Selected results on small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany )

Dr. Sandra Jung Selected results on small and medium-sized in Germany 2007 1 ) Micro, small and medium-sized (SMEs) are very important for the German economy. Users frequently request SME data from official statistics. This pa will provide results of an SME data analysis for reference year 2007. For this purpose data available from the annual structural statistics is used. By this means no additional burden for is generated. Preliminary remark Micro, small and medium-sized play a substantial role for economic/political discussion in Germany. 2 ) For instance, more than half of the s in Germany work in SMEs. On the national and international levels SMEs are supported by grants. The aim is to compensate for the inefficiencies of markets and to facilitate the foundation of. 3 ) SME data was last published for reference year 2005. 4 ) The publication on hand represents the second analysis of this type. In this pa SME results are presented for reference year 2007. Now for the first time it is possible to make a comparison between two reference years by selected characteristics, such as number of, s, turnover, gross investment, and gross value added. 1 Data basis and comparable publications on SMEs in Germany For the SME analysis, annual structural statistics were used which cover sections C to I and K of the European Classification of Economic Activities, Rev. 1.1 (NACE, Rev. 1.1). 5 ) This selection comprises industry, trade, hotels and restaurants as well as certain fields of other service activities. The majority of the data used for this analysis comes from random samples. Only the survey of investments in industry is a complete count of all with 20 s and over. In line with the approach to use already available data, not a single enterprise carries any additional burden from official statistics. Nevertheless it has to be taken into account Table 1: covered by surveys in NACE sections C to I and K 2007 by size classes surveyed expanded Sampling fraction number % Micro... 113,749 1,485,549 8 Small... 68,333 274,228 25... 37,191 51,750 72 Big... 11,676 13,311 88 Total... 230,949 1,824,838 13 1) I would like to thank Matthias Nahm for translating the German version into English. 2) In this pa micro and small are regarded as one category. 3) See for instance the Small Business Act of the Commission of the European Union, Brussels 2008. 4) See Kless, S./Veldhues, B.: Ausgewählte Ergebnisse für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen in Deutschland 2005 in WiSta 3/2008, p. 225 ff. (available only in the German language). 5) In the next publication of SME data for reference year 2009 it is intended to make data available for reference years 2005 and 2007 according to the classification of economic activities (NACE Rev. 2). Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office) German version published in Wirtschaft und Statistik 1/2010, p. 41 et seqq 1

Excursus: Definition of small and medium-sized For the distinction of micro, small and medium-sized the SME definition of the European Commission is used. With this common European wide definition it shall be ensured that only SME get access to Community support programmes. 1 ) For practical purposes this definition was slightly adapted. The are distinguished by size-classes in the following way: 2 ) Employees Annual turnover SMEs Micro... < 10 and 2 EUR mn Small... < 50 and 10 EUR mn and no micro enterprise... < 250 and 50 EUR mn and no small enterprise Big... 250 or >50 EUR mn The above definition is in line with the SME analysis made for reference year 2005. 1) Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized (2003/361/EC) as published in the Official Journal L 124, p. 36. 2) In addition to the two characteristics s and turnover, the EU directive takes into account whether an enterprise may be regarded as autonomous. An enterprise may be regarded as an SME only if less that 25% of that enterprise are held by another enterprise (capital or voting rights). that sample surveys imply certain standard errors. 6 )This is especially true of surveys on micro covering only 8 % of the sampling frame. More than 231,000 were analysed. The data collected for these units have been expanded to provide results for 1.8 million (see table 1). In the past, standard SME publications focussed on certain NACE sections covering either turnover or size classes. This publication makes it possible to analyse turnover and size classes at the same time for selected characteristics and for a wider NACE coverage. SME data is also available from the German business register for statistical purposes. 7 ) Register results cover a more complete range of NACE sections, for instance education (M), health and social work activities (N), and other community, social and sonal service activities (O). However, the business register provides only information on the number of and the two above-mentioned characteristics (s liable to pay social security contributions, and turnover). 8 ) 2 Results Basically, the main structure of SMEs in Germany within the above-mentioned NACE sections is nearly the same for reference years 2005 and 2007. 