In 2023, the average number of employees increased by 2.9% compared to 2022. The highest share of the average number of employees (39.1%) is seen in enterprises active in the market services sector, followed by those in the industry (29.0%). The average size of an industrial enterprise was around 20 employees, while in trade the average size was about 5 employees.
Compared to 2022, the total number of enterprises increased by 5.8%. At the end of 2023, there were 63,112 enterprises active in the industry sector, respectively 9.3% of total active enterprises in the following economic sectors: industry, construction, trade and market services. The highest share was held by active enterprises in the market services sector, respectively 52%.
In terms of turnover, the highest value was recorded by enterprises having trade as core activity (40.4%), while construction enterprises recorded only 8.5% of the total turnover.
The structure of gross value added at factor cost by sectors in 2023, was as follows: 37.4% in market services, 29.6% in industry, 21.5% in trade and 11.5% in construction.
The structure of gross investments by economic activity sectors is the following: industry 36.5%, market services 31%, construction 18.8%, and trade 13.7%.
The gross result registered positive values (profit) for all four economic activity sectors, with market services and trade accounting for 57.8% of gross result.