Small and medium-sized enterprises

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Revision in reporting year 2021

In reporting year 2021, the cross-sectoral business statistics were revised for the first time.

55% of the persons employed worked in SMEs

The vast majority of the enterprises in the economic sectors examined employed less than 250 persons and had an annual turnover of not more than 50 million Euro in 2022. Thus they belonged to the SMEs. This was true for 99.3% of the total of 3.1 million enterprises.

SMEs generated 77% of turnover in the economic sector of construction, accomodation and food services

Large enterprises have by far the largest turnover. In the reference year 2022, the turnover of SMEs amounted to 26% of the total turnover in the economic sectors studied. With 42% for gross value added, 44% for gross investment in tangible goods and 38% for personnel costs, the relevant proportions of SMEs were smaller than those of large enterprises, too.