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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11433
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) industry

Eurostat says micro-enterprises dominate European economy

Brussels, 18/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - The 4th European SME Week was held on Monday 16-Sunday 22 November. This event focuses on the promotion of entrepreneurship and in this connection, on Tuesday 17 November, the European Statistics Office, Eurostat, published a study that showed that 9 out of 10 enterprises in the EU employed fewer than 10 persons.

In 2012, of the 22.3 million enterprises in the EU 92.7% were micro- enterprises (with 0 to 9 persons employed) accounting for just under 30%...

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