Japan: share of workers of SMEs| Statista

In 2021, around 69.7 percent of people working at private business enterprises in Japan were working at small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The number of workers at Japanese SMEs reached 33 million.

Percentage of people working at private small and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in Japan from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Share of workers at private companies
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Release date

December 2023

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Special properties

including companies and solo proprietorships in non-primary industry; excluding corporate bodies other than companies

Supplementary notes

Definition of SMEs by industry:
Manufacturing, construction, and transportation, as well as other industries not mentioned below: companies whose capital does not exceed 300 million Japanese yen, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 300 people. Rubber product manufacturing: companies whose capital does not exceed 300 million Japanese yen, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 900 people.

Wholesale trade: companies whose capital does not exceed 100 million yen, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 100 people.

Services: companies whose capital does not exceed 50 million yen or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 100 people.
Software and information processing services: companies whose capital does not exceed 300 million yen, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 300 people.
Hotel business: companies whose capital does not exceed 50 million yen, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 200 people.

Retail trade: companies whose capital does not exceed 50 million yen, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 50 people.

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