Micro business employment in Europe 2022, by country

There were around 6.23 million people employed in micro-sized businesses (that employ between zero and nine people) in the non-financial business economy in Italy in 2022, the most of any other country in the European Union. On the other hand, Luxembourg had the fewest number of people employed in micro-sized businesses in the European Union, at 54,484 people.

Number of people employed by micro-sized businesses (0-9 employees) in the non-financial business economy of the European Union (EU27) in 2022, by country

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June 2022

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2021

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The data cover the 'non-financial business economy', which includes industry, construction, trade, and services (NACE Rev. 2 sections B to J, L, M and N), but not enterprises in agriculture, forestry and fisheries and the largely non-market service sectors such as education and health. The following size-class definitions are applied: micro firms (0-9 persons employed), small firms (10-49 persons employed), medium-sized firms (50-249 persons employed), and large firms (250+ persons employed). The advantage of using Eurostat data is that the statistics are harmonised and comparable across countries. The disadvantage is that for some countries the data may be different from those published by national authorities.

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