99.3 % of the of (1.8 million ) in the NACE sections in focus belong to the population of SMEs in 2007 (see table 2). This corresponds to the centage in 2005. More than half (58.3 %) of the 22.3 million s worked in SMEs (2005: 58.4 %). SMEs account for about one-third (33.6 %) of the turnover of in the above-mentioned NACE sections (2005: 34.6 %). In 2007 SME made gross investments in fixed assets of about 73 billion Euro. This corresponds to 42.8 % of the overall investments in the NACE sections dealt with (2005: 40.3 %). Nearly half (45.2 %) of the achieved gross value added can be attributed to SMEs (2005: 46.0 %). Figure 1 gives an overview of the centages quoted. The smallest centage of micro, small, and medium-sized can be observed in the NACE section for electricity, gas and water supply (86.8 %). In contrast to all other NACE sections in focus, the energy section has a noteworthy proportion of large (13.2 %). SME centages are the highest in construction as well as in the hotel and restaurant industry (99.9 % for each section). The differences between SME data in 2005 and 2007 turned out to be more meaningful when the turnover capita by NACE sections was analysed (see table 2). For instance, electricity, gas and water supply had the highest turnover capita amounting to 364,000 Euro, whereas for hotels and restaurants the turnover capita was only 35,000 Euro. These extreme examples can be described as economic activities formed on the one hand by a small number of large with high capital intensity, and on the other hand by many SME with many s. When 2005 and 2007 data are compared, an increase in the number of SMEs can be noted which amounts to about 9 % (see table 3). Within the SME category, the rise was highest for medium-sized (11 %). This corresponds to the increase in the number of s (+ 8.5 %) and (nominal) turnover (+ 14.2 %). These growth rates are slightly exaggerated. The reason is that a new sample survey had to be carried out for new in trade and the hotel and restaurant industry for reference year 2006. The aim was to cover new enter- 6) For example: In cost structure surveys covering the NACE section manufacturing, mining and quarrying, the relative standard error for the characteristic turnover was below 5% and nonresponse amounted to an average 2% in recent years. In structural surveys of this section the relative standard error amounted to 10% on average. The same figure was recorded for nonresponse. Cost structure surveys cover with more than 20 s, structural surveys all other. 7) See for instance Nahm, M./Philipp, K.: Strukturdaten aus dem Unternehmensregister und Aspekte der Unternehmensdemografie in WiSta 9/2005, p. 937 ff., and Mödinger, P./Philipp, K.: Erweiterte Auswertungen mit dem Unternehmensregister in WiSta 4/2007, p. 342 ff. (available only in the German language). 8) For the differences between business register evaluations and structural statistics see Kless, S./Veldhues, B. [FN 3]. 2 Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office) German version published in Wirtschaft und Statistik 1/2010, p. 41 et seqq

Table 2: SMEs 1 ) by characteristics and selected economic sectors 2007 2 ) Employees Investment of cent age of number % number % EUR mn % EUR EUR mn % EUR number % EUR mn % EUR C I, K SMEs 1 )... 1,811,527 99.3 12,967,495 58.3 1,545,388 33.6 119,174 73,226 42.8 5,647 790,659 43.6 555,922 45.2 42,870 Micro... 1,485,549 81.4 4,126,106 18.5 306,844 6.7 7,4366 20,628 12.1 4,999 557,297 37.5 137,343 11.2 33,286 Small... 27,4228 15.0 4,688,599 21.1 536,585 11.7 114,445 23,216 13.6 4,952 190,773 69.6 197,974 16.1 42,225... 51,750 2.8 4,152,790 18.7 701,960 15.3 169,033 29,382 17.2 7,075 42,589 82.3 220,604 17.9 53,122 Big... 13,311 0.7 9,291,526 41.7 3,048,194 66.4 328,062 97,911 57.2 10,538 11,802 88.7 674,142 54.8 72,554 Total... 1,824,838 100 22,259,021 100 4,593,582 100 206,369 1,71,136 100 7,688 802,461 44.0 1,230,064 100 55,261 C Mining and quarrying SMEs 1 )... 1,932 97.9 27,685 33.0 4,510 30.9 162,897 444 32.9 16,055 1,387 71.8 1,830 28.3 66,115 Micro... 980 49.7 3,796 4.5 358 2.5 94,220 53 3.9 13,855 600 61.2 169 2.6 44,483 Small... 812 41.1 13,039 15.6 2,171 14.9 166,500 185 13.7 14,187 662 81.5 965 14.9 74,008... 140 7.1 10,850 12.9 1,981 13.6 182,591 207 15.3 19,068 125 89.4 697 10.8 64,198 Big... 42 2.1 56,164 67.0 10,074 69.1 179,362 908 67.1 16,171 34 81.5 4,640 71.7 82,612 Total... 1,973 100 83,850 100 14,584 100 173,926 1,353 100 16,133 1,421 72.0 6,470 100 77,165 D Manufacturing SMEs 1 )... 196,878 97.3 3,205,696 44.3 417,594 22.2 130,266 16,209 27.1 5,056 135,105 68.6 150,147 31.0 46,838 Micro... 120,324 59.5 470,662 6.5 32,995 1.8 70,104 1,158 1.9 2,460 70,126 58.3 14,507 3.0 30,823 Small... 59,157 29.2 1,091,072 15.1 117,862 6.3 108,024 5,308 8.9 4,865 49,180 83.1 46,442 9.6 42,566... 17,396 8.6 1,643,963 22.7 266,737 14.2 162,253 9,744 16.3 5,927 15,800 90.8 89,198 18.4 54,258 Big... 5,500 2.7 4,037,831 55.7 1,460,923 77.8 361,809 43,699 72.9 10,823 5,293 96.2 334,386 69.0 82,813 Total... 202,378 100 7,243,527 100 1,878,518 100 259,337 59,909 100 8,271 140,398 69.4 484,533 100 66,892 E Electricity, gas and water supply SMEs 1 )... 2,917 86.8 57,894 21.2 21,070 7.0 363,948 2,842 26.7 49,093 2,732 93.7 7,095 15.1 122,549 Micro... 1,227 36.5 3,866 1.4 940 0.3 243,176 273 2.6 70,532 1,118 91.1 476 1.0 123,168 Small... 964 28.7 14,473 5.3 4,064 1.4 280,783 882 8.3 60,944 925 96.0 1,768 3.8 122,129... 726 21.6 39,555 14.5 16,066 5.4 406,181 1,687 15.8 42,661 689 94.9 4,851 10.4 122,642 Big... 442 13.2 214,570 78.8 277,835 93.0 1,294,846 7,813 73.3 36,414 394 89.1 39,743 84.9 185,223 Total... 3,359 100 272,464 100 298,905 100 1,097,046 10,655 100 39,108 3,126 93.1 46,838 100 171,906 F Construction SMEs 1 )... 226,325 99.9 1,459,745 92.3 129,644 83.6 88,812 3,844 85.7 2,633 123,422 54.5 55,019 89.1 37,691 Micro... 188,155 83.1 579,896 36.7 40,023 25.8 69,018 1,403 31.3 2,420 94,884 50.4 17,994 29.1 31,030 Small... 35,151 15.5 621,854 39.3 55,791 36.0 89,717 1,534 34.2 2,466 25,841 73.5 24,748 40.1 39,797... 3,020 1.3 257,995 16.3 33,829 21.8 131,124 907 20.2 3,516 2,697 89.3 12,277 19.9 47,586 Big... 219 0.1 121,631 7.7 25,421 16.4 209,002 640 14.3 5,261 209 95.4 6,764 10.9 55,614 Total... 226,545 100 1,581,376 100 155,065 100 98,057 4,484 100 2,835 123,631 54.6 61,783 100 39,069 G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and sonal and household goods SMEs 1 )... 