In 2020, small to medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in the wholesale trade industry in Japan generated sales of around 160.3 trillion Japanese yen. Sales generated by SMEs in the manufacturing industry amounted to close to 152 trillion yen in the same year.
Sales of private small and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in Japan in 2020, by industry
(in trillion Japanese yen)
including companies and solo proprietorships in non-primary industry; excluding corporate bodies other than companies
Supplementary notes
*Mining and quarrying of stone and gravel, compound services, and 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 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 does not exceed 100 million JPY, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 100 people. Service: companies whose capital 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 does not exceed 50 million JPY, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 50 people.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.64 U.S. dollars or 0.59 euros as of June 2024.
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METI (Japan). (May 31, 2024). Sales of private small and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in Japan in 2020, by industry (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1471073/japan-sales-private-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-by-industry/
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Sales of private small and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in Japan in 2020, by industry (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph], METI (Japan), May 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1471073/japan-sales-private-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-by-industry/
