According to the preliminary data of the State Statistical Office, 68 004 enterprises engaged in market activities in industry, construction,
trade and other services activities1) in 2023 generated 2 078 605 million denars of turnover and 445 041 million denars of value added.
For covering personnel costs of 433 008 employed, the observed enterprises spent 229 053 million denars.
The biggest share of turnover was generated in the Wholesale and retail trade sector (39,1%), followed by enterprises in the
Manufacturing sector (25.7%), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (9,1%), Construction sector (6,3%) and the Transport
and storage sector (5.1%).
The Manufacturing sector contributed to value added generation the most (25.9%), followed by the Trade sector (20,8%). The
Communication and information sector had a significant share in the total generated value added (9.1%), as well as the Construction
sector (8.6%).
In terms of enterprise size, micro-enterprises with less than 10 employees were dominant (91.5%), most of them in the Trade sector.
With 33,4% of the total employees engaged, they created 22.5% of the total value added. Large enterprises, with a share of only 0.2%
and engaging 26,7% of the employed, created 32.4% of the total value added within the business sector, mainly in the Manufacturing
sector (13,3%). However, small and medium enterprises (10-249 employees) had the greatest potential, hiring 39.9% of the employed
and creating 45.1% of the total value added in the business sector.