473,726 99.3 3,030,954 61.6 544,232 39.1 179,558 6,816 48.4 2,249 130,516 27.6 111,145 51.4 36,670 Micro... 386,379 81.0 1,180,427 24.0 107,962 7.8 91,460 1,490 10.6 1,263 82,014 21.2 27,971 12.9 23,696 Small... 74,353 15.6 1,143,059 23.2 204,694 14.7 179,075 2,478 17.6 2,168 39,223 52.8 43,177 20.0 37,773... 12,993 2.7 707,468 14.4 231,576 16.6 327,331 2,847 20.2 4,025 9,279 71.4 39,996 18.5 56,535 Big... 3,459 0.7 1,887,525 38.4 847,616 60.9 449,062 7,268 51.6 3,851 2,763 79.9 105,003 48.6 55,630 Total... 477,185 100 4,918,479 100 1,391,849 100 282,984 14,084 100 2,864 133,279 27.9 216,148 100 43,946 H Hotels and restaurants SMEs 1 )... 183,784 99.9 1,235,250 89.1 42,589 82.9 34,478 1,533 79.6 1,241 63,983 34.8 20,603 83.3 16,679 Micro... 151,808 82.5 514,332 37.1 17,155 33.4 33,353 472 24.5 917 43,206 28.5 7,572 30.6 14,721 Small... 29,738 16.2 532,030 38.4 16,946 33.0 31,851 660 34.3 1,241 19,050 64.1 8,610 34.8 16,183... 2,238 1.2 188,888 13.6 8,489 16.5 44,942 402 20.8 2,126 1,728 77.2 4,422 17.9 23,408 Big... 170 0.1 151,379 10.9 8,755 17.1 57,836 393 20.4 2,597 136 80.0 4,126 16.7 27,258 Total... 183,954 100 1,386,629 100 51,344 100 37,028 1,926 100 1,389 64,120 34.9 24,729 100 17,834 I Transport, storage and communication SMEs 1 )... 96,829 99.0 945,653 46.9 97,443 29.6 103,043 6,272 26.7 6,633 50,183 51.8 41,435 33.8 43,816 Micro... 72,275 73.9 213,896 10.6 14,452 4.4 67,567 1,136 4.8 5,310 31,523 43.6 7,190 5.9 33,615 Small... 20,274 20.7 378,084 18.8 38,782 11.8 102,574 2,512 10.7 6,643 15,106 74.5 17,747 14.5 46,940... 4,281 4.4 353,673 17.5 44,209 13.4 125,001 2,625 11.2 7,422 3,555 83.0 16,498 13.5 46,647 Big... 964 1.0 1,070,642 53.1 231,863 70.4 216,564 17,244 73.3 16,106 807 83.7 81,032 66.2 75,686 Total... 97,793 100 2,016,295 100 329,306 100 163,322 23,516 100 11,663 50,990 52.1 122,468 100 60,739 K Real estate, renting and business activities SMEs 1 )... 629,136 99.6 3,004,617 63.2 288,306 60.8 95,954 35,264 63.9 11,737 283,330 45.0 168,647 63.1 56,129 Micro... 564,401 89.4 1,159,232 24.4 92,959 19.6 80,190 14,644 26.5 12,633 233,826 41.4 61,463 23.0 53,021 Small... 53,779 8.5 894,987 18.8 96,276 20.3 107,573 9,657 17.5 10,790 40,787 75.8 54,518 20.4 60,914... 10,956 1.7 950,398 20.0 99,071 20.9 104,241 10,963 19.9 11,535 8,716 79.6 52,666 19.7 55,415 Big... 2,515 0.4 1,751,785 36.8 185,706 39.2 106,010 19,945 36.1 11,386 2,166 86.1 98,447 36.9 56,198 Total... 631,651 100 4,756,402 100 474,012 100 99,658 55,209 100 11,607 285,496 45.2 267,094 100 56,155 1) Small and medium-sized ; for the definitions see the excursus. 2) The European Classification of Economic Activities, Rev. 1.1 (NACE, Rev. 1.1); the content was adapted according to the national classification of activity codes, edition 2003 (WZ 2003). Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office) German version published in Wirtschaft und Statistik 1/2010, p. 41 et seqq 3

Figure 1 Percentages for selected characteristics by size classes 2007 % Small and medium-sized Number of 41.7 66.4 99.3 Employment 58.3 57.2 33.6 42.8 Big 0.7 points. However, the trend remains the same: the number of medium-sized increased the most. There is a marked increase in the number of big in NACE sections C to I and K (+ 15.7 %) due to which corresponding growth rates were recorded for the other characteristics such as turnover or gross investment. In order to verify the reliability of the results, further analyses are necessary. There are differences between SME data of structural sample surveys on and information from national accounts because of methodological reasons. For instance, national accounts include certain premiums for undercoverage, for the hidden economy and for sweat equity in construction in their calculation of the gross domestic product. Furthermore, national accounts draw upon several data sources such as turnover tax statistics which are not used by structural statistics. National accounts also describe the renting of flats in more detail (including owner-occupied proty). 2.1 Employment SMEs play an important role in employment: more than half of the 22.3 million s of NACE sections C-I and K worked in SMEs in 2007, about 8.8 million of them in with less than 50 s. Compared with 2005 there is nearly no change in this distribution. Interesting insights can be gained into sectoral employment differences when we consider how employment in individual NACE activity codes is distributed between SMEs and big (see figure 2). Micro and small account for more than one third of employment in construction, hotels and restaurants. Taken together, the size classes of both sections even account for 75 % of employment. In contrast, the share of employment in electricity, gas and water supply amounts to 1.4 % for micro and 5.3 % for small in this section. Regarding medium-sized, the differences between specific NACE sections are smaller. The highest centage can be observed for manufacturing (22.7 %) and the lowest in the fields of mining and quarrying (12.9 %). 54.8 45.2 2010-01 - 0529 In the NACE section of electricity, gas and water supply, employers mostly are big. Nearly 80 % of all s in this area work in with more than 250 s. Mining is another example of employment being concentrated in big (67 %). As regards manufacturing as well as transport, storage and communications, more than half of the s in these NACE sections work in big. prises which started to oate after the sample survey with reference year 2003 had been conducted. Consequently, there is an undercoverage in reference year 2005 of the two sections in focus. When the two NACE sections trade and hotels and restaurants are excluded from a comparison over time, the average growth-rate decreases by 3 centage 2.2 Investment and gross value added For reference year 2007 the proportion of which invested at all was markedly lower with SMEs than with big. About 44 % of the 1.8 million SMEs made investments in fixed assets (see table 2). The correspond- 4 Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office) German version published in Wirtschaft und Statistik 1/2010, p. 41 et seqq

