Written answers
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Department of An Taoiseach
Small and Medium Enterprises Employment Data
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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105. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage and number of SMEs based on latest figures that are active in manufacturing, by category (details supplied), in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the EU from the latest available data. [25366/17]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are defined as having fewer 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 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 Manu- facturing Enterprises | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU - 28 | 1,750,000 | 82.8 | 276,000 | 13.1 | 71,000 | 3.4 | 2,097,000 | 99.2 | 16,000 | 0.8 | 2,113,000 |
| Belgium | 29,944 | 83.8 | 4,323 | 12.1 | 1,169 | 3.3 | 35,436 | 99.1 | 311 | 0.9 | 35,747 |
| Bulgaria | 22,785 | 75.0 | 5,553 | 18.3 | 1,747 | 5.8 | 30,085 | 99.0 | 289 | 1.0 | 30,374 |
| Czech Republic | 157,909 | 92.9 | 8,293 | 4.9 | 3,045 | 1.8 | 169,247 | 99.5 | 794 | 0.5 | 170,041 |
| Denmark | 10,686 | 71.2 | 3,174 | 21.2 | 955 | 6.4 | 14,815 | 98.7 | 192 | 1.3 | 15,007 |
| Germany | 138,436 | 65.1 | 53,430 | 25.1 | 16,484 | 7.8 | 208,350 | 98.0 | 4,252 | 2.0 | 212,602 |
| Estonia | 4,984 | 75.4 | 1,137 | 17.2 | 429 | 6.5 | 6,550 | 99.0 | 63 | 1.0 | 6,613 |
| Ireland | 12,503 | 85.5 | 1,487 | 10.2 | 494 | 3.4 | 14,484 | 99.0 | 144 | 1.0 | 14,628 |
| Greece | 55,447 | 95.3 | 2,068 | 3.6 | 581 | 1.0 | 58,096 | 99.8 | 115 | 0.2 | 58,211 |
| Spain | 140,164 | 84.1 | 21,573 | 12.9 | 4,124 | 2.5 | 165,861 | 99.6 | 728 | 0.4 | 166,589 |
| France | 205,876 | 87.6 | 22,315 | 9.5 | 5,545 | 2.4 | 233,736 | 99.4 | 1,357 | 0.6 | 235,093 |
| Croatia | 16,784 | 83.6 | 2,526 | 12.6 | 633 | 3.2 | 19,943 | 99.3 | 144 | 0.7 | 20,087 |
| Italy | 328,486 | 82.9 | 58,390 | 14.7 | 8,349 | 2.1 | 395,225 | 99.7 | 1,197 | 0.3 | 396,422 |
| Cyprus | 4,570 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5,070 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Latvia | 7,859 | 80.2 | 1,411 | 14.4 | 476 | 4.9 | 9,746 | 99.4 | 59 | 0.6 | 9,805 |
| Lithuania | 15,006 | 83.5 | 2,138 | 11.9 | 699 | 3.9 | 17,843 | 99.3 | 132 | 0.7 | 17,975 |
| Luxembourg | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Hungary | 40,097 | 84.2 | 5,491 | 11.5 | 1,623 | 3.4 | 47,211 | 99.2 | 403 | 0.8 | 47,614 |
| Malta | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Netherlands | 53,105 | 86.5 | 6,039 | 9.8 | 1,924 | 3.1 | 61,068 | 99.5 | 326 | 0.5 | 61,394 |
| Austria | 18,576 | 72.8 | 5,024 | 19.7 | 1,456 | 5.7 | 25,056 | 98.2 | 468 | 1.8 | 25,524 |
| Poland | 157,056 | 86.9 | 15,907 | 8.8 | 6,131 | 3.4 | 179,094 | 99.1 | 1,545 | 0.9 | 180,639 |
| Portugal | 54,420 | 82.2 | 9,470 | 14.3 | 2,061 | 3.1 | 65,951 | 99.6 | 250 | 0.4 | 66,201 |
| Romania | 34,577 | 71.9 | 9,612 | 20.0 | 3,118 | 6.5 | 47,307 | 98.4 | 784 | 1.6 | 48,091 |
| Slovenia | 16,452 | 88.6 | 1,525 | 8.2 | 477 | 2.6 | 18,454 | 99.4 | 107 | 0.6 | 18,561 |
| Slovakia | 60,348 | 92.9 | 3,388 | 5.2 | 964 | 1.5 | 64,700 | 99.6 | 275 | 0.4 | 64,975 |
| Finland | 17,035 | 81.0 | 2,986 | 14.2 | 822 | 3.9 | 20,843 | 99.1 | 199 | 0.9 | 21,042 |
| Sweden | 47,482 | 88.1 | 4,824 | 9.0 | 1,284 | 2.4 | 53,590 | 99.4 | 306 | 0.6 | 53,896 |
| United Kingdom | 95,804 | 76.1 | 22,566 | 17.9 | 6,220 | 4.9 | 124,590 | 98.9 | 1,377 | 1.1 | 125,967 |
Indicates that the data has been suppressed for confidentiality reasons.
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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106. To ask the Taoiseach the number of enterprises classified as SMEs in manufacturing as classified by EUROSTAT in the data set manufacturing, NACE section C. [25367/17]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are defined as having fewer than 250 persons employed. In 2014, the latest year for which data is available, Ireland had 14,484 SMEs in manufacturing. Irish figures for 2015 will be available in June 2017.
The table gives a breakdown of SMEs in manufacturing in Ireland from 2008-2014, 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, 2008-2014
Size of enterprise (persons employed) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Micro (<10) | Small (10-49) | Medium (50-249) | SMEs (<249) | Large (250 or more) | All Manufacturing Enterprises | |
| 2008 | 11,807 | 1,990 | 581 | 14,378 | 135 | 14,513 |
| 2009 | 12,287 | 1,680 | 535 | 14,502 | 127 | 14,629 |
| 2010 | 12,152 | 1,545 | 493 | 14,190 | 121 | 14,311 |
| 2011 | 12,220 | 1,504 | 487 | 14,211 | 125 | 14,336 |
| 2012 | 12,455 | 1,477 | 469 | 14,401 | 132 | 14,533 |
| 2013 | 12,599 | 1,446 | 462 | 14,507 | 142 | 14,649 |
| 2014 | 12,503 | 1,487 | 494 | 14,484 | 144 | 14,628 |
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