EmpCo Budget 2026: Realistic Figures by Size

Small businesses (1-9 employees): Empcora Audit Plan one-off €49, optional Basic Monitoring €19/month, lawyer 1 hour in borderline cases €200-€400. Annual budget €250-€700.

Medium-sized enterprises (10-249 employees): Empcora Monitoring Pro €59/month = €708/year, employee training 1x per year €1,500, revising texts internal effort 8 person-hours x €800 = €6,400, lawyer consultation 4 hours €1,000-€1,500. Annual budget €9,000-€10,000.

Large companies (250+ employees): Empcora Agency Plan €199/month = €2,388/year, Compliance Officer 10% position €8,000, employee training 4x per year €6,000, law firm flat-rate mandates €15,000, LCA for top products 5 products €25,000. Annual budget €56,000.

Corporations (1,000+ employees): Empcora Enterprise by agreement, Compliance Team full-time + specialists €250,000, external consulting €100,000, LCA programmes €200,000-€500,000. Annual budget €500k-€1m.

ROI comparison for medium-sized enterprises: Compliance budget €9,000/year, expected warnings without compliance 2x per year at €12,500 each = €25,000. ROI 2.8x plus reputation. Corporations: Compliance budget €800,000/year, expected fine case €250,000-€2m, reputational follow-up costs €5-€50m. ROI up to 60x.