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Among the enterprises, nearly 87,000 were companies and over 27,000 were self-employed people or sole entrepreneurs (FIE).

The number of companies has grown over the years, but the number of self-employed people decreases. Most (94%) enterprises had less than 10 employees. There were 191 companies with at least 250 employees, of which nearly 70% in the Harju County.

Traditionally, the most numerous were trade establishments (18%), but their share has declined over the last decade – in 2004, trade enterprises accounted for 29% of all enterprises. At the same time, for example, the share of ICT businesses grows – ten years ago, there were nearly 1,500 (3% of all enterprises), but by 2014 more than 5,000 (5% of all enterprises).

More than a half of the enterprises are located in the Harju County – 52% ten years ago, but in 2014, 54% of the total.