Sweden: change to SME employment 2016-2018

This statistic shows the change trends in the number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) employees in Sweden in the previous six months from December 2016 to January 2018. From the responding SMEs, in January 2018, 16 percent had increased their employee numbers while seven percent had decreased them.

Monthly change trends in the number of SMEs in Sweden employees in the previous six months from December 2016 to January 2018*

Characteristic	Increase	No change	Decrease
Jan '18	16%	77%	7%
Dec '17	19%	75%	5%
Nov '17	17%	76%	7%
Oct '17	18%	75%	7%
Sep '17	17%	78%	5%
Aug '17	20%	75%	5%
Jul '17	15%	79%	7%
Jun '17	19%	75%	6%
May '17	17%	78%	5%
Apr '17	17%	80%	3%
Mar '17	13%	81%	6%
Feb '17	13%	81%	6%
Jan '17	16%	80%	4%
Dec '16	18%	77%	5%

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

Sweden

Survey time period

December 2016 to January 2018

Number of respondents

Various**

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Source question: How did the number of employees in your business change in the last 6 months?
** Survey sample group size varies:
Dec '16 = 364
Jan '17 = 271
Feb '17 = 204
Mar '17 = 262
Apr '17 = 218
May '17 = 224
Jun '17 = 216
Jul '17 = 215
Aug '17 = 235
Sep '17 = 232
Oct '17 = 197
Nov '17 = 393
Dec '17 = 183
Jan '18 = 261.

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