Entrepreneurship statistics - Yrittajat.fi
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Entrepreneurship statisticsData based on Statistics Finland's 2018 information
Finland is acountry of smallbusinesses
There are 286,042 companies in Finland*
1.4 million people work in Finnish
businesses.93% of companies have
fewer than 10 employees.
Only 0.2% of Finnish
companies are large
enterprises.
Single-person businesses account for 68% of
business owners
Women account for
35% of business owners
*Businesses without primaryproduction.Source: Statistics Finland 2018.Excl. agriculture, forestry and fishing.
The number of business has grown strongly in the 21st century
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Source: Statistics Finland, Businesses’ structural and financial statement statistics 2018. Excl. agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Businesses’ turnover abroad, % of SMEsEntrepreneurs supportexports
Source: SME barometer,autumn 2019
All businesses Industry Construction Trade Services
24 41 13 29 22
Export or business operations abroad
All businesses Industry Construction Trade Services
Direct goods export 37 86 25 64 16
Direct services export 42 14 41 10 60
Licensing or franchisingoperations 5 3 3 4 7
Salary or contract manufacturing 6 5 9 12 4
Foreign joint venture orsubsidiary 13 13 15 16 12
Other 21 10 28 17 24
*Respondents could choose more than one option.
Forms of export or business operations in companies that export or have operations abroad*
Changes in employee numbers in companies of various sizes 2001–2008
15 11430 164
42 238 38 78124 102
18 330 1344
-22 630
1–9
Source: Statistics Finland. Changes in employee numbers in companies of various sizes 2001–2008Staff numbers as full-time equivalents (FTEs), excl. agriculture, forestry and fishing.
10–19 20–49 50–99 100–249 > 1,000
Small enterprises, under 50 FTEs: +87,516Medium enterprises, 50–249 FTEs: +62,883 Large enterprises, 250+ FTEs -2,953
SMEs: +150,399 Large enterprises: -2,953
500–999250–499
Development in quantity of business owners, self-employed employers and single-person businesses 2000–2019
Source: Statistics Finland
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261 258266 270 273
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89 89 86 91 93 92 92 90 93 94 90 88 83 87
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169 168 173 177183
171183 187
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019Yrittäjät (pl. maa-, metsä- ja kalatalous), 1000 henkilöä Työnantajayrittäjät (pl. maa-, metsä- ja kalatalous), 1000 henkilöä
Yksinyrittäjät (pl. maa-, metsä- ja kalatalous), 1000 henkilöä
Businesses and labour market policy
• Approx. 20,000 companies• Average 45 employees each• Total approx. 920,000 employees
• Approx. 50,000 companies • Average 5 employees each• Total approx. 250,000 employees
Only a few companies bound by generally binding collective bargaining agreements use the shop steward system.
* Approx. 20,000 companies* Average 11 employees each* Total approx. 220,000 employees
Collective bargaining agreements do not apply to these companies.
There is hardly any flexibility, because labour legislation is mandatory.
Restrictions in about 50 pieces of legislation affect this field.
About 3,000–5,000 companies have shop stewards, which gives greater freedoms for agreement.
Normally bindingfield “Free field”Generally binding
field
Collective bargaining agreements affect different sectors in different ways.
LARGE ENTERPRISES (250+ FTEs)
655 0.2%
MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (50–249 FTEs)
2 995 1.0%
SMALL ENTERPRISES (10–49 FTEs)
16,498 5.8%
MICRO ENTERPRISES (1–9 FTEs)
265,894 93% Source: Statistics Finland 2018. Excl. agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Total 286,042 companies
Company structure in Finland 2018
Source: Statistics Finland 2018. Excl. agriculture, forestry and fishing.
LARGE ENTERPRISES (250+ FTEs)
41.9%
MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (50–249 FTEs)
23.1%
SMALL ENTERPRISES (10–49 FTEs)
18.4%
MICRO ENTERPRISES (1–9 FTEs)
16.6%
Total €434 bn
Turnover in companies of different sizes in 2018
Source: Statistics Finland 2018. Excl. agriculture, forestry and fishing.
LARGE ENTERPRISES (250+ FTEs)
35.4% 512,271
MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (50–249 FTEs)
19.9% 288,007
SMALL ENTERPRISES (10–49 FTEs)
22.3% 322,946
MICRO ENTERPRISES (1–9 FTEs)
22.4% 323,686
Total:1,446,910 persons
Staff in companies of different sizes in 2018