- December 24, 2025
- 4:45 pm
- World News
What is this report and for what period does it contain data
It concerns the industry mapping report “Israeli Tech Presence in Europe”, prepared by KPMG Israel, Planven VC, and EIT Hub Israel. In the document itself, it is designated as the 2025 edition and is based on the Dealigence database and validation by the authors.
The key time frame on which the overall employment indicator in Europe is based is stated directly: 30,000+ full-time employees across Europe for the period June 2022 – June 2024. A separate assessment of the dynamics over three years (CAGR 4.8%) is provided, and stabilization between 2024 and 2025 is noted.
What exactly does the report say about Ukraine and why is it important
The report lists Ukraine as the second-largest site in Europe by the number of employees at Israeli tech companies — when looking at the European contour of the study, where countries outside the EU (Non-EU-27) are separately highlighted.
In this block, the largest hub remains the United Kingdom: 6,724 employees and 704 companies.
Ukraine is in second place: 2,598 employees and 312 companies.
These figures form the basis of the statement “Ukraine is No. 2 in Europe.”
How many Israeli tech companies and employees does Europe “hold” in total
The report describes the presence of Israeli high-tech in Europe as a large system: 1,686 Israeli tech companies are active in European markets.
According to the research database, the total employment volume is 32,617 employees (including open positions and employment in companies after M&A deals). As a public benchmark, the authors fix: 30,000+ full-time employees in Europe for June 2022 – June 2024.
Dynamics: there was growth, but now stabilization is visible
The authors estimate the average annual growth rate of European presence over three years at a CAGR of 4.8%.
At the same time, an important turning point is emphasized: between 2024 and 2025, stabilization is noticeable. The simple meaning is that companies are expanding less “in terms of the number of offices” and more often move into a mode of efficiency, maturity, and optimization.
What the top looks like within the EU: Germany, France, Poland
When looking separately at the EU-27, the leaders by the number of employees will be different. In the EU table:
Germany — 2,131
France — 1,750
Poland — 1,734
Spain — 1,415
Netherlands — 1,056
This is an important detail for submission: “Ukraine is No. 2” refers to the European framework of the report with the Non-EU-27 block, while within the EU, there is its own arrangement.
Who these people are by function: R&D almost 40% of all employment
One of the most informative parts of the report is the employment structure by roles.
Almost 40% of employees in Europe work in R&D, and in absolute numbers, this is 12,111 people. The second-largest block is Sales: 6,904.
Next are:
Customer Success — 3,001
Product — 2,601
This picture shows that Europe for Israeli companies is not only sales and a “showcase” but real engineering and product work.
What vacancies say: hiring both developers and commerce
According to open positions, the layout is similar:
R&D — 39% of vacancies
Sales — 27% of vacancies
This is a typical “dual strategy”: continue building the product while simultaneously expanding commercial presence in European markets.
Average team size: where it’s “denser” than it seems by the number of companies
The report provides another useful indicator — the average number of employees per company.
For Ukraine, it is indicated as 8.3 employees per company. For the United Kingdom — 9.6.
Such values usually arise where a number of companies have significant operational centers, not just small representative offices.
Methodology that is better to honestly mention
The report’s figures are based on the Dealigence database and the assessment of employee numbers through aggregated data and professional profiles with validation and adjustments. This is not an accounting “census,” but an industry slice by scale, distribution, and dynamics.
Conclusion: why this statistic is important right now
The report shows that the European presence of Israeli high-tech remains large: 30,000+ full-time employees (June 2022 – June 2024), 1,686 active companies, and 32,617 employees in the database estimate, and Ukraine maintains the role of one of the key sites — 2,598 employees and 312 companies, second place in the Non-EU-27 block after the United Kingdom (6,724 and 704). This is an important marker of the connection between Israel and Ukraine in the knowledge economy: at a time when business is more cautious with expansion and looks at efficiency, it is the working teams and engineering centers that become what keeps technological partnership in practice — and this reality is recorded by NANews — News of Israel | Nikk.Agency.
