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For information on the characteristics of enterprises engaged in trade in goods, see the CSO trade publication: Trade by Enterprise Characteristics
Ireland was one of 15 countries which participated in a Eurostat pilot study that looked at the characteristics of services enterprises for the period 2011 - 2018. The results of the study and further information are presented in this Eurostat publication. The most recent data are available for five countries (Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Poland) and refer to year 2018.
The figures below present country comparison data from the Eurostat study. Figures 6.1 and 6.2 present country comparison data for services exports and imports by enterprise. Figures 6.3 and 6.4 present country comparison data for services exports and imports by ownership.
The full Eurostat publication is available here.
| Small (0-49) | Medium (50-249) | Large (250+ employees) | Non-linked part | |
| Denmark | 7.44624875800741 | 10.2692230026713 | 57.3251802319926 | 24.9593480073287 |
| Czechia | 8.0283186291413 | 14.7482979165751 | 34.1453618063003 | 43.0780216479834 |
| Finland | 8.64781035374049 | 21.1210398050366 | 61.9267410087881 | 8.30440883243483 |
| Austria | 12.8473134872216 | 15.5827136193447 | 27.4101535317377 | 44.1598193616961 |
| Poland | 15.263268997178 | 18.2955399773121 | 39.2345323342099 | 27.0147644634738 |
| Netherlands | 17.8903263520273 | 16.403297449564 | 35.4565569405353 | 30.2498192578733 |
| Ireland | 18.8145419538314 | 11.0267755385945 | 52.2735577272177 | 17.8851247803564 |
| Hungary | 19.7622371587485 | 33.6271332600278 | 15.8517651568505 | 30.7588644243732 |
| Belgium | 23.3422786320502 | 21.0853913667427 | 33.8640751227073 | 21.7082548784998 |
| Sweden | 25.7597918670257 | 15.1709931786137 | 40.6831330454993 | 18.3860819088613 |
| Lithuania | 25.8505458289315 | 25.4671805622711 | 34.2946572018221 | 14.3876164069752 |
| Iceland | 30.5775313577726 | 22.7207541890982 | 35.6028720484555 | 11.0988424046737 |
| Estonia | 40.6092707780734 | 22.6032151505015 | 15.3557885351382 | 21.43174065872 |
| Norway | 43.7334522977862 | 17.9594453208256 | 36.2825028300585 | 2.02459955132973 |
| Luxembourg | 54.2962403005298 | 18.856955046085 | 13.112853825322 | 12.9964806692897 |
| Small (0-49) | Medium (50-249) | Large (250+ employees) | Non-linked part | |
| Czechia | 6.87821204398574 | 10.5356156595176 | 42.6733739765824 | 39.9127983199142 |
| Finland | 7.55981502580256 | 15.3541987802426 | 48.5624287916359 | 28.5235574023189 |
| Denmark | 9.08458218411813 | 9.84865780544358 | 53.4112829578135 | 27.6554770526248 |
| Ireland | 12.2027460319747 | 5.74983496422895 | 71.5206085359888 | 10.5268104678076 |
| Poland | 12.2218931285816 | 12.9655006954988 | 36.8595273467316 | 37.953078829188 |
| Austria | 13.1429392870411 | 18.4124886853284 | 29.6515777396445 | 38.792994287986 |
| Netherlands | 16.7544433416076 | 14.7277180190597 | 36.9213048636834 | 31.5965337756493 |
| Iceland | 18.8035080118682 | 13.23339914821 | 29.0528505415778 | 38.910242298344 |
| Belgium | 19.6989109712548 | 16.8598132234089 | 35.8958182297712 | 27.5454575755651 |
| Sweden | 21.9141928698015 | 13.501608231631 | 40.0337807604611 | 24.5504181381064 |
| Hungary | 22.8172245035018 | 42.0909485350928 | 14.3948612611792 | 20.6969657002263 |
| Lithuania | 23.5190468157527 | 17.8950902335677 | 14.3446982948818 | 44.2411646557978 |
| Estonia | 32.545132258208 | 16.4704996019197 | 13.7670226936616 | 37.2173454462106 |
| Luxembourg | 38.3701190076222 | 28.0236223623311 | 25.0896086546397 | 8.51664997540699 |
| Norway | 44.6990897555591 | 6.60724128008975 | 9.43806438983397 | 39.2556045745171 |
| Domestic | Foreign | Non-attributed | |
| Luxembourg | 9.37148092177013 | 88.711611815217 | 1.91690726301291 |
| Belgium | 19.2552427389533 | 51.1728171221652 | 29.5719401388815 |
| Hungary | 20.3094693345909 | 67.0363285686705 | 12.6542020967386 |
| Ireland | 23.7088267702678 | 76.2911726118031 | 0 |
| Czechia | 33.8766114613234 | 66.1233885386765 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 34.2978412929904 | 65.7021587070096 | 0 |
| Poland | 39.8675625602998 | 59.4768430178091 | 0.655594421891095 |
| Estonia | 54.8469755520042 | 45.1530244479958 | 0 |
| Sweden | 55.5505233711425 | 43.1945481147461 | 1.25492851411146 |
| Austria | 55.9677949002252 | 44.0322050997748 | 0 |
| Norway | 62.0948153022182 | 37.9051846977818 | 0 |
| Finland | 66.0975315104901 | 33.9024684895099 | 0 |
| Lithuania | 72.5824847461928 | 27.4175152538073 | 0 |
| Iceland | 73.5300639261109 | 26.4699360738891 | 0 |
| Denmark | 77.2002687416173 | 22.7988167460043 | 0.000914512378411238 |
| Domestic | Foreign | Non-attributed | |
| Hungary | 12.8332428488303 | 74.1266224748956 | 13.040134676274 |
| Luxembourg | 14.8639376362456 | 83.4673007336264 | 1.66876163012804 |
| Ireland | 15.9612762291656 | 84.0387237708344 | 0 |
| Iceland | 18.862175015867 | 18.2094087521337 | 62.9284162319993 |
| Belgium | 19.0512846868181 | 53.1417599332107 | 27.8069553799712 |
| Czechia | 24.2892860937424 | 75.7107139062576 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 28.3401316409577 | 71.6598683590423 | 0 |
| Poland | 32.3574980776647 | 67.0358273346352 | 0.606674587700095 |
| Austria | 49.568432668805 | 50.431567331195 | 0 |
| Sweden | 50.1189356500652 | 46.7698921535812 | 3.11117219635361 |
| Estonia | 51.8508273808555 | 48.1491726191445 | 0 |
| Lithuania | 55.1434077160728 | 44.8565922839272 | 0 |
| Finland | 64.5961277014673 | 35.3991842857813 | 0 |
| Denmark | 76.823357234901 | 23.1610798973629 | 0.0155628677360571 |
| Norway | 81.904646206011 | 18.095353793989 | 0 |
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