Services Trade by Enterprise Size Services Trade by Enterprise Characteristics 2017

Services Trade by Enterprise Size

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Large enterprises with more than 250 employees made up €85bn (52%) of total service exports (€162bn) in 2017.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with less than 250 employees, together accounted for €48bn (30%) of total exports while small enterprises made up €30bn (19%) of the total.
The remaining 18% of service exports (€29bn) consisted of enterprises of unknown size (which represented quarterly estimates as well as travel, some financial and government services).
Large enterprises made up €147bn (72%) of total service imports (€205bn) in 2017.
SMEs accounted for €37bn (18%) of total imports while small enterprises made up €25bn (12%) of the service imports total.
The remaining 11% of service imports (€22bn) consisted of enterprises of unknown size.

Table 3.1 Services Trade by Enterprises Size, 2017

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Table 3.1 Services Trade by Enterprise Size, 2017
Enterprise Size	No. of employees	Service Exports (€m)	Service Imports (€m)
Large	250 or more	84,595	146,848
Medium	50 - 249	17,845	11,806
Small	0 - 49	30,448	25,055
Unknown		28,944	21,614
Total		161,831	205,322