State Statistical Office: Number of active business entities, 2014

Theme: Bussines Entities

Number of active business entities, 2014

23.02.2015

According to the data of the State Statistical Office, the number of active business entities in the Republic of Macedonia
in 2014 was 70 659.
The sectors with the highest share in the structure of business entities were: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor
vehicles and motorcycles with 24 674 entities or 34.9% and Manufacturing with 7 675 entities or 10.9%, whereas the
least represented were the sectors Mining and quarrying with 180 entities or 0.3% and Electricity, gas, steam and air
conditioning supply with 151 entities or 0.2%.
The data on the structure of active business entities according to the number of persons employed show that the
highest share of 85.2% belongs to business entities with 1-9 persons employed, followed by business entities with no
persons employed or entities with unascertained number of persons employed (no data on persons employed) with
5.6%, and entities with 10-19 persons employed with 4.4%. The share of entities with 20-49 persons employed was
2.6%, those with 50-249 persons employed participated with 1.8%, while entities with 250 or more persons employed
had a share of only 0.3%.

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