Figure 2 Employees of in cent by NACE sections and size classes of 2005 Mining and quarrying Manufacturing Electricity, gas and water supply Construction Wholesale and retail trade Hotels and restaurants Transport, storage and communication Real estate, renting and business activities Mining and quarrying Manufacturing Electricity, gas and water supply Construction Wholesale and retail trade Hotels and restaurants Transport, storage and communication Real estate, renting and business activities Mining and quarrying Manufacturing Electricity, gas and water supply Micro 0 20 40 60 80% Small 0 20 40 60 80% Construction Wholesale and retail trade Hotels and restaurants Transport, storage and communication Real estate, renting and business activities Mining and quarrying Manufacturing Electricity, gas and water supply Construction Wholesale and retail trade Hotels and restaurants Transport, storage and communication Real estate, renting and business activities 2007 0 20 40 60 80% Big 0 20 40 60 80% 2010-01 - 0530 ing share of big is considerably higher: about 11,800 big made investments in 2007. This corresponds to a rate of 89 % as the number of big amounts to around 13,000. Inside the SME category, medium-sized accounted for the highest share of investing (82.3 %). This is close to the results of 2005. It becomes clear that the propensity for investment increases with rising enterprise size. The volume of gross investment in fixed assets rose from 143 billion Euro in 2005 to 171 billion Euro in the year 2007. accounted for the largest increase within the SME categories (+ 33.6 %, see table 3). When we take into account the investment for the activity codes in focus, it becomes clear that mediumsized invested more in 2007 than in 2005 (see figure 3). The largest gross investment was made by medium-sized in electricity, gas and water supply (about 43,000 Euro in 2007). The gross value added at factor cost is a measure indicating how much was actually achieved by an enterprise after deduction of all intermediate consumption. In 2007 SMEs recorded a gross value added of about 556 billion Euro. This corresponds, in comparison to 2005, to an increase of 12 %. The gross value added of big is slightly higher and amounts to 674 billion Euro, which is an increase of 15 % from 2005 to 2007. Figure 3 Gross investment for medium-sized Total Mining and quarrying Manufacturing Electricity, gas and water supply Construction Wholesale and retail trade Hotels and restaurants Transport, storage and communication Real estate, renting and business activities 2005 2007 0 10 20 30 40 50 Thousand EUR 2010-01 - 0531 A measure of labour productivity can be defined by relating gross value added to employment. Figure 4 shows that labour productivity is highest in big and low in micro. All SMEs categories recorded an increase Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office) German version published in Wirtschaft und Statistik 1/2010, p. 41 et seqq 5

Table 3: Change of selected characteristics relating to in economic sectors C to J and K of NACE Rev. 1.1 by size classes 2007/2005 Percent Employees Gross fixed capital investment Gross value added at factor cost SMEs 2 )... + 9.0 + 7.2 + 12.3 + 27.4 + 11.7 Micro... + 9.4 + 8.1 + 8.6 + 18.1 + 9.0 Small... + 6.3 + 5.3 + 12.2 + 28.8 + 10.4 + 11.0 + 8.5 + 14.2 + 33.6 + 14.7 Big... + 15.7 + 7.8 + 17.4 + 15.1 + 15.2 Total... + 9.0 + 7.4 + 15.7 + 20.1 + 13.6 1) The European Classification of Economic Activities (NACE) Rev. 1.1. 2) Small and medium-sized ; for the definition see the excursus. of productivity between 2005 and 2007 except for micro. independent. Other aspects should also be included, for instance the SMEs external trade relations. 3 Outlook The current results for the structure of SMEs in Germany for the year 2007 confirm what was found for reference year 2005. The size structure of within the NACE sections was nearly steady in 2005 and 2007. Some of the sections are characterised by a large number of SMEs, such as construction or hotels and restaurants. All in all, SMEs account for a large number of in these sections and contribute considerably to employment and turnover. However, a structural change seems to take place towards big. Except for the number of s and investment, all structural characteristics mentioned showed an upward trend for big (see table 3). It has to be noted that analysing only two reference years is not sufficient for drawing a final conclusion on this development. Further analysis will show in how far the trend will continue. Figure 4 Gross value added by size-classes of 2005 2007 Thousand EUR 80 60 40 20 0 Micro Small Big 2010-01 - 0532 For the next publication on reference year 2009 SME data will be adapted to the modified classification of economic activities (NACE Rev. 2). In addition, the fact that belong to enterprise groups will be taken into consideration because the SME definition implies that are 6 Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office) German version published in Wirtschaft und Statistik 1/2010, p. 41 et seqq

