8 July 2021 | 1100 hrs | 120/2021 Micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) accounted for 69.3% of the combined Personnel Costs and Gross Operating Surplus (GOS) generated by the non-financial business economy in 2019, compared to a share of 68.3% in 2018. Structural Business Statistics: 2019 Cut-off date: In 2019, the non-financial business economy in Malta incorporating Industry, Construction, Wholesale and retail 30 June 2021 trade and Services activities generated €3,882.1 million in GOS (or profits) and paid out €3,328.1 million in Personnel costs to its employees. SMEs registered an increase in these two variables of 13.0 and 10.3 per cent respectively, when compared to 2018. Large enterprises earned €1,218.3 million in GOS and when compared to the other three size categories of SMEs independently, they contributed to the highest values of Turnover, Production and Personnel costs. The largest share (31.4 per cent) of Persons employed in Malta were employed with micro enterprises (Table 2). Chart 1. Main variables by size classification: 2019 Number of units Turnover Production Gross Operating Surplus Personnel Costs main variables Investment in tangible assets Persons employed 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% per cent Micro Small Medium Large Performance of large enterprises There were 8 new large enterprises in 2019 compared to 2018. For the same period, the large enterprises registered an increase in the number of Persons employed and Personnel costs of 4.4 per cent and 4.9 per cent respectively. Turnover and GOS generated by large enterprises increased by 7.7 per cent and 8.3 per cent respectively. Investment in tangible assets for the same category dropped by 27.8 per cent, to €286.8 million (Table 2). The SME classification used in this news release is organised according to the staff headcount and the ‘Turnover’ financial ceilings recognised in annex article 2 of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC. The Non-financial business economy referred to in this news release features industries covered in NACE Sections B to N (excluding NACE K and including NACE S95). Compiled by: Structural Business Statistics Unit 1 ContactKindly us: indicate National source Statistics when quoting Office, from thisLascaris, release. Valletta VLT 2000 The advance T. +356 release 25997219, calendar E. may [email protected] be consulted at www.nso.gov.mt https://twitter.com/NSOMALTA/Issued by: Dissemination Unit, National https://www.facebook.com/nsomalta/ Statistics Office, Lascaris, Valletta VLT 2000, Malta. T. +356 2599 7219 F. +356 2599 7205 E. [email protected] Key indicators across activity domains During 2019, the largest number of operating enterprises were micro enterprises in the Services (NACE Section H to N, excl. K and Division S95), Wholesale and retail trade (NACE Section G) and Construction (NACE Section F) domains respectively. Turnover was mostly invoiced by large enterprises in the Services domain, leading also to the largest amounts of Production and GOS generated in the economy. Small enterprises in the Services domain recorded the largest amount of Investment in tangible assets (€259.8 million). With 27,724 Persons employed, micro enterprises in the Services domain engaged the largest number of persons followed by the large and medium enterprises in the same domain at 27,624 and 22,108 persons respectively. Personnel costs paid by enterprises within the Services domain amounted to €1,966.3 million, or 59.1 per cent of the total (Table 3, Chart 1). When excluding micro enterprises due to the element of mixed income, the share of GOS from the combined GOS and Personnel costs was higher for larger size classes across all domains. An exception to this observation was the Construction domain, which followed the opposite pattern (Chart 2). The Services domain was dominant in all the main variables of the non-financial business economy. SMEs were responsible for the largest share of GOS and Personnel costs in all the domains except for the Industry domain, where large enterprises contributed to the largest share (Charts 3 and 4). Limited liability companies (Ltd and PLC) generated 81.8 per cent of the GOS and 84.6 per cent of the Personnel costs, for activities forming part of the non-financial business economy (Table 4). Average Personnel costs On average, Personnel costs paid out by large enterprises amounted to €26,465 for each full-time