Wholesale and retail trade businesses accounted for 21.1 per cent of the total registered business units in 2014, the National Statistics Office said today.

In 2014, registered business units amounted to 76,713, an increase of 4.3 per cent, or 3,169, over the number of business units recorded in 2013.

Furthermore, registered business units in financial and insurance activities (Section K), professional, scientific and technical activities (Section M), construction (Section F), administrative and support service activities (Section N) and accommodation amounted to 15.3, 10.6, 8.3 and 7.2 per cent respectively of the total registered units in 2014.

By employment size class, 96.8 per cent of business units employ less than 10 persons and are considered micro entities. This varies between 99.6 per cent in agriculture, forestry and fishing (Section A) and 62.4 per cent in public administration and defence (Section O). On the other hand, only 84 enterprises employ more than 250 persons and are classified as large undertakings.

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