Annex table:, employment, turnover, gross fixed capital investment and gross value added, 2007, by selected activity codes 1 ) and size classes Employees Investment of cent age of number % number % EUR mn % EUR EUR mn % EUR number % EUR mn % EUR C Mining and quarrying SMEs 2 )... 1,932 97.9 27,685 33.0 4,510 30.9 162,897 444 32.9 16,055 1,387 71.8 1,830 28.3 66,115 Micro... 980 49.7 3,796 4.5 358 2.5 94,220 53 3.9 13,855 600 61.2 169 2.6 44,483 Small... 812 41.1 13,039 15.6 2,171 14.9 166,500 185 13.7 14,187 662 81.5 965 14.9 74,008... 140 7.1 10,850 12.9 1,981 13.6 182,591 207 15.3 19,068 125 89.4 697 10.8 64,198 Big... 42 2.1 56,164 67.0 10,074 69.1 179,362 908 67.1 16,171 34 81.5 4,640 71.7 82,612 Total... 1,973 100 83,850 100 14,584 100 173,926 1,353 100 16,133 1,421 72.0 6,470 100 77,165 CA Mining and quarrying of energy producing materials SMEs 2 )... 129 88.3 2,732 5.4 467 5.4 171,042 24 2.9 8,626 107 82.7 164 3.9 59,906 Micro... 73 49.7 322 0.6 33 0.4 103,483 2 0.3 7,104 54 73.9 15 0.4 47,310 Small... 35 24.0 606 1.2 114 1.3 187,602 5 0.6 8,078 34 97.1 40 1.0 66,643... 21 14.5 1,804 3.5 320 3.7 177,525 16 2.0 9,082 19 89.3 108 2.6 59,889 Big... 17 11.7 48,137 94.6 8,206 94.6 170,472 797 97.1 16,556 17 99.0 3,992 96.1 82,927 Total... 147 100 50,868 100 8,673 100 170,502 821 100 16,131 124 84.6 4,155 100 81,691 CB Mining and quarrying, except of energy producing materials SMEs 2 )... 1,802 98.7 24,953 75.7 4,043 68.4 162,005 421 79.1 16,868 1,280 71.0 1,667 72.0 66,795 Micro... 907 49.7 3,474 10.5 324 5.5 93,362 50 9.5 14,481 546 60.2 154 6.6 44,221 Small... 776 42.5 12,433 37.7 2,057 34.8 165,472 180 33.8 14,485 627 80.8 925 39.9 74,367... 119 6.5 9,046 27.4 1,661 28.1 183,602 191 35.8 21,060 106 89.4 589 25.4 65,057 Big... 25 1.3 8,028 24.3 1,868 31.6 232,673 111 20.9 13,860 17 69.3 648 28.0 80,723 Total... 1,827 100 32,981 100 5,910 100 179,206 532 100 16,136 1,297 71.0 2,315 100 70,185 D Manufacturing SMEs 2 )... 196,878 97.3 3,205,696 44.3 417,594 22.2 130,266 16,209 27.1 5,056 135,105 68.6 150,147 31.0 46,838 Micro... 120,324 59.5 470,662 6.5 32,995 1.8 70,104 1,158 1.9 2,460 70,126 58.3 14,507 3.0 30,823 Small... 59,157 29.2 1,091,072 15.1 117,862 6.3 108,024 5,308 8.9 4,865 49,180 83.1 46,442 9.6 42,566... 17,396 8.6 1,643,963 22.7 266,737 14.2 162,253 9,744 16.3 5,927 15,800 90.8 89,198 18.4 54,258 Big... 5,500 2.7 4,037,831 55.7 1,460,923 77.8 361,809 43,699 72.9 10,823 5,293 96.2 334,386 69.0 82,813 Total... 202,378 100 7,243,527 100 1,878,518 100 259,337 59,909 100 8,271 140,398 69.4 484,533 100 66,892 DA Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco SMEs 2 )... 31,222 97.5 482,876 57.6 43,325 23.8 89,722 1,720 32.4 3,562 20,406 65.4 13,643 38.5 28,253 Micro... 17,250 53.9 80,369 9.6 3,865 2.1 48,091 86 1.6 1,068 8,587 49.8 1,468 4.1 18,267 Small... 11,768 36.8 198,327 23.7 12,289 6.7 61,966 550 10.4 2,774 9,883 84.0 4,754 13.4 23,973... 2,205 6.9 204,181 24.4 27,170 14.9 133,070 1,084 20.4 5,309 1,936 87.8 7,420 20.9 36,342 Big... 796 2.5 354,763 42.4 139,057 76.2 391,973 3,586 67.6 10,108 759 95.4 21,797 61.5 61,441 Total... 32,017 100 837,639 100 182,382 100 217,734 5,306 100 6,334 21,165 66.1 35,440 100 42,309 DB Manufacture of textiles and textile products SMEs 2 )... 6,270 98.0 98,107 66.2 13,198 52.7 134,525 387 59.0 3,940 3,113 49.7 3,928 56.4 40,037 Micro... 4,236 66.2 12,708 8.6 627 2.5 49,363 9 1.4 743 1,574 37.2 242 3.5 19,078 Small... 1,474 23.0 28,639 19.3 3,276 13.1 114,406 90 13.7 3,129 1,035 70.2 960 13.8 33,515... 560 8.8 56,760 38.3 9,294 37.1 163,743 287 43.9 5,065 504 90.0 2,726 39.1 48,020 Big... 130 2.0 50,086 33.8 11,837 47.3 236,339 269 41.0 5,369 120 92.0 3,040 43.6 60,686 Total... 6,401 100 148,192 100 25,035 100 168,936 655 100 4,423 3,233 50.5 6,967 100 47,016 DC Manufacture of leather and leather products SMEs 2 ).................. Micro.................. Small.................................... Big.................. Total... 1,099 100 21,505 100 3,820 100 177,622 106 100 4 910 649 59.1 890 100 41,394 DD Manufacture of wood and wood products SMEs 2 )... 13,146 99.3 114,757 76.9 13,599 54.8 118,503 590 38.2 5,142 8,217 62.5 4,428 66.0 38,585 Micro... 10,046 75.9 36,125 24.2 2,468 9.9 68,323 75 4.9 2,088 6,156 61.3 1,039 15.5 28,767 Small... 2,689 20.3 46,198 30.9 4,843 19.5 104,826 206 13.3 4,466 1,690 62.8 1,808 26.9 39,138... 411 3.1 32,434 21.7 6,288 25.3 193,876 308 19.9 9,506 372 90.4 1,581 23.5 48,732 Big... 97 0.7 34,525 23.1 11,209 45.2 324,680 956 61.8 27,682 94 96.8 2,285 34.0 66,171 Total... 13,243 100 149,281 100 24,808 100 166,186 1 546 100 10,355 8,311 62.8 6,712 100 44,965 DE Manufacture of pulp, pa and pa products; publishing and printing SMEs 2 )... 19,879 97.8 272,249 52.7 36,856 41.0 135,374 1,341 44.9 4,926 12,021 60.5 13,612 46.7 49,999 Micro... 13,514 66.5 45,195 8.7 3,469 3.9 76,759 109 3.6 2,405 6,830 50.5 1,607 5.5 35,560 Small... 4,883 24.0 92,251 17.9 11,113 12.4 120,467 392 13.1 4,244 3,810 78.0 4,326 14.8 46,898... 1,482 7.3 134,804 26.1 22,273 24.8 165,227 841 28.2 6,237 1,381 93.2 7,679 26.3 56,961 Big... 454 2.2 244,482 47.3 52,933 59.0 216,512 1,642 55.1 6,718 408 89.9 15,549 53.3 63,599 Total... 20,333 100 516,731 100 89,789 100 173,763 2,983 100 5,774 12,429 61.1 29,161 100 56,433 1) The European Classification of Economic Activities, Rev. 1.1 (NACE, Rev. 1.1); the content was adapted according to the national classification of activity codes, edition 2003 (WZ 2003). 2) Small and medium-sized ; for the definitions see the excursus. Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office) German version published in Wirtschaft und Statistik 1/2010, p. 41 et seqq 7

