About APPLiA
APPLiA is a Brussels-based trade association that provides a single, consensual voice for the home appliance industry in Europe, promoting industry’s mission to advance Europeans' lifestyles.
Our members
Our members manufacture a wide variety of home appliances.
- Large appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, ovens, dishwashers, washing machines and dryers;
- Small appliances such as vacuum cleaners, irons, toasters and toothbrushes;
- Heating, ventilation and air conditioning appliances such as air conditioners, heat pumps and local space heaters.
Our industry
The home appliance industry is certainly an important European economic player that impacts our daily lives.
- Generating wealth: the turnover of the industry in Europe is EUR50 bn
- Providing wages and salaries: EUR 31.628 (2016 data, per employee)
- Total employment in 2017: 884.224 (result of direct and indirect)
- Direct employment in 2017: 200.960 (figure does not include Turkey)
