Table 1.
Distribution (number and employees) of firms by size in social accounting matrices in Spain (2016)
| Employment size classification | Firms | Employees | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number | Share in % | Total number | Share in % | |
| SMEs (< 250 persons engaged) | 3,170,513 | 88.96 | 11,748,709 | 59.89 |
| Microenterprises (<10 persons engaged) | 3,007,672 | 84.39 | 7,077,586 | 36.08 |
| Small enterprises (between 10 and 49 persons engaged) | 144,491 | 4.05 | 2,978,214 | 15.18 |
| Medium enterprises (between 50 and 249 persons engaged) | 18,349 | 0.51 | 1,692,909 | 8.63 |
| Large enterprises (> 249 persons engaged) | 393,320 | 11.04 | 7,866,991 | 40.11 |
| Total | 3,563,833 | 100 | 19,615,700 | 100 |
Source: Own calculations based on the Annual Spanish National Accounts (2019 Benchmark Revision) and the results of the Project of Integration of Structural Business Statistics (INE, 2019)