Annex table (cont.):, employment, turnover, gross fixed capital investment and gross value added, 2007, by selected activity codes 1 ) and size classes Employees Investment of cent age of number % number % EUR mn % EUR EUR mn % EUR number % EUR mn % EUR DF Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel SMEs 2 ).................. Micro.................. Small.................................... Big.................. Total... 68 100 20,357 100 119,968 100 5,893,240 1,790 100 87,924 68 99.9 4,486 100 220,350 DG Manufacture of chemicals, chemical products and man-made fibres SMEs 2 )... 3,065 86.7 85,968 18.8 18,356 10.3 213,519 791 12.2 9,203 2,377 77.5 5,570 11.3 64,794 Micro... 1,394 39.4 5,565 1.2 572 0.3 102,717 33 0.5 6,000 832 59.7 204 0.4 36,605 Small... 957 27.1 18,761 4.1 2,910 1.6 155,110 124 1.9 6,587 874 91.4 1,055 2.1 56,216... 714 20.2 61,643 13.5 14,874 8.4 241,297 634 9.8 10,289 670 93.8 4,312 8.8 69,949 Big... 472 13.3 370,446 81.2 159,283 89.7 429,975 5,691 87.8 15,363 466 98.8 43,660 88.7 117,858 Total... 3,536 100 456,415 100 177,638 100 389,204 6,482 100 14,202 2,843 80.4 49,230 100 107,863 DH Manufacture of rubber and plastic products SMEs 2 )... 6,594 95.2 197,153 50.8 27,538 38.0 139,678 1,093 40.3 5,543 4,835 73.3 9,183 42.1 46,579 Micro... 2,963 42.8 13,604 3.5 1,306 1.8 95,974 36 1.3 2,633 1,737 58.6 542 2.5 39,868 Small... 2,248 32.5 50,179 12.9 5,294 7.3 105,505 212 7.8 4,224 1,828 81.3 1,898 8.7 37,817... 1,383 20.0 133,369 34.4 20,938 28.9 156,994 845 31.1 6,336 1,271 91.9 6,743 30.9 50,561 Big... 332 4.8 190,684 49.2 44,938 62.0 235,667 1,622 59.7 8,506 319 96.0 12,645 57.9 66,312 Total... 6,926 100 387,837 100 72,476 100 186,872 2,715 100 6,999 5,154 74.4 21,828 100 56,281 DI Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products SMEs 2 )... 9,072 98.0 136,420 56.2 19,743 44.8 144,719 946 46.5 6,934 6,450 71.1 6,838 46.4 50,126 Micro... 6,055 65.4 25,049 10.3 1,740 4.0 69,477 59 2.9 2,375 3,898 64.4 768 5.2 30,663 Small... 2,312 25.0 42,070 17.3 6,415 14.6 152,476 353 17.4 8,401 1,878 81.2 2,250 15.3 53,473... 704 7.6 69,301 28.6 11,588 26.3 167,207 533 26.2 7,691 674 95.8 3,820 25.9 55,129 Big... 186 2.0 106,121 43.8 24,309 55.2 229,071 1,088 53.5 10,254 186 100 7,890 53.6 74,353 Total,... 9,258 100 242,540 100 44,052 100 181,626 2,034 100 8,387 6,638 71.7 14,729 100 60,726 DJ Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products SMEs 2 )... 39,805 98.0 635,153 58.2 81,336 34.3 128,058 3,671 42.5 5,779 29,946 75.2 31,538 45.5 49,654 Micro... 23,642 58.2 95,480 8.8 6,735 2.8 70,543 318 3.7 3,332 15,749 66.6 3,335 4.8 34,927 Small... 12,946 31.9 240,826 22.1 27,214 11.5 113,003 1,432 16.6 5,944 11,248 86.9 11,545 16.7 47,939... 3,217 7.9 298,847 27.4 47,387 20.0 158,566 1,921 22.2 6,429 2,949 91.6 16,658 24.0 55,742 Big... 828 2.0 455,965 41.8 155,649 65.7 341,362 4,969 57.5 10,897 791 95.5 37,768 54.5 82,831 Total... 40,633 100 1,091,117 100 236,985 100 217,195 8,640 100 7,918 30,737 75.6 69,306 100 63,518 DK Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. SMEs 2 )... 20,157 95.8 479,986 43.4 73,599 31.8 153,336 2,405 33.3 5,010 15,100 74.9 27,532 35.3 57,360 Micro... 9,746 46.3 37,955 3.4 3,738 1.6 98,489 139 1.9 3,662 6,189 63.5 1,573 2.0 41,447 Small... 7,339 34.9 144,927 13.1 19,507 8.4 134,601 771 10.7 5,319 6,179 84.2 7,448 9.6 51,391... 3,072 14.6 297,104 26.8 50,354 21.7 169,482 1,495 20.7 5,031 2,731 88.9 18,511 23.8 62,305 Big... 886 4.2 626,894 56.6 158,086 68.2 252,174 4,826 66.7 7,698 865 97.6 50,355 64.7 80,325 Total... 21,043 100 1,106,881 100 231,686 100 209,314 7,231 100 6,532 15,965 75.9 77,888 100 70,367 DL Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment SMEs 2 )... 25,763 97.3 418,905 41.2 52,194 22.9 124,596 2,058 27.6 4,912 18,944 73.5 21,098 29.7 50,365 Micro... 15,172 57.3 61,765 6.1 4,424 1.9 71,632 145 1.9 2,340 9,575 63.1 2,084 2.9 33,741 Small... 8,453 31.9 151,454 14.9 16,572 7.3 109,418 855 11.5 5,647 7,395 87.5 7,105 10.0 46,915... 2,138 8.1 205,685 20.2 31,198 13.7 151,677 1,058 14.2 5,143 1,974 92.3 11,909 16.8 57,897 Big... 706 2.7 596,828 58.8 175,330 77.1 293,770 5,390 72.4 9,031 676 95.7 49,986 70.3 83,753 Total... 26,469 100 1,015,733 100 227,524 100 224,000 7,448 100 7,333 19,620 74.1 71,084 100 69,983 DM Manufacture of transport equipment SMEs 2 )... 3,344 89.3 90,299 9.1 14,544 3.6 161,065 513 4.4 5,676 2,423 72.5 4,584 5.4 50,770 Micro... 1,801 48.1 7,137 0.7 593 0.1 83,124 17 0.1 2,428 1,060 58.9 201 0.2 28,149 Small... 907 24.2 18,671 1.9 2,266 0.6 121,362 82 0.7 4,373 803 88.5 770 0.9 41,254... 636 17.0 64,490 6.5 11,685 2.9 181,185 414 3.5 6,414 560 88.2 3,613 4.3 56,028 Big... 402 10.7 901,818 90.9 385,933 96.4 427,951 11,233 95.6 12,456 396 98.5 79,684 94.6 88,360 Total... 3,746 100 992,116 100 400,477 100 403,660 11,746 100 11,839 2,819 75.3 84,269 100 84,938 DN Manufacturing n.e.c. SMEs 2 )... 17,441 99.1 177,407 69.0 21,015 50.2 118,457 645 52.5 3,635 10,600 60.8 7,519 59.9 42,382 Micro... 13,778 78.3 47,340 18.4 3,323 7.9 70,203 126 10.3 2,665 7,548 54.8 1,384 11.0 29,241 Small... 2,893 16.4 53,583 20.8 5,722 13.7 106,792 231 18.8 4,315 2,369 81.9 2,358 18.8 44,006... 771 4.4 76,485 29.7 11,969 28.6 156,495 288 23.4 3,760 683 88.6 3,777 30.1 49,378 Big... 163 0.9 79,777 31.0 20,862 49.8 261,507 583 47.5 7,309 163 100 5,024 40.1 62,977 Total... 17,604 100 257,184 100 41,877 100 162,830 1,228 100 4,775 10,766 61.2 12,543 100 48,771 1) The European Classification of Economic Activities, Rev. 1.1 (NACE, Rev. 1.1); the content was adapted according to the national classification of activity codes, edition 2003 (WZ 2003). 2) Small and medium-sized ; for the definitions see the excursus. 8 Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office) German version published in Wirtschaft und Statistik 1/2010, p. 41 et seqq

