| Table 3.1 Exports by enterprise size 2016 | ||||
| €million | ||||
| Enterprise size | Value | % of total | Number of enterprises | % of total |
| Micro | 6,917 | 6 | 5,007 | 59 |
| Small | 7,507 | 6 | 2,143 | 25 |
| Medium | 22,020 | 19 | 750 | 9 |
| SMEs | 36,443 | 31 | 7,900 | 92 |
| Large | 79,526 | 67 | 263 | 3 |
| Unknown | 2,261 | 2 | 382 | 4 |
| Total | 118,230 | 100 | 8,545 | 100 |
| Micro (0-9 employees), Small (10-49 employees), Medium (50-249 employees), Large (over 250 employees). | ||||
Large enterprises account for 67% of exports in 2016
There were 8,545 exporting enterprises in 2016 (i.e. with goods exports of over €5,000 in the year).
There were just 263 large exporting enterprises (with over 250 employees) but they accounted for 67% (€79.5 billion) of all exports in 2016.
These large enterprises comprised only 3% of all 8,545 enterprises.
There were 7,900 SMEs exporting goods in 2016 and the total value of their exports was €36.4 billion, or 31% of total exports. This includes 5,007 micro enterprises, which exported €6.9 billion of goods.
Micro enterprises accounted for 60% of exporters and 6% of the value of goods exported.
| Percentage of exports | |
| Micro | 5.85004336815207 |
| Small | 6.34918847635925 |
| Medium | 18.6247429912562 |
| Large | 67.2636779120682 |
| Unknown | 1.91234725216426 |
| Number of enterprises | |
| Micro | 5007 |
| Small | 2143 |
| Medium | 750 |
| Large | 263 |
| Unknown | 382 |
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