Spain: change to SME employment next 6 months 2016-2018

This statistic shows the expected change trends in the number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) employees in Spain in the following six months from February 2016 to January 2018. From the responding SMEs, in January 2018, 38 percent expected to increase their employee numbers while three percent expected to decrease them in the following six months.

Monthly change to the number of SME employees in the following six months in Spain from February 2016 to January 2018*

Characteristic	Increase	No change	Decrease
Jan '18	38%	58%	4%
Dec '17	42%	54%	4%
Nov '17	36%	61%	4%
Oct '17	38%	59%	3%
Sep '17	35%	61%	3%
Aug '17	35%	60%	5%
Jul '17	38%	58%	4%
Jun '17	34%	61%	5%
May '17	36%	60%	4%
Apr '17	37%	59%	4%
Mar '17	34%	63%	3%
Feb '17	38%	59%	3%
Jan '17	34%	62%	5%
Dec '16	37%	59%	4%
Nov '16	35%	60%	4%
Oct '16	34%	61%	5%
Sep '16	35%	60%	5%
Aug '16	32%	62%	6%
Jul '16	29%	66%	5%
Jun '16	29%	63%	8%
May '16	36%	59%	5%
Apr '16	38%	58%	5%
Mar '16	35%	62%	3%
Feb '16	35%	60%	5%

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

Spain

Survey time period

February 2016 to January 2018

Number of respondents

Various**

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Source question: How do you expect the number of employees in your business to change in the next 6 months?
** Survey sample group size varies:
Feb '16 = 3,067
Mar '16 = 1,260
Apr '16 = 455
May '16 = 419
Jun '16 = 414
Jul '16 = 442
Aug '16 = 519
Sep '16 = 506
Oct '16 = 520
Nov '16 = 516
Dec '16 = 455
Jan '17 = 530
Feb '17 = 408
Mar '17 = 464
Apr '17 = 526
May '17 = 427
Jun '17 = 464
Jul '17 = 466
Aug '17 = 455
Sep '17 = 443
Oct '17 = 464
Nov '17 = 823
Dec '17 = 368
Jan '18 = 508.