Annex table (cont.):, employment, turnover, gross fixed capital investment and gross value added, 2007, by selected activity codes 1 ) and size classes Employees Investment of cent age of number % number % EUR mn % EUR EUR mn % EUR number % EUR % EUR E Electricity, gas and water supply SMEs 2 )... 2,917 86.8 57,894 21.2 21,070 7.0 363,948 2,842 26.7 49,093 2,732 93.7 7,095 15.1 122,549 Micro... 1,227 36.5 3,866 1.4 940 0.3 243,176 273 2.6 70,532 1,118 91.1 476 1.0 123,168 Small... 964 28.7 14,473 5.3 4,064 1.4 280,783 882 8.3 60,944 925 96.0 1,768 3.8 122,129... 726 21.6 39,555 14.5 16,066 5.4 406,181 1,687 15.8 42,661 689 94.9 4,851 10.4 122,642 Big... 442 13.2 214,570 78.8 277,835 93.0 1,294,846 7,813 73.3 36,414 394 89.1 39,743 84.9 185,223 Total... 3,359 100 272,464 100 298,905 100 1,097,046 10,655 100 39,108 3,126 93.1 46,838 100 171,906 40 Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply SMEs 2 ).................. Micro... 214 13.9 503 0.2 193 0.1 383,270 23 0.3 46,631 148 69.2 53 0.1 105,466 Small... 367 23.8 4,300 1.9 1,883 0.6 437,960 199 2.4 46,317 334 91.0 525 1.3 122,043.................. Big.................. Total... 1,542 100 230,901 100 289,909 100 1,255,557 8,369 100 36,244 1,360 88.2 41,775 100 180,921 41 Collection, purification and distribution of water SMEs 2 ).................. Micro... 1,013 55.8 3,363 8.1 747 8.3 222,222 249 10.9 74,107 970 95.8 423 8.4 125,816 Small... 597 32.9 10,173 24.5 2,181 24.2 214,347 683 29.9 67,126 591 99.0 1,243 24.5 122,165.................. Big.................. Total... 1,817 100 41,563 100 8,996 100 216,447 2,287 100 55,016 1,766 97.2 5,063 100 121,825 F Construction SMEs 2 )... 226,325 99.9 1,459,745 92.3 129,644 83.6 88,812 3,844 85.7 2,633 123,422 54.5 55,019 89.1 37,691 Micro... 188,155 83.1 579,896 36.7 40,023 25.8 69,018 1,403 31.3 2,420 94,884 50.4 17,994 29.1 31,030 Small... 35,151 15.5 621,854 39.3 55,791 36.0 89,717 1,534 34.2 2,466 25,841 73.5 24,748 40.1 39,797... 3,020 1.3 257,995 16.3 33,829 21.8 131,124 907 20.2 3,516 2,697 89.3 12,277 19.9 47,586 Big... 219 0.1 121,631 7.7 25,421 16.4 209,002 640 14.3 5,261 209 95.4 6,764 10.9 55,614 Total... 226,545 100 1,581,376 100 155,065 100 98,057 4,484 100 2,835 123,631 54.6 61,783 100 39,069 G Wholesale and retail trade: repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and sonal and household goods SMEs 2 )... 473,726 99.3 3,030,954 61.6 544,232 39.1 179,558 6,816 48.4 2,249 130,516 27.6 111,145 51.4 36,670 Micro... 386,379 81.0 1,180,427 24.0 107,962 7.8 91,460 1,490 10.6 1,263 82,014 21.2 27,971 12.9 23,696 Small... 74,353 15.6 1,143,059 23.2 204,694 14.7 179,075 2,478 17.6 2,168 39,223 52.8 43,177 20.0 37,773... 12,993 2.7 707,468 14.4 231,576 16.6 327,331 2,847 20.2 4,025 9,279 71.4 39,996 18.5 56,535 Big... 3,459 0.7 1,887,525 38.4 847,616 60.9 449,062 7,268 51.6 3,851 2,763 79.9 105,003 48.6 55,630 Total... 477,185 100 4,918,479 100 1,391,849 100 282,984 14,084 100 2,864 133,279 27.9 216,148 100 43,946 50 Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; retail sale of automotive fuel SMEs 2 )... 86,883 99.5 614,405 82.3 122,177 63.4 198,855 2,103 72.6 3,423 31,205 35.9 26,310 68.6 42,821 Micro... 66,687 76.4 211,597 28.3 22,918 11.9 108,308 495 17.1 2,337 19,928 29.9 6,643 17.3 31,395 Small... 17,442 20.0 259,002 34.7 49,216 25.5 190,022 857 29.6 3,310 9,421 54.0 10,694 27.9 41,291... 2,754 3.2 143,805 19.3 50,043 26.0 347,994 751 25.9 5,224 1,855 67.4 8,972 23.4 62,391 Big... 418 0.5 132,184 17.7 70,561 36.6 533,811 793 27.4 5,996 317 75.8 12,021 31.4 90,944 Total... 87,301 100 746,589 100 192,739 100 258,159 2,896 100 3,879 31,522 36.1 38,331 100 51,342 51 Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles SMEs 2 )... 92,537 97.6 789,531 59.6 251,603 31.2 318,674 2,883 48.8 3,652 34,987 37.8 45,527 46.5 57,663 Micro... 64,188 67.7 172,150 13.0 23,876 3.0 138,695 382 6.5 2,220 17,737 27.6 6,496 6.6 37,735 Small... 21,297 22.5 302,630 22.9 84,545 10.5 279,369 969 16.4 3,200 12,149 57.0 16,384 16.7 54,138... 7,051 7.4 314,752 23.8 143,181 17.8 454,902 1,532 25.9 4,869 5,101 72.3 22,647 23.1 71,952 Big... 2,269 2.4 534,793 40.4 555,036 68.8 1,037,851 3,028 51.2 5,663 1,790 78.9 52,413 53.5 98,007 Total... 94,806 100 1,324,325 100 806,639 100 609,094 5,911 100 4,464 36,777 38.8 97,940 100 73,955 52 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles; repair of sonal and household goods SMEs 2 )... 294,304 99.7 1,627,014 57.1 170,451 43.4 104,763 1,830 34.7 1,125 64,324 21.9 39,309 49.2 24,160 Micro... 255,501 86.6 796,676 28.0 61,167 15.6 76,778 614 11.6 770 44,349 17.4 14,832 18.6 18,618 Small... 35,614 12.1 581,427 20.4 70,932 18.1 121,997 653 12.4 1,123 17,653 49.6 16,099 20.2 27,689... 3,188 1.1 248,911 8.7 38,352 9.8 154,079 564 10.7 2,264 2,323 72.8 8,377 10.5 33,656 Big... 772 0..3 1,220,547 42.9 222,019 56.6 181,901 3,447 65.3 2,824 657 85.1 40,568 50.8 33,238 Total... 295,076 100 2,847,561 100 392,471 100 137,827 5,277 100 1,853 64,981 22.0 79,877 100 28,051 H Hotels and restaurants SMEs 2 )... 183,784 99.9 1,235,250 89.1 42,589 82.9 34,478 1,533 79.6 1,241 63,983 34.8 20,603 83.3 16,679 Micro... 151,808 82.5 514,332 37.1 17,155 33.4 33,353 472 24.5 917 43,206 28.5 7,572 30.6 14,721 Small... 29,738 16.2 532,030 38.4 16,946 33.0 31,851 660 34.3 1,241 19,050 64.1 8,610 34.8 16,183... 2,238 1.2 188,888 13.6 8,489 16.5 44,942 402 20.8 2,126 1,728 77.2 4,422 17.9 23,408 Big... 170 0.1 151,379 10.9 8,755 17.1 57,836 393 20.4 2,597 136 80.0 4,126 16.7 27,258 Total... 183,954 100 1,386,629 100 51,344 100 37,028 1,926 100 1,389 64,120 34.9 24,729 100 17,834 1) The European Classification of Economic Activities, Rev. 1.1 (NACE, Rev. 1.1); the content was adapted according to the national classification of activity codes, edition 2003 (WZ 2003). 2) Small and medium-sized ; for the definitions see the excursus. Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office) German version published in Wirtschaft und Statistik 1/2010, p. 41 et seqq 9

