Of the 61,200 enterprises on the Business Register Database at the end of September 2008, around 36,000 or 58.9 percent were in active operation. Of these, 80.9 percent had 1-9 employees, 9.1 percent 10-19, 6.5 percent 20-49, while 3.5 percent employed more than 50 people.

The number of registered enterprises has increased by 6,700 or 12.3 percent in the past 12 months, and the number of those actively operating by 4,700 or 15.1 percent. The biggest increase (4,300 or 17.1 percent) was shown by establishments with 1-9 employees, closely followed by those with 10-19 employees (500 or 16.8 percent). The number of those employing more than 50 people was up by 19 or 1.5 percent but those with 20-49 employees dropped by 7 or 0.3 percent.
In the past year the number of enterprises in wholesale and retail trade, and repair shops for household goods increased by 21.9 percent or 2,500, while that of those in the health and social work sectors increased by 0.7 percent or 16.  All the data have been computed by the National Statistics Office.

 

Source: en.news.mn