There were 11,785 exporting enterprises in 2022 (i.e. with goods exports of over €1,000 in the year).
There were just 469 large exporting enterprises (with over 250 employees) but they accounted for 79% (almost €161 billion) of all exports in 2022. These large enterprises comprised only 4% of all enterprises.
There were 11,314 SMEs exporting goods in 2022. The total value of their exports was €38.3 billion, or 19% of total exports. This includes 6,917 micro enterprises, which exported €10.1 billion of goods.
Micro enterprises accounted for 59% of the number of exporters, but only 5% of the value of goods exported.
| X-axis label | Value of Exports |
|---|---|
| Micro | 10.1826122147591 |
| Small | 9.33414529821449 |
| Medium | 18.7912079672416 |
| Large | 160.942867928097 |
| X-axis label | Number of Enterprises |
|---|---|
| Micro | 6917 |
| Small | 3129 |
| Medium | 1268 |
| Large | 469 |
There were 49,607 importing enterprises in 2022 who had goods imports of over €1,000 in the year. 73% of these were classified as micro enterprises (less than 10 employees), and they accounted for €22.8 billion, or 16% of total imports.
Only 2% of all importing enterprises in 2022 were large, however they imported 45% of the total value of imports in the year. There were 48,825 SMEs importing in 2022 accounting for €72.1 billion of goods.
| X-axis label | Value of Imports |
|---|---|
| Micro | 22.827729568668 |
| Small | 20.2896209686043 |
| Medium | 29.0073998006257 |
| Large | 62.7575586792332 |
| X-axis label | Number of Enterprises |
|---|---|
| Micro | 36365 |
| Small | 9768 |
| Medium | 2692 |
| Large | 780 |
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