GMV is Europe’s 7th biggest employer in the space sector

From the employment point of view, therefore, GMV is disputing with RUAG the sixth ranking in Europe’s space sector, behind the big firms like Airbus, Thales, Ariane, Leonardo and OHB. Eurospace’ s yearly survey is backed by all major space firms and gives a faithful snapshot of the sector.

Jobs generated by Europe’s main space firms

Although the big three (Airbus, Thales y Leonardo) are directly responsible for nearly half of the total jobs, companies like GMV are generating more and more jobs while adding to Europe’s space skillset. In 2019 Europe’s space sector chalked up total sales worth 8.756 billion euros (a 2.6% increase).

Space activity 2015-2019

Looking at worldwide space activity from 2015 to 2019, we find that the USA ranks first with China and Russia now disputing second place and Europe standing at fourth.

European institutional programs and markets

Europe’s space sales are recorded mainly by public clients, who weigh in with 71% of the total, private clients accounting for the remaining 29%.

Europe’s public institutions, including ESA, the national space agencies, EUMETSAT, the army and the EC, are historically Europe’s main space clients. They currently account for 63% of sales, on the strength of the steady demand from ESA, the EU and national civil programs.

Europe’s institutional programs generated a revenue of 5,5 B €. ESA still accounts for the lion’s share, 2,8 B € or 51%. Revenue from national programs (civil and military) have also continued growing, up to a value of 1,7 B € or 30% of the total. EU programs (mainly Copernicus and GNSS) accounted for 0,8 B € or 15% of total revenue. Revenue from commercial segments and exports has almost bounced back to 2017 levels after the crunch of 2018, reaching 37% of the industry’s total.