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Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Statistics

  • Writer: Smart Solutions
    Smart Solutions
  • Dec 6, 2016
  • 3 min read

In industry and service sectors 2 millions 677 thousands enterprises were active Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) constituted 99.8% of total number of enterprises, 73.5% of employment, 54.1% of wages and salaries, 62% of turnover, 53.5% of value added at factor cost and 55% of gross investment in tangible goods in 2014. Basic indicators by size class, 2014

The vast majority of SMEs were active in trade sector At Statistical Classification of Economic Activities (NACE Rev. 2) section level, 39.2% of SMEs were active in wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, 15.4% were active in transportation and storage; 12.4% were active in manufacturing industry in 2014. Trade sector had the highest share of employment in SMEs In wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles sector that had the highest share as number of enterprise, share of employment was 26.9%, share of wages and salaries was 23%, share of turnover was 49.6%, share of value added at factor cost was 26.1% and share of gross investment in tangible goods was 19.4% in 2014. SMEs in manufacturing industry worked with low technology level While 59.7% of small and medium-sized enterprises in manufacturing industry worked with low technology level, 54% of employment and 43.4% of value added at factors costs were generated by these enterprises. Proportionof SMEs in manufacturing industry by size class and technology level, 2014

With regards to size class, 60.4% of SMEs with 1-19 persons employed worked with low technology, 31.1% of SMEs worked with medium-low technology and 8.3% of SMEs worked with medium-high technology. While in SMEs with 20-49 persons employed the shares in same technology levels were respectively 53%, 28.4% and 17.6% in SMEs with 50-249 persons employed the shares were 49.7%, 31.4% and 17.4%. The proportion of the SMEs was 55.1% in exports The proportion of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) which have 1-249 persons employed was 55.1% for exports and 37.7% for imports in 2015. In 2015, the rate of micro enterprises (1-9 persons employed) was 17.7%, small enterprises (10-49 persons employed) was 20.3%, medium-sized enterprises (50-249 persons employed) was 17.1% and large enterprises (250+) was 44.8% in exports. SMEs which took place in industry sector, performed 36% of exports and SMEs whose main activity was trade, performed 59.3% of exports. The proportion of the SMEs was 37.7% in imports The rate of micro enterprises (1-9 persons employed) was 6.3%, small enterprises (10-49 persons employed) was 13.1%, medium-sized enterprises (50-249 persons employed) was 18.2% and large enterprises (250+) was 62.3% in imports in 2015. SMEs took place in industry sector, performed 33.1% of imports and SMEs whose main activity was trade, performed 59.6% of imports. SMEs in external trade statistics, 2014-2015

Exports of SMEs to the Europe were 49%

According to foreign trade by country groups, the proportion of exports to European Countries and Asian countries made by the SMEs was 49% and 34.5% for 2015. The rate of European Countries was 50.4% and Asian Countries was 39.5% in imports in 2015. 92.3% of SMEs exports were manufactured products. The proportion of wearing apparel was 16% textiles was 10.1% and basic metals was 9.2%, for exports. SMEs imported chemicals and chemical products as a rate of 16.5%, machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified was 13.1% and basic metals was 10.5% in 2015. 17.7% of R&D expenditure was performed by SMEs Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D in Turkey was 20 billion 615 million TL in 2015. 17.7% of R&D expenditure was performed by SMEs. Total number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) R&D personnel was 122 288 in 2015. Regarding FTE R&D personnel distribution, 27.5% was employed in SMEs. 93.5% of SMEs used the Internet According to the survey results (1) on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Usage in Enterprises in 2016, 93.7% of enterprises with ten or more employees used the Internet. This ratio was 93.5% of SMEs. In 2016, 95.9% of enterprises used computer and 66% of enterprises has their own website. At the same period, these ratios were 95.8% and 65.2% in SMEs respectively. 85.9% of SMEs used the internet for interaction with public authorities Proportion of enterprises that used the Internet for interaction with public authorities was 86.2% in 2015. This ratio was 85.9% in SMEs. In 2015, 11.9% of enterprises received orders for products or services via web pages or Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). This percentage was 11.6 in SMEs.

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