In 2022, the EU had 32.3 million enterprises, using 160 million individuals. Of that whole, 99% had been micro and small enterprises using as much as 49 individuals.
Micro and small enterprises employed 77.5 million individuals, i.e. virtually half (48%) of the overall variety of all individuals employed in enterprises. They generated €11.9 trillion in turnover, representing 31% of the overall (€38.3trn).
The 240 000 medium-sized enterprises (50-249 individuals employed) represented 0.8% of all enterprises accounting for15% of the employment and 18% of the turnover.
Regardless that giant enterprises (greater than 249 individuals employed) represented solely 0.2% of the overall variety of enterprises, they employed greater than a 3rd of the enterprise labour pressure (37%) and generated greater than half (51%) of the turnover.
Supply dataset: sbs_sc_ovw
Business: largest turnover with 8% of corporations
The commercial sector had the largest turnover in 2022, producing greater than a 3rd of the turnover (€13.6trn, 35%) and employed round one-fifth of the enterprise labour pressure (33.4 million individuals, 21%). Nonetheless, within the variety of enterprises, it was the smallest sector with solely 8% (2.4 million) of the overall variety of enterprises.
With 5.8 million enterprises, the commerce sector represented 18% of the overall quantity. The 29.8 million individuals employed there generated 29% (€11.2trn) of the overall turnover.
The development sector represented 12% of the overall variety of enterprises, however solely 6% (€2.1trn) of the overall turnover. This sector employed 13.8 million individuals.
Supply dataset: sbs_sc_ovw
Highest worker advantages expense within the monetary sector
Wanting on the common worker advantages expense, the very best quantity was discovered within the monetary and insurance coverage sector (€77,500), forward of electrical energy and gasoline provide (€68,100) and data and communication (€67,530). The typical for the overall enterprise economic system was €41,340. The sectors with the bottom common worker advantages expense had been lodging and meals companies (€20,630), schooling (€28,730) and administrative and assist companies (€29,940). Totally different wage ranges in several industries impression on these values, in addition to the share of individuals working part-time versus full-time.
The typical worker advantages expense within the manufacturing sector (€48,090) was barely above the common for the entire enterprise economic system. For this sector, data by employment measurement lessons is accessible. They present that common worker advantages expense is considerably larger in larger enterprises than in smaller ones: In enterprises with 0 to 9 staff and self-employed individuals it was €28,510, contrasting €40,820 (in enterprises with 50 to 249 individuals), and even €59,460 (250 or extra individuals).
For extra data
- Statistics Defined article on structural enterprise statistics
- Database on structural enterprise statistics
- Thematic part on structural enterprise statistics
- Visualisations on structural enterprise statistics
Methodological notes
- Financial actions as described by the NACE Rev. 2 classification.
- The time period ‘enterprise economic system’ is outlined as business, development and market companies (besides public administration and defence; obligatory social safety; actions of membership organisations).
- Micro, small, medium-sized and huge enterprises in structural enterprise statistics (SBS) are outlined on the premise of the variety of individuals employed solely and don’t have in mind different elements akin to turnover and stability sheet whole and will belong to a bigger enterprise group.
- Variety of individuals employed is the variety of staff and self-employed individuals.
- Worker advantages expense is made up of wages, salaries and employers’ social safety prices. They embody taxes and staff’ social safety contributions retained by the employer, in addition to the employer’s obligatory and voluntary social contributions. Common worker advantages expense equals worker advantages expense divided by the variety of staff (individuals who’re paid and have an employment contract). Generally the time period ‘personnel prices’ is used as an alternative of ‘worker advantages expense’ and the time period ‘unit labour prices’ for ‘common worker advantages expense’.
- In SBS, the time period ‘Business’ covers the next Sections of the NACE: Part B ‘Mining and quarrying’; Part C ‘Manufacturing’; Part D ‘Electrical energy, gasoline, steam and air-conditioning provide’; and Part E ‘Water provide; sewerage, waste administration and remediation actions’.