Enterprises
Finland in Figures is an information package about Finland and Finns.
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- Enterprises by industry
- Enterprises by size class of personnel
- Enterprise openings and closures by industry
- Bankruptcy proceedings instituted
- Establishments of industrial enterprises
- Volume index of industrial output
- Volume index of sales in trade
- Turnover of trade
- Imports, exports and trade balance
- Biggest import and export countries
- Imports and exports by product category
Enterprises by industry, 2023
| Industry TOL 2008 | Enterprises | Personnel, staff-years |
Turnover | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Thousand | € million | |
| Total | 580 048 | 100 | 1 510 | 544 444 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 124 783 | 21,5 | 44 | 3 595 |
| Mining and quarrying | 1 139 | 0,2 | 6 | 2 643 |
| Manufacturing | 28 539 | 4,9 | 308 | 161 330 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 1 664 | 0,3 | 14 | 22 094 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 2 407 | 0,4 | 12 | 4 031 |
| Construction | 56 948 | 9,8 | 156 | 45 301 |
| Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 54 191 | 9,3 | 226 | 138 661 |
| Transportation and storage | 24 621 | 4,2 | 112 | 25 465 |
| Accommodation and food service activities | 16 324 | 2,8 | 57 | 8 582 |
| Information and communication | 21 576 | 3,7 | 104 | 28 245 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 16 791 | 2,9 | 45 | 35 543 |
| Real estate activities | 43 284 | 7,5 | 20 | 14 103 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 70 071 | 12,1 | 117 | 20 183 |
| Administrative and support service activities | 25 747 | 4,4 | 141 | 15 853 |
| Education | 10 293 | 1,8 | 7 | 929 |
| Human health and social work activities | 28 219 | 4,9 | 105 | 11 876 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 20 129 | 3,5 | 15 | 3 767 |
| Other service activities | 33 250 | 5,7 | 21 | 2 242 |
| Unknown | 72 | 0,0 | 0 | 1 |
Source: Statistics Finland, structural business and financial statement statistics
Enterprises by industry (xlsx)
Updated: 20.12.2024
Enterprises by size category of personnel, 2023
| Size category of personnel |
Enterprises | Personnel , staff-years |
Turnover | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Number | % | Thousand | % | € million | % |
| Total | 580 048 | 100 | 1 510 |
100 |
544 444 |
100 |
| 0–4 | 542 400 | 93,5 | 219 |
14,5 |
66 708 |
12,3 |
| 5–9 | 17 511 | 3,0 | 114 |
7,5 |
30 628 |
5,6 |
| 10–19 | 9 986 | 1,7 | 134 |
8,9 |
35 248 |
6,5 |
| 20–49 | 6 324 | 1,1 | 191 |
12,6 |
56 092 |
10,3 |
| 50–99 | 2 090 | 0,4 | 144 |
9,5 |
51 759 |
9,5 |
| 100–249 | 1 053 | 0,2 | 157 | 10,4 |
54 929 |
10,1 |
| 250–499 | 391 | 0,1 | 136 | 9,0 |
48 867 |
9,0 |
| 500–999 | 161 | 0,0 | 113 | 7,5 |
44 331 |
8,1 |
| 1 000– | 132 | 0,0 | 303 | 20,1 |
155 883 |
28,6 |
Source: Statistics Finland, structural business and financial statement statistics
Enterprises by size class of personnel (xlsx)
Updated: 20.12.2024
Enterprise openings and closures by industry, 2023
Industry TOL 2008
Source: Statistics Finland, enterprise openings and closures
Enterprise openings and closures by industry (xlsx)
Updated: 22.4.2024
Bankruptcy proceedings instituted
Source: Statistics Finland, bankruptcies and business restructuring proceedings
Bankruptcy proceedings instituted (xlsx)
Updated: 21.1.2025
Establishments of industrial enterprises, 2023
| Industry TOL 2008 | Establishments of enterprises | Personnel 1) | Value added of production | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Staff-years | € million | % | |