equivalent employee. For the same criteria, medium enterprises paid out €25,436, while small and micro enterprises paid out €23,940 and €21,076 respectively (Table 3). Main variables by locality Enterprises with a registered address in Ħal Luqa, Marsa, Birkirkara, San Ġiljan and Tas-Sliema generated the largest aggregated amounts of GOS in the Maltese non-financial economy in 2019. Personnel costs were mostly paid out by enterprises concentrated in the Ħal Luqa, Marsa, Ħal Qormi, Birkirkara and San Ġiljan areas (Maps 1 and 2). Table 1. NACE Rev. 2 Classification Section Division Description A 01 - 03 Agriculture, forestry and fishing B 05 - 09 Mining and quarrying C 10 - 33 Manufacturing D 35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply E 36 - 39 Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities F 41 - 43 Construction G 45 - 47 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles H 49 - 53 Transportation and storage I 55 - 56 Accommodation and food service activities J 58 - 63 Information and communication K 64 - 66 Financial and insurance activities L 68 Real estate activities M 69 - 75 Professional, scientific and technical activities N 77 - 82 Administrative and support service activities O 84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security P 85 Education Q 86 - 88 Human health and social work activities R 90 - 93 Arts, entertainment and recreation S 94 - 96 Other service activities T 97 - 98 Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use U 99 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 2 Table 2. Performance of Enterprises within the Non-financial Business Economy by size classification Number of Persons Gross Operating Investment in Employees Turnover Production Personnel Costs units employed Surplus tangible assets no. € million 2019 Large 110 40,212 40,181 9,621 7,048 1,218 995 287 Medium 546 41,085 40,900 6,773 4,676 896 958 290 Small 2,508 40,376 39,404 5,577 3,881 722 864 345 Micro 35,153 55,758 28,545 4,114 3,056 1,046 511 137 Total 38,317 177,431 149,030 26,085 18,662 3,882 3,328 1,059 2018 Large 102 38,528 38,506 8,936 6,498 1,125 949 397 Medium 487 36,363 36,312 6,002 3,989 805 826 243 Small 2,309 36,997 36,594 5,372 3,634 723 766 231 Micro 34,424 53,974 28,186 3,933 2,758 830 522 113 Total 37,322 165,862 139,598 24,244 16,880 3,483 3,063 984 3 4 Table 3. Performance of Enterprises within the Non-financial Business Economy by size classification and activity domain: 2019 Investment Number of Persons Employees Gross Operating Personnel Employees Turnover Production in tangible units employed in FTE1 Surplus Costs assets no. € million Industry 2,824 26,072 23,897 23,057 3,559 3,580 526 564 215 (NACE B to E) Large 18 9,721 9,719 9,647 2,017 2,032 289 273 108 Medium 65 5,777 5,763 5,617 689 690 104 135 50 Small 282 5,806 5,697 5,388 587 594 73 112 31 Micro 2,459 4,768 2,718 2,406 265 264 60 44 26 Construction 4,965 13,800 9,647 9,267 1,518 1,527 393 183 68 (NACE F) Large 4 1,277 1,277 1,282 130 133 9 29 6 Medium 42 3,051 3,035 3,006 474 480 50 66 17 Small 196 2,818 2,764 2,672 465 467 113 48 19 Micro 4,723 6,654 2,571 2,307 449 447 220 40 25 Wholesale and retail trade 9,946 39,118 31,367 28,408 9,836 2,447 493 615 145 (NACE G) Large 22 1,590 1,583 1,389 3,148 642 82 36 36 Medium 165 10,149 10,097 9,252 2,834 721 164 217 54 Small 759 10,767 10,430 9,635 2,269 565 98 219 37 Micro 9,000 16,612 9,257 8,131 1,586 519 149 144 18 Services 20,582 98,441 84,119 74,869 11,172 11,107 2,470 1,966 632 (NACE H to N and S95, excl. K) Large 66 27,624 27,602 25,272 4,327 4,241 838 657 136 Medium 274 22,108 22,005 19,800 2,775 2,785 578 540 169 Small 1,271 20,985 20,513 18,376 2,256 2,255 437 486 259 Micro 18,971 27,724 13,999 11,421 1,814 1,826 617 283 68 Total 38,317 177,431 149,030 135,601 26,085 18,662 3,882 3,328 1,059 1 Full-time equivalent. Table 4. Performance of Enterprises within the Non-financial Business Economy by Legal Organisation: 2019 Number of Persons Employees Gross Operating Investment in Employees Turnover Production Personnel Costs units employed in FTE1 Surplus tangible assets no. € million Sole owners and Partnerships 25,894 44,390 17,507 14,780 2,397 1,518 567 282 50 Ltd and PLC 12,150 124,947 123,564 113,183 22,164 16,033 3,175 2,815 940 Non Profit 114 1,099 1,059 1,034 29 28 2 16 1 Other 159 6,995 6,900 6,605 1,495 1,082 139 215 68 Total 38,317 177,431 149,030 135,601 26,085 18,662 3,882 3,328 1,059 1 Full-time equivalent.