In 2020, the value added of small to medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) in Japan amounted to around 140.1 trillion Japanese yen. The value added of SMEs accounted for 56 percent of the value added of all business enterprises in Japan.
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Value added of private small and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in Japan from 2015 to 2020
(in trillion Japanese yen)
net value added; 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.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.67 U.S. dollars or 0.62 euros as of April 2025.
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METI (Japan). (July 18, 2024). Value added of private small and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in Japan from 2015 to 2020 (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1609330/japan-value-added-private-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises/
METI (Japan). "Value added of private small and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in Japan from 2015 to 2020 (in trillion Japanese yen)." Chart. July 18, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1609330/japan-value-added-private-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises/
METI (Japan). (2024). Value added of private small and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in Japan from 2015 to 2020 (in trillion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1609330/japan-value-added-private-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises/
METI (Japan). "Value Added of Private Small and Medium-sized Business Enterprises (Smes) Operating in Japan from 2015 to 2020 (in Trillion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1609330/japan-value-added-private-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises/
METI (Japan), Value added of private small and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in Japan from 2015 to 2020 (in trillion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1609330/japan-value-added-private-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises/ (last visited June 14, 2025)
Value added of private small and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in Japan from 2015 to 2020 (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph], METI (Japan), July 18, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1609330/japan-value-added-private-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises/