Carol Nolan
Question:85. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the estimated number of companies that have fewer than 20 employees. [9749/22]
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The Central Statistics Office’s Structural Business Statistics (SBS) publishes annual statistics on enterprise characteristics including employee numbers. The latest SBS results show that there were 285,466 enterprises in the business economy in 2019. Of these, 273,829 enterprises had less than 20 employees.
It should be noted that a large portion of the business economy is made up of sole traders and proprietors with zero employment. In 2019, 150,966 enterprises had zero employees.
The following table shows the breakdown of these figures by sector in 2019.
Total enterprises and percentages of enterprises with less than 20 employees, 2019
|
Sector |
Enterprises with < 20 employees |
All Enterprises |
% with < 20 employees |
|
MINING AND QUARRYING |
413 |
451 |
91.6% |
|
MANUFACTURING |
14,978 |
16,461 |
91.0% |
|
ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY |
652 |
663 |
98.3% |
|
WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE,WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES |
929 |
1,024 |
90.7% |
|
CONSTRUCTION |
58,283 |
59,175 |
98.5% |
|
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES |
43,674 |
46,786 |
93.3% |
|
TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE |
24,268 |
24,851 |
97.7% |
|
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES |
17,256 |
19,418 |
88.9% |
|
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION |
15,620 |
16,418 |
95.1% |
|
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES |
15,636 |
15,788 |
99.0% |
|
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES |
44,177 |
45,161 |
97.8% |
|
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES |
17,215 |
18,097 |
95.1% |
|
ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION |
4,695 |
5,007 |
93.8% |
|
OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES |
16,033 |
16,166 |
99.2% |
|
TOTAL |
273,829 |
285,466 |
95.9% |