Preliminary Report of the 2022 Basic Survey on Small and Medium Enterprises (Performance Results Based on the FY2021 Closing Accounts) Compiled

1. Outline of the Basic Survey on Small and Medium Enterprises

SMEA has been conducting the Basic Survey on Small and Medium Enterprises every year as a cross-industry survey in order to ascertain the financial and operational situation of SMEs. The 2022 survey was the 19th such annual survey.

The survey covers approximately 110,000 SMEs randomly selected from 11 industries, namely construction; manufacturing; information and communications; transport and postal services; wholesale trade; retail trade; real estate and goods rental and leasing; scientific research, professional and technical services; accommodations, eating and drinking services; living-related and personal services and amusement services; and services (not elsewhere classified).

This report is based on valid responses from 45,186 companies (valid response rate: 41.1%).

2. Key points in the report

• Average total sales per enterprise were 180 million yen, up by 5.0% from the previous year, and total ordinary profits per enterprise were 8.71 million yen, up by 31.4% from the previous year.
• Average added value per incorporated enterprise was 88 million yen, up by 9.6% from the previous year.
• The average number of employees per enterprise was 9.2, down by 0.8% from the previous year.
• The percentage of incorporated enterprises that have conducted business investment was 22.3%, up by 0.1 percentage points from the previous year. The percentage of incorporated enterprises that have concluded a new leasing contract was 11.7%, up by 0.5 percentage points from the previous year.
• Looking at data on presidents (including independent business operators), those in their 70s accounted for the largest share of all presidents categorized by 10-year age group (27.0%), while those who have occupied their office for over 30 years accounted for the largest share of length of tenure (30.5%) categorized by 10-year period.

For the details of the 2022 survey results, see the Appendix.

Related Material

• Appendix: Overview of Preliminary Report of the 2022 Basic Survey on Small and Medium Enterprises (Performance Results Based on the FY2021 Closing Accounts) (in Japanese)(PDF:445KB)

Division in Charge

Research Office, Business Environment Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency