Services Trade by Enterprise Size Services Trade by Enterprise Characteristics 2018

Services Trade by Enterprise Size

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Large enterprises with more than 250 employees made up €108bn (57%) of total service exports (€189bn) in 2018.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with less than 250 employees, together accounted for €52bn (27%) of total exports while small enterprises made up €38bn (20%) of the total.
The remaining 16% 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 €125bn (61%) of total service imports (€206bn) in 2018.
SMEs accounted for €58bn (28%) of total imports while small enterprises made up €45bn (22%) of the service imports total.
The remaining 11% of service imports (€22bn) consisted of enterprises of unknown size. See table 3.1 and figure 3.1.

Table 3.1 Services Trade by Enterprises Size, 2018

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Table 3.1 Services Trade by Enterprise Size, 2018
Enterprise Size	No. of employees	Service Exports (€m)	Service Imports (€m)
Large	250 or more	107,701	125,298
Medium	50 - 249	13,814	12,727
Small	0 - 49	38,304	45,417
Unknown		29,424	22,144
Total		189,244	205,586