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Facts and Figures - Sports / Leisure

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Here are a few facts and figures about the Austrian industry: Sports/Leisure
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  • 1,705

    tourist guides

    In 2025, 1,705 people accredited tourists guides led tourists around Austria’s towns and cities.

  • 13.6%

    share of GDP

    Direct and indirect added value of the tourism and leisure industry accounted for 13.6% of Austrian GDP in 2024.

  • 46,282

    food service businesses

    The Tourism and Leisure Industry division of the WKÖ had 46,282 food service enterprises in 2025.

  • 80%

    export quota

    The export quota of the Austrian skiing industry was more than 80%.

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Source: WKO, Tourism and Leisure Industry federal division
Companies of the Austrian tourism and leisure industry in 2025
Food service enterprises 46,282
Leisure and sports enterprises 23,284
Hotel establishments 19,432
Cinema, cultural and amusement facilities 2,496
Travel agencies 2,301
Health sector businesses 2,269
Source: Sport Austria - Österreichische Bundes-Sportorganisation
Sport defined in economic terms Persons employedGross value added in EUR million
Broad definition: All activities which require sport as an input (i.e. all goods and services related to a sport activity but without eing necessary for doing sport) plus the Narrow Definitionapprox. 357,000approx. 24,100
Source: Trend Top 500
The largest companies of the Austrian sports/leisure sector by net revenue in million euro (2024)  
Austria Puma Dassler GmbH 1,742.08
Intersport Österreich eGen. 773.00
Head Sport GmbH  442.77
KTM Fahrrad GmbH  424.95
Hervis Sport- und Mode GmbH 405.66
Intersport Austria GmbH 319.00
ANWR Sports Group (vormals Zentrasport), Sport 2000
310.00


Last update : 2026-03-23