Japan: added value of SMEs by industry

In 2015, approximately 32.6 trillion Japanese yen were added by small to medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in the manufacturing industry in Japan. SMEs in the wholesale trade industry added a value of around 15.8 trillion yen in the same year.

Value added by private small and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) operating in Japan in 2015, by industry (in billion Japanese yen)

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

2015

Special properties

value added in a year; including companies and solo proprietorships in non-primary industry; excluding corporate bodies other than companies

Supplementary notes

*Services not elsewhere classified such as waste disposal businesses, automobile maintenance services, employment and working dispatching services, political, business, and cultural organizations, etc.

'Added value' refers to the value that is newly generated during the production activities of an enterprise, etc.
The formulas used for the calculation:
Added value = sales value - total cost + total wages and salaries + tax and public imposition
Total cost = cost of goods sold + selling cost and administrative expenses
Excluding the following elements of GDP that are contained in the concept of the system of national accounts: added value from consumption of fixed capital, social insurance premium charged on an employer, imputed rent of an owned house, research and development expenditure, operator of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, public enterprises, and producers of government services.

Definition of SMEs by industry:
Manufacturing, construction, and transportation, as well as other industries not mentioned below: companies whose capital or the total investment does not exceed 300 million JPY, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 300 people.
Wholesale trade: companies whose capital or the total investment does not exceed 100 million JPY, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 100 people.
Service: companies whose capital or the total investment does not exceed 50 million JPY, or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 100 people.
Retail trade: companies whose capital or the total investment does not exceed 50 million JPY or a company or an individual whose regular workforce does not exceed 50 people.

100 Japanese yen equal 0.71 U.S. dollars or 0.64 euros as of January 2024.

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