Trade by enterprise characteristics (CSO):
For information on the characteristics of enterprises engaged in trade in goods, see the CSO trade publication.
Trade by Enterprise Characteristics
Ireland was one of 15 countries which participated in a Eurostat pilot study that looked at the characteristics of services enterprises for the period 2011 - 2020. The results of the study and further information are presented in this Eurostat publication. The most recent data are available for six countries (Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Austria, Norway and Poland) and refer to year 2019. Data for reference year 2020 will not be available until November 2023.
The figures below present country comparison data from the Eurostat study. Figures 6.1 and 6.2 present country comparison data for services exports and imports by enterprise size. Figures 6.3 and 6.4 present country comparison data for services exports and imports by ownership.
The full Eurostat publication is available here.
| Small (0-49) | Medium (50-249) | Large (250+ employees) | Unknown | |
| Luxembourg | 0.506611833916359 | 0.227863196546374 | 0.116617257215101 | 0.148907712322166 |
| Estonia | 0.398949571229973 | 0.21392263783744 | 0.182493893714279 | 0.204633897218308 |
| Iceland | 0.282307686223244 | 0.243869559058391 | 0.379851842583824 | 0.0939707323667579 |
| Norway | 0.260461834353534 | 0.263479186311291 | 0.451423511680071 | 0.0246354676551035 |
| Lithuania | 0.258686635495145 | 0.206668388000898 | 0.41092851285422 | 0.123716463649737 |
| Sweden | 0.257597919512161 | 0.151709935433136 | 0.406831325966089 | 0.183860819088614 |
| Belgium | 0.233422788265015 | 0.210853915731657 | 0.338640748369847 | 0.217082547633481 |
| Hungary | 0.197622382259955 | 0.336271350760398 | 0.15851766012915 | 0.307588606850497 |
| Ireland | 0.19445861124868 | 0.0672884794335231 | 0.6074829539125 | 0.130769955405296 |
| Netherlands | 0.178903263520273 | 0.16403297449564 | 0.354565569405353 | 0.302498192578733 |
| Poland | 0.147596953209342 | 0.172634667833652 | 0.423240244457966 | 0.25652813449904 |
| Austria | 0.122160464006414 | 0.159352627827271 | 0.287944440203336 | 0.430542467962978 |
| Finland | 0.0864781035374049 | 0.211210398050366 | 0.619267410087881 | 0.0830440883243483 |
| Czechia | 0.080283205747729 | 0.147482964486877 | 0.341453628181483 | 0.430780201583911 |
| Denmark | 0.0744624862689256 | 0.10269222821849 | 0.573251792226009 | 0.249593493286575 |
| Small (0-49) | Medium (50-249) | Large (250+ employees) | Unknown | |
| Luxembourg | 0.349694568119722 | 0.308838512094279 | 0.238001197156542 | 0.103465722629458 |
| Estonia | 0.321696119098777 | 0.167234274222454 | 0.153911803511817 | 0.357157803166952 |
| Norway | 0.247468703719838 | 0.161258443444597 | 0.339967511466725 | 0.251305341368841 |
| Lithuania | 0.24695808300333 | 0.121853404562404 | 0.225887404782015 | 0.405301107652251 |
| Hungary | 0.228172228269439 | 0.420909454423455 | 0.143948602034775 | 0.206969715272331 |
| Sweden | 0.219141925390818 | 0.135016085184376 | 0.400337808043742 | 0.245504181381064 |
| Belgium | 0.196989109712548 | 0.168598127689956 | 0.358958187977878 | 0.275454574619617 |
| Netherlands | 0.167544433416076 | 0.147277180190597 | 0.369213048636834 | 0.315965337756493 |
| Iceland | 0.13258419412892 | 0.146796275500139 | 0.224534575274108 | 0.496084955096832 |
| Austria | 0.129615628678346 | 0.178845175442537 | 0.319823647915646 | 0.371715531010126 |
| Poland | 0.119757950907689 | 0.12722528919059 | 0.389907629157828 | 0.363109156500263 |
| Ireland | 0.0981407825746037 | 0.0450776963312857 | 0.689964600433974 | 0.166816923638845 |
| Denmark | 0.0908458218411813 | 0.0984865780544358 | 0.534112829578135 | 0.276554770526248 |
| Finland | 0.0755981502580256 | 0.308838512094279 | 0.238001197156542 | 0.103465722629458 |
| Czechia | 0.0687821081192746 | 0.105356139750699 | 0.426733733638664 | 0.399128018491363 |
| Domestic | Foreign | Unknown | |
| Lithuania | 63.9398131009414 | 23.6885405340849 | 12.3716463649737 |
| Finland | 60.6085222657115 | 31.0870689018536 | 8.30440883243483 |
| Denmark | 58.7138619735717 | 17.3394031057826 | 23.9467349206457 |
| Iceland | 57.3736250461104 | 3.63519220411841 | 38.9911827497712 |
| Norway | 54.0122328438287 | 43.6220037892919 | 2.36576336687931 |
| Sweden | 45.3369583212615 | 35.252762716775 | 19.4102789619635 |
| Estonia | 45.1235782987522 | 34.413031979417 | 20.4633897218308 |
| Austria | 30.5436944369249 | 28.7682285056197 | 40.6880770574554 |
| Poland | 29.7429050476055 | 44.3329327824474 | 25.9241637707206 |
| Netherlands | 23.9228062925086 | 45.8273744496181 | 30.2498192578733 |
| Ireland | 20.4930573322446 | 79.5069426677554 | 0 |
| Czechia | 19.3784471730399 | 37.8245849692316 | 42.7969678577285 |
| Belgium | 15.6804909278899 | 41.6725409713323 | 42.6469681007778 |
| Hungary | 15.4921779538848 | 51.1356901773946 | 33.3721210678477 |
| Luxembourg | 7.33142510225581 | 77.6539532102429 | 15.0146216875013 |
| Domestic | Foreign | Unknown | |
| Denmark | 56.6166692435122 | 17.0690691876692 | 26.3142634074525 |
| Finland | 46.1731787413712 | 25.3032638563099 | 28.5235574023189 |
| Sweden | 37.8145276630662 | 35.2876889865375 | 26.8977852675815 |
| Norway | 36.2377917317091 | 38.6316741314069 | 25.1305341368841 |
| Estonia | 35.345405313141 | 28.9388074504173 | 35.7157872364417 |
| Lithuania | 33.5588827833161 | 25.9110064514588 | 40.5301107652251 |
| Austria | 30.9488634562343 | 35.1618679941362 | 33.8892685496295 |
| Iceland | 24.6288008446138 | 3.07486689949383 | 72.296304704556 |
| Poland | 21.8070530058624 | 41.7780554543402 | 36.4148915397974 |
| Netherlands | 19.385632374959 | 49.0178338493916 | 31.5965337756493 |
| Czechia | 14.6749490386583 | 45.7424137320113 | 39.5826372293304 |
| Belgium | 14.2327847110645 | 39.7010099063009 | 46.0662076547011 |
| Ireland | 13.060831995727 | 86.939168004273 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | 11.6126427862209 | 78.2043928645905 | 10.1829643491886 |
| Hungary | 10.8884221583554 | 62.8930635995299 | 26.2185215898876 |
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