The characteristics of enterprises engaged in trade in goods which analyses the activity and the size of enterprises engaged are provided in the CSO publication: Trade by Enterprise Characteristics
Ireland was one of 15 countries which participated in a Eurostat pilot study that looked at the characteristic of services enterprises between 2011 and 2014. The results of the study and further information are presented in this Eurostat publication and are mostly based on 2014 data. Below Figures 6.1 and 6.2 present country comparison data for services exports and imports by enterprise size, based on the 2014 data presented in the Eurostat study. The full Eurostat publication is available here: Services Trade By Enterprise Characteristics - STEC, Eurostat (2014)
Large (250+ employees) | Medium (50-249) | Small (0-49) | |
Ireland | 77.3650009143403 | 10.612284601776 | 12.0227144838837 |
Czech Republic | 59.9862527530907 | 25.9096720521003 | 14.1040751948089 |
Finland | 59.3869932673778 | 32.3513956667745 | 8.26161106584777 |
Netherlands | 51.4493667953305 | 23.6237983169756 | 24.9268348876939 |
Sweden | 49.8482783292774 | 18.5887328208801 | 31.5629888498425 |
Austria | 49.0867923749794 | 27.9059154917124 | 23.0072921333082 |
Poland | 49.0796361253111 | 23.4468490132973 | 27.4735148613916 |
Belgium | 43.253698164671 | 26.9318193559493 | 29.8144824793796 |
Iceland | 40.0477035524307 | 25.5573209659676 | 34.3949754816018 |
Lithuania | 33.891279188179 | 27.7988606036399 | 38.3098602081811 |
Denmark | 30.164584608669 | 12.4275282149585 | 57.4078871763725 |
Norway | 27.0805867025776 | 28.1673924589846 | 44.7520208384379 |
Hungary | 22.8935661223188 | 48.5652538487031 | 28.5411800289781 |
Estonia | 18.1289908804408 | 28.4009699191178 | 53.4700392004414 |
Luxembourg | 13.3915280839209 | 11.8818963201678 | 74.7265755959113 |
Large (250 + employees) | Medium (50-249) | Small (0-49) | |
Ireland | 84.8273358234667 | 5.39207825618873 | 9.7805859203446 |
Czech Republic | 71.019073585391 | 17.5338763745581 | 11.4470500400509 |
Finland | 66.347551938542 | 23.8785382081166 | 9.7739098533414 |
Poland | 61.4944330065431 | 18.3128182379978 | 20.1927487554591 |
Netherlands | 58.8833220827069 | 19.8442772396015 | 21.2724006776916 |
Sweden | 53.0603083178655 | 17.8948748269341 | 29.0448168552003 |
Belgium | 49.5425366424859 | 23.2695047946684 | 27.1879585628457 |
Austria | 48.4447448371492 | 30.0823222295194 | 21.4729329333314 |
Iceland | 47.5576457242852 | 21.6622223529482 | 30.7801319227667 |
Norwat | 39.6197383740806 | 27.8884143079416 | 32.4918473179778 |
Denmark | 32.9677952658088 | 13.4194103566708 | 53.6127943775204 |
Estonia | 24.2146288344439 | 25.7067448986426 | 50.0786262669136 |
Lithuania | 23.303156795368 | 30.123796116038 | 46.573047088594 |
Luxembourg | 18.4899404978765 | 27.09640363619 | 54.4136558659335 |
Hungary | 18.1517156162841 | 53.0760883322378 | 28.772196051478 |
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