Services Trade by Enterprise Size Services Trade by Enterprise Characteristics 2016

Services Trade by Enterprise Size

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Large enterprises with more than 250 employees made up €72bn (53%) of total service exports (€135bn) in 2016.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with less than 250 employees, together accounted for €36bn (26%) of total exports while small enterprises made up €22bn (17%) of the total.
The remaining 20% of service exports (€27bn) consisted of enterprises of unknown size (which represented quarterly estimates as well as travel, some financial and government services).

Large enterprises made up €148bn (74%) of total service imports (€199bn) in 2016.
SMEs accounted for €27bn (13%) of total imports while small enterprises made up €20bn (10%) of the service imports total.
The remaining 12% of service imports (€24bn) consisted of enterprises of unknown size.

Table 3.1 Services Trade by Enterprises Size, 2016

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Table 3.1 Services Trade by Enterprise Size, 2016
Enterprise Size	No. of employees	Service Exports (€m)	Service Imports (€m)
Large	250 or more	72,136	147,634
Medium	50 - 249	13,435	6,620
Small	0 - 49	22,296	20,444
Unknown		27,208	24,112
Total		135,076	198,810