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Employment by small and medium-enterprises (SMEs) in European Union in 2017, by size
Number of persons employed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union in 2017, (in million people)
by Daniel Clark,
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Nov 30, 2018
This statistic shows the number of persons employed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in European Union member states (EU-28), in 2017. Micro-sized enterprises employed approximately 42 million people of the 94.76 million people employed by SMEs in the EU.
Number of persons employed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union in 2017, (in million people)
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by Daniel Clark,
last edited
Nov 30, 2018
This statistic shows the number of persons employed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in European Union member states (EU-28), in 2017. Micro-sized enterprises employed approximately 42 million people of the 94.76 million people employed by SMEs in the EU.
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"These are estimates for 2017 produced by DIW Econ, based on 2008-15 figures from the Structural Business Statistics Database (Eurostat). 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 harmonized 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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The source adds the following information:
"These are estimates for 2017 produced by DIW Econ, based on 2008-15 figures from the Structural Business Statistics Database (Eurostat). 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 harmonized 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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- Value added by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany in 2017, by size (in billion euros)Value added by small and medium-enterprises (SMEs) in Germany 2017, by size
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