Profitability of enterprises weakened in all main industries measured by operating margin in 2023

Release related to topics:Enterprises
release | Structural business and financial statement statistics 2023

According to Statistics Finland, the profitability of enterprises weakened in all main industries measured by operating margin in 2023. The operating margin weakened most in industry (TOL B to E), where the operating margin percentage decreased from 11.2 to 10.2 per cent, or by one percentage point.

Key selections

  • There were 580,000 enterprises in 2023. The number of enterprises increased by 1.5 per cent from 2022.
  • In 2023, the profitability in industry weakened especially in the forest industry (TOL 16 to 17) and in the chemical industry (TOL 19 to 22).
  • Among service industries, the profitability improved particularly in transportation and storage (TOL H) and in human health and social work activities (TOL Q) in 2023.
  • The figures in the release are based on enterprise unit level data from which items between legal units belonging to the enterprise unit have been eliminated. Figures based on legal units can be found in their own database tables.

Database tables

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Updated database tables
Classifications used:
  • Size category of turnover
  • TOL 2008
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
two times a year
Updated:
Classifications used:
  • TOL 2008
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
two times a year
Updated:
Classifications used:
  • Industry (TOL 2008)
  • Size category of enterprise by EU definition
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
two times a year
Updated:
Classifications used:
  • Size category of personnel
  • TOL 2008
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
two times a year
Updated:
Classifications used:
  • Industry (TOL 2008)
  • Size category of enterprise by EU definition
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
two times a year
Updated:
Classifications used:
  • TOL 2008
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
two times a year
Updated:
Classifications used:
  • Size category of personnel
  • TOL 2008
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
two times a year
Updated:
Classifications used:
  • Size category of turnover
  • TOL 2008
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
two times a year
Updated:
Classifications used:
  • TOL 2008
  • Legal form
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
year
Updated:
Classifications used:
  • TOL 2008
  • Sector category
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
year
Updated:
Classifications used:
  • Type of owner
  • TOL 2008
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
year
Updated:
Classifications used:
  • TOL 2008
  • Belongs to the enterprise group
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
year
Updated:
Classifications used:
  • Revision
  • Industry (TOL 2008)
Reference period cycle:
year
Updating frequency:
year
Updated:

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Referencing instructions

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Structural business and financial statement statistics [online publication].
Reference period: 2023. ISSN=2342-6233. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 22.12.2024].
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