net value added; including companies and solo proprietorships in non-primary industry; excluding corporate bodies other than companies
Supplementary notes
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 Japanese yen, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 300 people. Rubber product manufacturing: companies whose capital does not exceed 300 million Japanese yen, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 900 people.
Wholesale trade: companies whose capital does not exceed 100 million yen, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 100 people.
Services: companies whose capital does not exceed 50 million yen or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 100 people. Software and information processing services: companies whose capital does not exceed 300 million yen, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 300 people. Hotel business: companies whose capital does not exceed 50 million yen, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 200 people.
Retail trade: companies whose capital does not exceed 50 million yen, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 50 people.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.7 U.S. dollars or 0.59 euros as of July 2025.
In 2020, the value added of small to medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) in Japan amounted to around trillion Japanese yen. The value added of SMEs accounted for ** percent of the value added of all business enterprises in Japan.
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