Small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) – also known as small and medium enterprises (SMEs) – are defined as companies with fewer than 1,000 employees.
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Global SMB IT expenditure share by company size 2018
This statistic shows the IT spending share from small-to-medium sized businesses (SMB) worldwide in 2018, by company size. Companies who had between 100 and *** employees are projected to account for around ** percent of total SMB IT spending in 2018.
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