Annex table (cont.):, employment, turnover, gross fixed capital investment and gross value added, 2007, by selected activity codes 1 ) and size classes Investment of Employees cent age of number % number % EUR mn % EUR EUR mn % EUR number % EUR mn % EUR I Transport, storage and communication SMEs 2 )... 96,829 99.0 945,653 46.9 97,443 29.6 103,043 6,272 26.7 6,633 50,183 51.8 41,435 33.8 43,816 Micro... 72,275 73.9 213,896 10.6 14,452 4.4 67,567 1,136 4.8 5,310 31,523 43.6 7,190 5.9 33,615 Small... 20,274 20.7 378,084 18.8 38,782 11.8 102,574 2,512 10.7 6,643 15,106 74.5 17,747 14.5 46,940... 4,281 4.4 353,673 17.5 44,209 13.4 125,001 2,625 11.2 7,422 3,555 83.0 16,498 13.5 46,647 Big... 964 1.0 1,070,642 53.1 231,863 70.4 216,564 17,244 73.3 16,106 807 83.7 81,032 66.2 75,686 Total... 97,793 100 2,016,295 100 329,306 100 163,322 23,516 100 11,663 50,990 52.1 122,468 100 60,739 60 Land transport; transport via pipelines SMEs 2 )... 59,496 99.7 516,300 73.7 37,261 56.5 72,169 3,491 58.8 6,761 31,178 52.4 17,162 61.7 33,241 Micro... 46,195 77.4 138,284 19.7 8,039 12.2 58,131 804 13.6 5,817 20,384 44.1 4,131 14.9 29,872 Small... 11,495 19.3 228,000 32.5 15,788 24.0 69,247 1,593 26.8 6,985 9,189 79.9 7,317 26.3 32,092... 1,806 3.0 150,017 21.4 13,434 20.4 89,550 1,094 18.4 7,290 1,606 88.9 5,715 20.6 38,092 Big... 198 0.3 184,595 26.3 28,634 43.5 155,119 2,442 41.2 13,230 194 97.9 10,638 38.3 57,631 Total... 59,694 100 700,895 100 65,895 100 94,016 5,933 100 8,465 31,372 52.6 27,801 100 39,665 61 Water transport SMEs 2 )... 2,819 98.1 25,093 62.6 8,827 29.1 351,772 634 55.5 25,246 1,060 37.6 5,369 72.8 213,979 Micro... 1,367 47.6 4,637 11.6 713 2.3 153,662 59 5.2 12,699 698 51.1 393 5.3 84,690 Small... 1,300 45.3 13,473 33.6 5,538 18.2 411,047 126 11.1 9,378 287 22.0 3,639 49.3 270,085... 151 5.3 6,983 17.4 2,577 8.5 368,960 448 39.3 64,195 75 49.5 1,338 18.1 191,581 Big... 54 1.9 14,989 37.4 21,550 70.9 1,437,715 507 44.5 33,825 38 70.5 2,011 27.2 134,136 Total... 2,873 100 40,082 100 30,377 100 757,867 1,141 100 28,454 1,098 38.2 7,380 100 184,121 62 Air transport SMEs 2 )... 396 93.1 3,125 5.5 747 4.5 238,965 121 10.8 38,866 204 51.6 277. 88,554 Micro... 309 72.6 789 1.4 79 0.5 99,688 19 1.7 23,523 140 45.3 33. 41,500 Small... 66 15.6 1,044 1.8 244 1.5 233,903 85 7.5 81,234 49 73.5 91. 87,421... 21 4.9 1,292 2.3 424 2.6 328,123 18 1.6 14,024 16 75.1 153. 118,210 Big... 29 6.9 54,209 94.5 15,697 95.5 289,569 1,003 89.2 18,500 21 72.6... Total... 425 100 57,335 100 16,444 100 286,811 1,124 100 19,610 226 53.1... 63 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies SMEs 2 )... 24,178 98.3 298,763 51.9 44,186 38.7 147,897 1,686 18.2 5,644 13,156 54.4 15,909 37.6 53,248 Micro... 16,351 66.5 51,337 8.9 4,596 4.0 89,525 194 2.1 3,772 7,121 43.6 2,137 5.1 41,633 Small... 6,070 24.7 111,236 19.3 15,399 13.5 138,438 609 6.6 5,478 4,550 75.0 5,881 13.9 52,872... 1,756 7.1 136,189 23.6 24,191 21.2 177,627 883 9.5 6,486 1,485 84.6 7,890 18.7 57,935 Big... 423 1.7 277,203 48.1 70,074 61.3 252,791 7,589 81.8 27,378 376 88.8 26,378 62.4 95,156 Total... 24,601 100 575,966 100 114,261 100 198,381 9,276 100 16,104 13,532 55.0 42,286 100 73,418 64 Post and telecommunications SMEs 2 )... 9,941 97.5 102,371 15.9 6,422 6.3 62,734 341 5.6 3,326 4,585 46.1 2,718 5.9 26,549 Micro... 8,053 79.0 18,849 2.9 1,027 1.0 54,463 60 1.0 3,200 3,180 39.5 496 1.1 26,337 Small... 1,342 13.2 24,332 3.8 1,812 1.8 74,458 98 1.6 4,046 1,032 76.9 819 1.8 33,657... 546 5.4 59,191 9.2 3,584 3.5 60,548 182 3.0 3,071 373 68.3 1,403 3.1 23,695 Big... 259 2.5 539,646 84.1 95,907 93.7 177,722 5,702 94.4 10,567 178 68.5 43,134 94.1 79,930 Total... 10,200 100 642,017 100 102,329 100 159,386 6,043 100 9,412 4,763 46.7 45,852 100 71,419 K Real estate, renting and business activities SMEs 2 )... 629136 99.6 3004 617 63.2 288306 60.8 95954 35264 63.9 11737 283330 45.0 168647 63.1 56129 Micro... 564401 89.4 1159 232 24.4 92959 19.6 80190 14644 26.5 12633 233826 41.4 61463 23.0 53021 Small... 53779 8.5 894987 18.8 96276 20.3 107573 9657 17.5 10790 40787 75.8 54518 20.4 60914... 10956 1.7 950398 20.0 99071 20.9 104241 10963 19.9 11535 8716 79.6 52666 19.7 55415 Big... 2515 0.4 1751 785 36.8 185706 39.2 106010 19945 36.1 11386 2166 86.1 98447 36.9 56198 Total... 631 651 100 4 756 402 100 474 012 100 99 658 55 209 100 11 607 285 496 45.2 267 094 100 56 155 70 Real estate activities SMEs 2 )... 172,535 99.9 351,630 83.7 78,584 70.1 223,484 24,260 85.3 68,992 43,177 25.0 49,309 72.3 140,230 Micro... 163,402 94.6 227,782 54.2 29,159 26.0 128,012 11,006 38.7 48,317 37,324 22.8 21,522 31.6 94,485 Small... 7,637 4.4 69,174 16.5 24,149 21.6 349,099 6,324 22.2 91,423 4,687 61.4 13,922 20.4 201,260... 1,497 0.9 54,674 13.0 25,276 22.6 462,310 6,930 24.4 126,750 1,166 77.9 13,865 20.3 253,597 Big... 229 0.1 68,393 16.3 33,457 29.9 489,180 4,180 14.7 61,124 191 83.4 18,887 27.7 276,159 Total... 172,764 100 420,023 100 112,040 100 266,748 28,440 100 67,711 43,367 25.1 68,196 100 162,364 71 Renting of machinery and equipment without oator and of sonal and household goods SMEs 2 )... 15,584 99.3 63,036 69.0 10,840 33.6 171,973 3,577 25.1 56,751 8,810 56.5 5,620 29.4 89,159 Micro... 13,823 88.1 29,120 31.9 3,050 9.5 104,744 1,068 7.5 36,662 7,509 54.3 1,752 9.2 60,173 Small... 1,484 9.5 19,794 21.7 3,903 12.1 197,206 847 5.9 42,803 1,080 72.7 2,152 11.3 108,699... 276 1.8 14,122 15.4 3,887 12.1 275,232 1,662 11.7 117,725 221 80.1 1,716 9.0 121,540 Big... 105 0.7 28,382 31.0 21,403 66.4 754,095 10,683 74.9 376,409 85 81.2 13,491 70.6 475,326 Total... 15,689 100 91,417 100 32,243 100 352,702 14,261 100 155,994 8,895 56.7 19,111 100 209,050 1) The European Classification of Economic Activities, Rev. 1.1 (NACE, Rev. 1.1); the content was adapted according to the national classification of activity codes, edition 2003 (WZ 2003). 2) Small and medium-sized ; for the definitions see the excursus. 10 Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office) German version published in Wirtschaft und Statistik 1/2010, p. 41 et seqq

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