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CSO statistical release, 20 September 2018, 11am

Structural Business Statistics

2016

Structural Business Statistics, 2014 - 2016
					Percentage change
		2014	2015	2016	2015 -2016	2014 -2016
Enterprises	No.	249,377	260,267	262,204	0.7	5.1
Persons Engaged	No.	1,299,636	1,368,200	1,444,425	5.6	11.1
Turnover	€m	460,555	600,713¹	644,975	7.4	40.0
Gross Value Added	€m	121,894	181,952¹	190,934	4.9	56.6
Structural Business Statistics include all Industrial, Services & Distribution and Construction enterprises in Ireland.
¹Revised.

Turnover in Industry, Services, Distribution & Construction sectors up 7.4% to €645.0 billion in 2016

Figure 1: Turnover Structural Business Economy, 2014 - 2016

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The number of enterprises in the Structural Business Economy increased by 0.7% to 262,204 in 2016.
The number of persons engaged rose by 5.6% in 2016, to 1,444,425 persons.
Between 2014 and 2016, the number of persons engaged in the Structural Business Economy has increased 11.1%, an overall increase of 144,789 persons.
Total turnover in the business economy increased 7.4% between 2015 and 2016, bringing the value to €645.0 billion in 2016, which was largely driven by increases in the Services and Distribution sectors.
Gross Value Added, which represents the value of goods and services produced in the economy, was €190.9 billion across all business sectors in 2016. This was a 4.9% annual increase and a 56.6% increase since 2014. See Headline Table.

This release provides details of the individual surveys in the Structural Business Economy i.e. Census of Industrial Production, Annual Services Inquiry and the Building & Construction Inquiry. It will also analyse these sectors by size class of enterprise and nationality of ownership.

Industry

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Table 1 Industry
					Percentage change
		2014	2015	2016	2015 - 2016
Enterprises	No.	16,497	17,176	17,555	2.2
of which; SME (<250)		16,340	17,010	17,380	2.2
Large (250+)		157	166	175	5.4
Persons Engaged	No.	210,545	221,797	235,352	6.1
of which; SME (<250)		114,642	118,376	121,921	3.0
Large (250+)		95,903	103,421	113,431	9.7
Turnover	€m	127,366	233,804	227,154	-2.8
of which; SME (<250)		39,772	40,892	41,570	1.7
Large (250+)		87,595	192,913	185,583	-3.8
Gross Value Added	€m	42,920	95,025	93,264	-1.9
of which; SME (<250)		12,561	13,629	15,017	10.2
Large (250+)		30,359	81,395	78,247	-3.9

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Persons engaged in Industrial sector up 6.1% in 2016

The number of persons engaged in Industrial Production in Ireland in 2016 increased by 6.1% to 235,352.
Industrial Gross Value Added fell 1.9% from €95.0 billion in 2015 to €93.3 billion in 2016.
Turnover in the Industrial sector decreased 2.8% to €227.2 billion in 2016. See Figure 2 and Table 1.

	Turnover	Gross Value Added
2014	127.366	42.92
2015	233.804	95.025
2016	227.154	93.264

The number of persons engaged in Large Industrial enterprises increased at a faster rate compared to SMEs.
In 2014, Large enterprises accounted for 45.5% of all persons engaged, whereas in 2016, this figure had increased to 48.2%.
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) employed 54.5% of total persons engaged in 2014. This figure fell in 2015 and again in 2016 to 51.8%.
The number of persons engaged in Industrial SMEs rose by 3.0% from 2015 to 2016 to 121,921 and by 6.3% since 2014. See Figure 3.

	Large (250+ persons)	SME (<250 persons)
2014	95903	114642
2015	103421	118376
2016	113431	121921

Industrial SMEs experienced an increase in GVA from €13.6 billion in 2015 to €15.0 billion in 2016, an annual increase of 10.2%.
In 2016, the split for Industrial GVA between Large enterprises and SMEs was 84:16 in favour of Large enterprises.
Gross Value Added in Large Industrial enterprises decreased from €81.4 billion in 2015 to €78.2 billion in 2016, an annual fall of 3.9%. See Figure 4.

	Large (250+ persons)	SME (<250 persons)
2014	30.359	12.561
2015	81.395	13.629
2016	78.247	15.017

Services and Distribution

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Table 2 Services and Distribution
					Percentage change
		2014	2015	2016	2015 - 2016
Enterprises	No.	185,531	192,545	193,081	0.3
of which; SME (<250)		185,245	192,234	192,739	0.3
Large (250+)		286	311	342	10.0
Persons Engaged	No.	989,231	1,037,683	1,088,732	4.9
of which; SME (<250)		734,865	768,550	798,256	3.9
Large (250+)		254,366	269,133	290,476	7.9
Turnover	€m	318,981	351,964	398,393	13.2
of which; SME (<250)		205,655	232,606	264,833	13.9
Large (250+)		113,326	119,358	133,559	11.9
Gross Value Added	€m	73,354	81,108	90,710	11.8
of which; SME (<250)		43,230	52,380	58,330	11.4
Large (250+)		30,124	28,728	32,380	12.7

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Turnover in Services and Distribution sectors increased by over 13% in 2016

The Services and Distribution sectors reported an annual increase in Turnover of 13.2% from €352.0 billion in 2015 to €398.4 billion in 2016.
Gross Value Added in Services and Distribution increased by 11.8% from €81.1 billion in 2015 to €90.7 billion in 2016.
In 2016 the year on year change in the number of persons engaged showed a 4.9% increase from 1,037,683 to 1,088,732.
The number of enterprises in these two sectors increased by just 0.3% in 2016. See Figure 5 and Table 2.

	Turnover	Gross Value Added
2014	318.981	73.354
2015	351.964	81.108
2016	398.393	90.71

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) accounted for 73.3% of total Services and Distribution persons engaged in 2016.
The proportion of GVA that SMEs accounted for in 2016 was 64.3%.
Persons engaged in Large enterprises increased by 7.9% from 269,133 in 2015 to 290,476 in 2016. See Figure 6 and Table 2.

	Large (250+ persons)	SME (<250 persons)
2014	254366	734865
2015	269133	768550
2016	290476	798256

Gross Value Added for Large enterprises rose by 12.7% to €32.4 billion in 2016 from €28.7 billion in the previous year.
GVA for Small and Medium Enterprises increased by 11.4% from €52.4 billion in 2015 to €58.3 billion in 2016.
GVA for all Services and Distribution enterprises in Ireland in 2016 was €90.7 billion, an annual increase of over €9.6 billion. See Figure 7 and Table 2.

	Large (250+ persons)	SME (<250 persons)
2014	30.124	43.23
2015	28.728	52.38
2016	32.38	58.33

Building and Construction

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Table 3 Building and Construction
					Percentage change
		2014	2015	2016	2015 - 2016
Enterprises	No.	47,349	50,546	51,568	2.0
of which; SME (<250)		47,333	50,533	51,554	2.0
Large (250+)		16	13	14	7.7
Persons Engaged	No.	99,860	108,720	120,341	10.7
of which; SME (<250)		92,289	102,690	113,558	10.6
Large (250+)		7,571	6,030	6,783	12.5
Turnover	€m	14,208	14,945¹	19,428	30.0
of which; SME (<250)		13,090	13,443	17,395	29.4
Large (250+)		1,118	1,502	2,033	35.4
Gross Value Added	€m	5,620	5,819¹	6,960	19.6
of which; SME (<250)		5,141	5,296	6,296	18.9
Large (250+)		479	523	664	27.0
¹Revised.

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Construction turnover shows an annual increase 30%

In 2016 there was an annual increase in Construction turnover of 30.0% from €14.9 billion in 2015 to €19.4 billion.
The year on year change in GVA showed an increase of 19.6% up from €5.8 billion in 2015 to €7.0 billion in 2016.
In 2016 the number of Construction enterprises increased by 2.0% from 50,546 in 2015 to 51,568.
The year on year change showed that the number of persons engaged in these enterprises in 2016 rose by 10.7% to 120,341. See Figure 8 and Table 3.

	Turnover	Gross Value Added
2014	14.208	5.62
2015	14.945	5.819
2016	19.428	6.96

Persons engaged in SMEs rose by 10.6% to 113,558 in 2016 from 102,690 in the previous year.
Persons engaged in Large enterprises increased by 12.5% from 6,030 in 2015 to 6,783 in 2016. See Figure 9 and Table 3.

	Large (250+ persons)	SME (<250 persons)
2014	7571	92289
2015	6030	102690
2016	6783	113558

Gross Value Added for SME enterprises rose by 18.9% to €6.3 billion in 2016 from €5.3 billion in the previous year.
Large enterprises reported an increase in GVA, which rose by 27.0% from €523 million in 2015 to €664 million in 2016. See Figure 10 and Table 3.

	Large (250+ persons)	SME (<250 persons)
2014	0.479	5.141
2015	0.523	5.296
2016	0.664	6.296

Irish enterprises employed more in SMEs in 2016

Almost two thirds, 66.4% of employment in Irish owned industrial enterprises was in SMEs.
The reverse is true of foreign owned industrial enterprises, where 74.4% of all persons engaged were employed in Large enterprises.
Employment in Irish owned Services and Distribution enterprises was also concentrated in SMEs with small and medium sized enterprises responsible for 83.0% of all persons engaged.
Over two thirds, 68.5% of employment in foreign owned Services and Distribution enterprises was in Large enterprises. See Figure 11.

	Large (250+ persons)	SME (<250 persons)
Industry - Irish	33.6	66.4
Industry - Foreign	74.4	25.6
Building and Construction - Irish	3.9	96.1
Building and Construction - Foreign*	0	0
Services and Distribution - Irish	17	83
Services and Distribution - Foreign	68.5	31.5

Large Industrial enterprises generated 90.0% of GVA in foreign owned enterprises

Irish owned Industrial enterprises were more evenly split with 50.8% of GVA coming from SMEs and 49.2% generated by Large Industrial enterprises.
In the Construction sector, Irish owned SMEs accounted for 94.4% of GVA with the remaining 5.6% from Large Irish owned enterprises.
Most GVA, 83.6% in Irish owned Services and Distribution enterprises came from SMEs, while foreign owned enterprises in these sectors generated 70.0% of their GVA from Large enterprises. See Figure 12.

	Large (250+ persons)	SME (<250 persons)
Industry - Irish	49.2	50.8
Industry - Foreign	90	10
Building and Construction - Irish	5.6	94.4
Building and Construction - Foreign*	0	0
Services and Distribution - Irish	16.4	83.6
Services and Distribution - Foreign	70	30

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Background Notes

The background notes and detailed methodology for the three individual surveys used to compile the The Structural Business Statistics release can be found as follows:

Census of Industrial Production

Annual Services Inquiry

Building & Construction Inquiry

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