Statistics on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) based on the results of Structural Survey of Enterprises, for the year 2017, state that:

• 99.8 % of active enterprises are SMEs, from 99.9 % in the previous year. The sector with the highest number of enterprises in SMEs is the trade sector with 41.4 %, followed by services sector with 20.8 %. Mining and quarrying sector has the lowest percentage of the number of active enterprises with 0.4 % followed by electricity gas, water supply and waste management sector with 0.6 %.
• 80.3 % of total number of employed are employed from SMEs, from 81.0 % in the previous year. Trade sector employed 29.2 % of SMEs, followed by services sector by 19.6 % and manufacturing sector by 18.7 %. The sectors with the lowest number of employed in SMEs are mining and quarrying sector by 1.7 % and electricity gas, water supply and waste management sector by 2.4 %.