-money-goes/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/eu-structural-funds-greece-where-money-goes/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Public money ESPA subsidies infrastructure Just Transition GEMI Of the €21.66 billion of the NSRF (ESPA) 2021-2027, the EU structural funds in Greece, 14.4% reaches private businesses. Transport gets 6.5 times more than health. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/how-old-are-greek-businesses/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/how-old-are-greek-businesses/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Entrepreneurship GEMI business age company formation Of the 1,045,469 active businesses in Greece, only 1.63% existed fifty years ago. One in three was founded after 2020. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-company-legal-forms-2016-2026/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-company-legal-forms-2016-2026/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Entrepreneurship GEMI legal forms IKE EPE survival Ten years of company formations in GEMI, the Greek business registry. Limited partnerships grew tenfold and have outnumbered private companies (IKE) since 2024. One in three companies from the 2016 cohort is gone. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greece-farm-subsidies-opekepe/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greece-farm-subsidies-opekepe/ Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Public money OPEKEPE CAP subsidies agriculture regions Half of the CAP beneficiaries in Greece get less than €1,400 a year. 0.23% get 17.1% of the money. And in 2025 one in three beneficiaries had a recovery. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greece-public-contracts-which-businesses/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greece-public-contracts-which-businesses/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Public money KIMDIS public contracts construction IT One in 28 Greek businesses won a public contract in two years. 1.1% of contracts share 73% of the money. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/zombie-companies-greece/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/zombie-companies-greece/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Entrepreneurship GEMI financial statements IKE SA dormancy More than 4 in 10 Greek companies founded in 2023 do not operate. One in four companies with share capital filed no financial statements at all for 2024. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/how-many-companies-is-the-average-greek-in/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/how-many-companies-is-the-average-greek-in/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου People and connections GEMI people legal forms sole proprietorships Four in five people with a role in a Greek company are in one only. But 2,132 people hold ten or more, and there the pattern reverses. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-companies-with-a-website/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greek-companies-with-a-website/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Digital presence GEMI websites sole proprietorships digitalisation In GEMI, the Greek business registry, 80,357 companies declared a website address. I opened them all: half are dead. The final number is 5 in 100. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greece-apartment-prices-property-transfers/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/greece-apartment-prices-property-transfers/ Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Real estate real estate MAMA prices Attica property transfers From €653 per square metre in 2019 to €1,341 in 2025, based on actual property transfers in Greece. Attica holds 66.4% of the value with 46.9% of the transactions. https://bizlist.gr/en/research/economic-geography-of-greece/ https://bizlist.gr/en/research/economic-geography-of-greece/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Λευτέρης Χατζηπέτρου Economic geography GEMI revenue Attica regions financial statements Attica has 36.6% of Greek businesses and 73.4% of revenue. It produces three times as much as the rest of Greece combined.