According to Statec, the CFL Group is the country’s largest employer, with 4,990 employees as at 1 January 2024, 200 more than the previous year. Photo: Shutterstock

According to Statec, the CFL Group is the country’s largest employer, with 4,990 employees as at 1 January 2024, 200 more than the previous year. Photo: Shutterstock

On 5 July, Statec published its new ranking of the country’s largest employers. The CFL remains in the lead, with 4,990 employees, excluding the group’s foreign subsidiaries. Dussmann Luxembourg takes second place from Amazon, which falls to fifth place. Post remains third, while Cactus holds on to fourth place.

Luxembourg’s national railway company, the CFL, has maintained its position as the country’s largest employer, with 4,990 employees at 1 January 2024. That’s increase of 200 on the previous year, according to Statec figures from a non-binding .

On 24 January, the CFL Group said it had exceeded its target of recruiting 500 staff in 2023, adding 515 employees and bringing the as at 31 December 2023. “The workforce mentioned in the new Statec ranking is limited to staff employed in Luxembourg, without taking into account subsidiaries of the CFL Group operating abroad,” explained a spokesperson for the CFL.

Post announced at a press conference in May that it had 4,515 employees in 2023, despite the removal of iHub and its sixty employees from the scope of consolidation. , compared with 4,460 in 2023. Amazon, meanwhile, has 4,250 permanent employees in Luxembourg. Cactus, which completes the top five, remains stable with 4,290 employees.

Statec survey

The CFL Group remains the largest employer in Luxembourg, with 4,990 employees at 1 January 2024, an increase of 200 on the previous year.

According to Statec, the Dussmann Luxembourg group, which operates mainly in cleaning and security services, is now in second place with 4,710 employees. This represents an increase of 290 employees compared with 2023, when it was in fourth place with 4,420 employees.

In third place, the Post Luxembourg group remains stable, with 4,350 employees working for the incumbent postal and telecommunications operator. This is 150 fewer than in 2023.

The Statec survey puts the Cactus retail group in fourth place with 4,290 employees, the same number as the previous year.

Amazon.com, which was the second largest employer in 2023 with 4,570 employees, falls to fifth place in 2024 with 4,270 employees, a reduction of 300 in one year.

The other major employers, such as BGL BNP Paribas, PWC and the ArcelorMittal group, also show stable or slightly increasing figures. Luxair, with 3,010 employees, and the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, with 2,820 employees, continue to position themselves as leaders in the air transport and healthcare sectors.

This article was first published in French on . It has been translated and edited for Delano.

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