Niall Collins
Ceist:87. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach the number of Irish small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, active in manufacturing, in tabular from; and the equivalent figure for the EU. [9435/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 28 February 2017
Ceisteanna (87)
Freagraí scríofa
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are defined as having less than 250 persons employed. In 2014, the latest year for which data is available, Ireland had 14,484 SMEs in manufacturing. The EU-28 total was 2,097,000 SMEs in manufacturing. Irish figures for 2015 will be available in June 2017.
The following table gives a breakdown of SMEs in manufacturing in each EU Member State, together with figures for micro-enterprises (less than 10 persons employed), small enterprises (10 to 49 persons employed), medium enterprises (50 to 249 persons employed), and large enterprises.
Number of Manufacturing Enterprises by Size Class and Member State, 2014
|
Size of enterprise (persons employed) |
||||||
|
Micro (<10) |
Small (10-49) |
Medium (50-249) |
SMEs (<249) |
Large (250 or more) |
All Manufacturing Enterprises |
|
|
EU - 28 |
1,750,000 |
276,000 |
71,000 |
2,097,000 |
16,000 |
2,113,000 |
|
Belgium |
29,944 |
4,323 |
1,169 |
35,436 |
311 |
35,747 |
|
Bulgaria |
22,785 |
5,553 |
1,747 |
30,085 |
289 |
30,374 |
|
Czech Republic |
157,909 |
8,293 |
3,045 |
169,247 |
794 |
170,041 |
|
Denmark |
10,686 |
3,174 |
955 |
14,815 |
192 |
15,007 |
|
Germany |
138,436 |
53,430 |
16,484 |
208,350 |
4,252 |
212,602 |
|
Estonia |
4,984 |
1,137 |
429 |
6,550 |
63 |
6,613 |
|
Ireland |
12,503 |
1,487 |
494 |
14,484 |
144 |
14,628 |
|
Greece |
55,447 |
2,068 |
581 |
58,096 |
115 |
58,211 |
|
Spain |
140,164 |
21,573 |
4,124 |
165,861 |
728 |
166,589 |
|
France |
205,876 |
22,315 |
5,545 |
233,736 |
1,357 |
235,093 |
|
Croatia |
16,784 |
2,526 |
633 |
19,943 |
144 |
20,087 |
|
Italy |
328,486 |
58,390 |
8,349 |
395,225 |
1,197 |
396,422 |
|
Cyprus |
4,570 |
.. |
.. |
5,070 |
.. |
.. |
|
Latvia |
7,859 |
1,411 |
476 |
9,746 |
59 |
9,805 |
|
Lithuania |
15,006 |
2,138 |
699 |
17,843 |
132 |
17,975 |
|
Luxembourg |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
Hungary |
40,097 |
5,491 |
1,623 |
47,211 |
403 |
47,614 |
|
Malta |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
|
Netherlands |
53,105 |
6,039 |
1,924 |
61,068 |
326 |
61,394 |
|
Austria |
18,576 |
5,024 |
1,456 |
25,056 |
468 |
25,524 |
|
Poland |
157,056 |
15,907 |
6,131 |
179,094 |
1,545 |
180,639 |
|
Portugal |
54,420 |
9,470 |
2,061 |
65,951 |
250 |
66,201 |
|
Romania |
34,577 |
9,612 |
3,118 |
47,307 |
784 |
48,091 |
|
Slovenia |
16,452 |
1,525 |
477 |
18,454 |
107 |
18,561 |
|
Slovakia |
60,348 |
3,388 |
964 |
64,700 |
275 |
64,975 |
|
Finland |
17,035 |
2,986 |
822 |
20,843 |
199 |
21,042 |
|
Sweden |
47,482 |
4,824 |
1,284 |
53,590 |
306 |
53,896 |
|
United Kingdom |
95,804 |
22,566 |
6,220 |
124,590 |
1,377 |
125,967 |
.. Indicates that the data has been suppressed for confidentiality reasons.