Japan: number of workers of SMEs by industry

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In 2016, over 6.2 million people were working in small to medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in the manufacturing industry in Japan. That year, there were a total of around 32.2 million workers in SMEs in the country.

Number of people working in private small and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in Japan in 2016, by industry (in 1,000s)

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

2016

Special properties

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

Supplementary notes

*Services not elsewhere classified such as waste disposal businesses, automobile maintenance services, employment and working dispatching services, political, business, and cultural organizations, etc.

Definition of SMEs by industry:
Manufacturing, construction, and transportation, as well as other industries not mentioned below: companies whose capital or the total investment does not exceed 300 million JPY, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 300 people.
Wholesale trade: companies whose capital or the total investment does not exceed 100 million JPY, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 100 people.
Service: companies whose capital or the total investment does not exceed 50 million JPY, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 100 people.
Retail trade: companies whose capital or the total investment does not exceed 50 million JPY or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 50 people.

Figures have been rounded.

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