Enterprises in the European Community

European Commission Directorate-General For Enterprise And Industry

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Enterprise

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-ENTERPRISE-AND-INDUSTRY
• Nombre de lectures: 23
• Langue: English
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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
Enterprises in the European Community
ENTERPRISE
c POLICY This document has been prepared for use within the Commission. It does not
necessarily represent the Commission's official position.
Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication.
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1990
ISBN 92-826-0409-8
Catalogue number: CM-59-90-782-EN-C
© ECSC-EEC-EAEC, Brussels · Luxembourg, 1990
Reproduction is authorized, except for commercial purposes, provided the source is
acknowledged.
Printed in Belgium Commission of the European Communities
ENTERPRISES IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Document This document has been prepared for use within the Commission. It does not
necessarily represent the Commission's official, position.
Copyright ECSC-EEC-EAEC, Brüssel - Luxembourg, 1990
Reproduction is authorized, except for commercial purposes, provided the
source is acknowledged. Acknowledgements
This report was prepared by Graham Bannock & Partners Ltd and within the European
Commission by Alexandra Cas-Granje and by Fofi Dionyssopoulou with the Technical
assistance of Malcolm Colling.
In addition to national statistical offices the following firms and institutions assisted
Eurostat and DGXXIII in the collection of data for this report.
Belgium Office Regional d'Informatique (ORI), Louvain-Ia-Neuve
Germany Institut für Mittelstandsforschung, (IFM), Bonn.
Greece ICAP Hellas S.A., Thessaloniki
Ireland SUS Research, Dublin
Netherlands Economisch Instituut Voor Het (EIM) Midden-en Kleinbedrijf,
Zoetermeer
Italy CERVED, Padova
Spain IDOM, Madrid
United Kingdom Graham Bannock & Partners Limited (GB&P), London.
Joint Co-ordinators GB&P and ORI.
The statistical work was coordinated by Eurostat and particularly Daniel Defays and
Tom Leemans with the operational support of Nadine Gayral.
Enterprises in the European Community - ι Contents
Foreword ν
1 Introduction 1.1
1.1 The Community's SME Action Programme 1.
1.2e EC Commission's Enterprise Policy
1.3 The Importance of SMEs2
1.4 Previous Lack of Data on SMEs3
1.5 The Need for Targetted Data4
2 Methodology 2.
2.1 Enterprises
2.2 Industry Classification
2.3 Output
2.4 Employment
2.5 Size Distribution of Enterprises3
2.6 Sizen of Sectors
2.7e Dominated Sectors
2.8 The Structure of the EUR-12 and Country Reports 2.5
3 EUR-12 Summary 3.1
3.1 The Total Stock of Enterprises
3.2 Enterprise Distribution2
3.3 SME Significance by Economic Sector 3.3
3.4e and Employment Shares - A Comparison6
Annex 3.1 Number of Enterprises and Percentage of Employment by
Industry and Size Class, EUR-12 1986 3.10
4 Federal Republic of Germany 4.1
4.1 Enterprise Distribution - Total Stock
4.2 Size Classification of Industries - SME Significance 4.
4.3 Changes Through Time in Enterprise Distribution3
4.4 Employment Shares by Size Class and Sector4
4.5 Enterprise and Employment Shares - A Comparison6
4.6 Comparisons with EUR-129
5 France 5.
5.1 Enterprise Distribution - Total Stock 5.2
5.2 Size Classification of Industries - SME Significance3
5.3 Changes Through Time in Enterprise Distribution4
5.4 Employment Shares by Size Class and Sector5
5.5 Enterprise and Employment Shares - A Comparison 5.7
5.6 Comparisons with EUR-12
6 United Kingdom 6.1
6.1 Enterprise Distribution - Total Stock
6.2 Size Classification of Industries - SME Significance 6.2
6.3 Changes Through Time in Enterprise Distribution3
6.4 Employment Shares by Size Class and Sector4
6.5 Enterprise and Employment Shares - A Comparison6
6.6 Comparisons with EUR-128
7 Italy 7.
7.1 Enterprise Distribution - Total Stock 7.
ii - Enterprises in the European Community 7.2 Size Classification of Industries - SME Significance 7.2
7.3 Changes Through Time in Enterprise Distribution3
7.4 Employment Shares by Size Class and Sector4
7.5 Enterprise and Employment Shares - A Comparison6
7.6 Comparisons with EUR-12 7.9
8 Spain 8.1
8.1 Enterprise Distribution - Total Stock 8.2
8.2 Size Classification of Industries - SME Significance3
8.3 Changes Through Time in Enterprise Distribution
8.4 Employment Shares by Size Class and Sector4
8.5 Enterprise and Employment Shares - A Comparison 8.6
8.6 Comparisons with EUR-128
9 The Netherlands 9.
9.1 Enterprise Distribution - Total Stock2
9.2 Size Classification of Industries - SME Significance 9.
9.3 Changes Through Time in Enterprise Distribution3
9.4 Employment Shares by Size Class and Sector4
9.5 Enterprise and Employment Shares - A Comparison6
9.6 Comparisons with EUR-12
10 Belgium 10.1
10.1 Enterprise Distribution - Total Stock 10.2
10.2 Size Classification of Industries - SME Significance
10.3 Changes Through Time in Enterprise Distribution3
10.4 Employment Shares by Size Class and Sector4
10.5 Enterprise and Employment Shares - A Comparison 10.6
10.6 Comparisons with EUR-128
11 Greece 11.
11.1 Establishment Distribution - Total Stock 11.2
11.2 Size Classification of Industries - SME Significance
11.3 Changes Through Time in the Establishment Distribution 11.4
11.4 Employment Shares by Size Class and Sector5
11.5 Establishment and Employment Shares - A Comparison7
11.6 Comparisons with EUR-12
12 Denmark 12.1
12.1 Establishment Distribution - Total Stock 12.
12.2 Size Classification of Industries - SME Significance3
12.3 Changes Through Time in Establishment Distribution 12.4
12.4 Employment Shares by Size Class and Sectors
12.5 Establishment and Employment Shares - A Comparison6
12.6 Comparisons with EUR-128
13 Portugal 13.
13.1 Establishment Distribution - Total Stock 13.2
13.2 Size Classification of Industries - SME Significance3
13.3 Employment Shares by Size Class and Sector
13.4t and Employment Shares - A Comparison 13.5
13.5 Comparisons with EUR-127
14 Ireland 14.1
14.1 Establishment Distribution - Total Stock 14.2
14.2 Size Classification of Industries - SME Significance
14.3 Changes Through Time in Establishment Distribution 14.3
Enterprises in the European Community - iii -14.4 Employment Shares by Size class and Sector 14.4
14.5 Establishment and Employment Shares - A Comparison6
14.6 Comparisons with EUR-12 14.
15 Luxembourg 15.1
15.1 Enterprise Distribution - Total Stock 15.2
15.2 Size Classification of Industries - SME Significance3
15.3 Changes Through Time in Enterprise Distribution4
15.4 Employment Shares by Size Class and Sector5
15.5 Enterprise and Employment Shares - A Comparison 15.7
15.6 Comparisons with EUR-129
16 Special Issues 16.
16.1 Average Size of Firms by Country and Sector 16.
16.2 Productivity Issues3
16.3 SME Significance5
16.4 Changes Through Time8
17 Conclusions 17.1
Annex I - General Comments on Data Annex 1.
A -l Remarksx 1.
Β - Comments on Data by Countryx I.2
Annex II - NACE Classificationx 11.
iv - Enterprises in the European Community