Top Companies as the Main Employers in North Macedonia: Employment Concentration and Industry Structure in 2025

The analysis is based on a combined base of approximately 302 companies, which includes the largest companies by revenue and the most successful companies by pre-tax profit. Due to overlapping rankings, the result represents a broader corporate universe, rather than a strictly segregated list of 200 companies.

The total total employment in this base is 98,601 employees in 2025.

Total employment and structural role

The combined group of companies represents a significant part of the formal economy and labor market in North Macedonia.

The total number of employees is: 98,601 employees .

This number confirms the role of the largest corporate systems as key carriers of stable and formalized employment in the country.

Employment concentration

The analysis shows a pronounced concentration of the workforce in a small number of large companies.

The top 10 largest employers employ a total of: ≈ 25,260 people .

This represents approximately: 25.6% of total employment in the combined base .

This data indicates that a quarter of all jobs are concentrated in just ten companies, which highlights the high dependence on a few large corporate systems.

Largest employers in 2025

The largest employers (average number of employees) in the analyzed database are:

§   DMM DRÄXLMAIER Manufacturing Macedonia LLC, Kavadarci – 5,277

§   AD ESM, Skopje – 4,362

§   Amphenol Technology Macedonia LLC, Kocani – 3,163

§   Taskforce BPO, Bitola – 2,875

§   Genterm North Macedonia LLC, Prilep – 2,226

§   Alkaloid AD, Skopje – 2,210

§   Makpetrol AD, Skopje – 2,051

§   Kromberg & Schubert Macedonia SK DOOEL, Skopje – 1,867

§   Elektrodistribucija DOOEL, Skopje – 1,686

§   Bechtel Enka UK 2 Limited – subsidiary S. Macedonia – 1,643

These companies represent the core of industrial, energy and service employment in the country.

Industrial structure of employment

One of the most significant characteristics of the labor market is the dominance of: production of electrical and electronic equipment for the automotive industry .

This sector is directly linked to the European automotive supply chain and represents one of the largest employers in the industrial segment.

Additional important sectors are:

§   energy (AD ESM)

§   pharmaceutical industry (Alkaloid)

§   oil trade (Makpetrol)

§   BPO and Service Centers (Taskforce)

Structural imbalance in the labor market

The analysis shows a strong imbalance in the distribution of employment.

In addition to a few large employers with thousands of employees, there are a significant number of companies with minimal or almost no operational employment.

The database records companies with: 1 employee and 0 employees .

This phenomenon indicates the presence of:

§   holding structures,

§   investment entities,

§   inactive or

§   minimally active companies at the time of reporting.

Employment in the combined base of the largest and most successful companies in North Macedonia in 2025 shows a clear structural picture: high concentration of labor in a small number of large industrial systems, dominance of the automotive and energy industries, and a significant number of companies with minimal or no employment.

These data emphasize the key role of the largest companies not only as economic drivers, but also as fundamental stabilizers of the country's labor market.