Distribution of persons employed in individual entrepreneurship
The industries in which people registered as sole proprietors are employed can be seen from this distribution for 2021–2023. Rows list industries, while subsections separately present total employed, active sole proprietors, and employees. Values are expressed as a percentage of the total, showing the share of employed persons in each economic activity for each of the three years
- Total — Number of persons employed in individual entrepreneurial activity
- Total — Number of actually operating individual entrepreneurs
- Total — Number of employees
- Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles — Number of employees
- Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles — Number of persons employed in individual entrepreneurial activity
- Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles — Number of actually operating individual entrepreneurs
- of which retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles — Number of employed in individual entrepreneurial activity
Employment structure in sole proprietorships by economic activity, 2021–2023, percent
Who grew, who fell: 2021 → 2023
Set in numbers
Rosstat data for 2021–2023. Series: 72, period: 3. Shown by positions: Total — Number of employed in the sphere of individual entrepreneurial activity; Total — Number of actually operating individual entrepreneurs; Total — Number of employees; Agriculture, forestry, hunting, fishing and fish farming; Agriculture, forestry, hunting, fishing and fish farming and others
Total — Number of employed in the sphere of individual entrepreneurial activity: the indicator did not change from 100 to 100 for 2021–2023. Of the 15 largest series, 6 increased, 9 decreased
All table numbers are series: 72
How to read this table
Table rows cover various economic sectors, from agriculture and forestry to mining and quarrying. Comparing annual figures in the columns allows for tracking changes in the share of small business participation in specific industries. The total row provides an overview of employment in the sole proprietorship sector nationwide for each of the periods presented
What is visible in these numbers
Top five values: Total — Number of employed in the sphere of individual entrepreneurial activity (100), Total — Number of actually operating individual entrepreneurs (100), Total — Number of employees (100), Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (52.8), Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (43.7). The gap between the highest and lowest values is 1,000 times. The top five account for 75.2% of the total across all positions — the distribution is heavily skewed toward the top
Annual observations, with 3 periods of observation in the dataset. There are 75 values in the table out of 75 possible, which is 100%; data gaps are virtually absent
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Period and application
The data is relevant for analyzing the structure of small and medium-sized enterprises in Russia. Data for 2021, 2022, and 2023 help assess the concentration of self-employed persons and employees in different market segments. This information is useful for economists, entrepreneurs, and those studying the dynamics of labor resource distribution by economic activity
How it is calculated
Noted in the source itself: Average number of employed in the sphere of individual entrepreneurial activity, including the individual entrepreneur themselves, employees, partners, and assisting family members
1) Средняя численность занятых в сфере индивидуальной предпринимательской деятельности, включая самого индивидуального предпринимателя, наемных работников, партнеров и помогающих членов семьи.
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