| Whole industry | 37 963 | 335 128 | 41 449 | 100 |
| Mining and quarrying | 1 257 | 6 369 | 952 | 2,3 |
| Manufacturing | 31 492 | 304 133 | 32 937 | 79,5 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 2 364 | 12 688 | 6 016 | 14,5 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activites | 2 850 | 11 938 | 1 543 | 3,7 |
1) Wage and salary earners and entrepreneurs
Source: Statistics Finland, regional statistics on entrepreneurial activity
Establishments of industrial enterprises (xlsx)
Updated: 20.12.2024
Volume index of industrial output 2021 = 100
Industry TOL 2008
* preliminary data
Source: Statistics Finland, volume index of industrial output
Volume index of industrial output 2021 = 100 (xlsx)
Updated: 7.3.2025
Volume index of sales in trade 2021 = 100
Industry TOL 2008
Source: Statistics Finland, turnover of trade
Volume index of sales in trade 2021 = 100 (xlsx)
Updated: 7.3.2025
Turnover of trade
Industry TOL 2008
| Year | Wholesale trade 1) | Retail trade 1) | Sale of cars 2) | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| € million | % | € million | % | € million | % | € million | % | |
| 2018 | 63 111 | 53,0 | 38 099 | 32,0 | 17 966 | 15,1 | 119 176 | 100 |
| 2019 | 60 821 | 51,4 | 39 137 | 33,1 | 18 293 | 15,5 | 118 252 | 100 |
| 2020 | 60 740 | 51,2 | 39 929 | 33,6 | 18 072 | 15,2 | 118 741 | 100 |
| 2021 | 65 800 | 51,2 | 42 446 | 33,0 | 20 269 | 15,8 | 128 515 | 100 |
| 2022 | 74 435 | 53,2 | 44 294 | 31,7 | 21 105 | 15,1 | 139 835 | 100 |
| 2023 | 70 660 | 51,0 | 45 300 | 32,7 | 22 700 | 16,4 | 138 661 | 100 |
– line across a time series shows substantial breaks in the homogeneity of a series
1) Excl. motor vehicles and motorcycles
2) Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Source: Statistics Finland, structural business and financial statement statistics
Updated: 20.12.2024
Imports, exports and trade balance
Biggest import and export countries, 2024*
Trade of goods
| Imports by country of origin | € million | % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 10 382 | 14,0 |
| Sweden | 8 601 | 11,6 |
| China | 7 396 | 10,0 |
| Norway | 5 531 | 7,4 |
| Netherlands | 4 013 | 5,4 |
| United States | 3 747 | 5,0 |
| Poland | 2 726 | 3,7 |
| Estonia | 2 364 | 3,2 |
| Italy | 2 198 | 3,0 |
| France |
2 168 |
2,9 |
| Other countries | 25 168 | 33,8 |
| Total | 74 294 | 100 |
| Exports by country of destination | € million | % |
| Sweden | 8 141 | 11,3 |
| Germany | 8 121 | 11,2 |
| United States | 6 967 | 9,6 |
| Netherlands | 5 638 | 7,8 |
| China | 3 513 | 4,9 |
| Belgium | 2 558 | 3,5 |
| Estonia | 2 514 | 3,5 |
| Poland | 2 455 | 3,4 |
| United Kingdom | 2 355 | 3,3 |
| Norway | 2 349 | 3,3 |
| Other countries | 27 596 | 38,2 |
| Total | 72 207 | 100 |
* preliminary data
Imports and exports by product category, 2024*
Product category CPA 2015
| Imports | € million | % |
|---|---|---|
| Chemical industry products | 13 844 | 18,6 |
| Electrical and electronics industry products | 11 847 | 15,9 |
| Products from mining and quarrying | 9 221 | 12,4 |
| Transport equipment | 7 824 | 10,5 |
| Machinery and equipment | 7 226 | 9,7 |
| Other | 24 331 | 32,7 |
| Total | 74 294 | 100 |
| Exports | € million | % |
| Chemical industry products | 14 024 | 19,4 |
| Metal and metal products | 12 046 | 16,7 |
| Forest industry products | 11 923 | 16,5 |
| Machinery and equipment | 10 287 | 14,2 |
| Electrical and electronics industry products | 9 573 | 13,3 |
| Other | 14 353 | 19,9 |
| Total | 72 207 | 100 |
* preliminary data
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