11. Czech Republic

11.1. SMEs in the national economy

SMEs in the Czech Republic, representing 99.8% of all businesses, play an important role in the “non-financial business economy”. They contribute to more than two-thirds of total employment and more than half of the value added.

Table ‎11.1. Basic figures of the non-financial business economy of the Czech Republic, 2015

Number of enterprises

Number of persons employed

Value added

Number

Share

Number

Share

(in billion EUR)

Share

Total

994 108

100.0%

3 544 125

100.0%

88.9

100.0%

SMEs

992 618

99.8%

2 416 661

68.2%

48.8

54.9%

Micro

955 046

96.1%

1 123 258

31.7%

17.9

20.1%

Small

31 140

3.1%

625 065

17.6%

12.7

14.3%

Medium-sized

6 430

0.6%

668 338

18.9%

18.2

20.5%

Large

1 492

0.2%

1 127 464

31.8%

40.1

45.1%

Note: These are estimates for 2015 produced by DIW Econ, based on 2008-13 figures from the Structural Business Statistics Database (Eurostat). The non-financial business economy includes industry, construction, trade and services (NACE Rev. 2 sections B to J, L, M and N), but not enterprises in agriculture, forestry or fisheries, or the largely non-market service sectors such as education and health. The advantage of using Eurostat data is that the statistics are harmonised and comparable across countries. The disadvantage is that for some countries the data may be different from those published by national authorities.

Source: (European Commission, 2017[1]).

11.2. National policy framework to support SMEs in public procurement

The Ministry of Finance acts as a central purchasing body, pursuant to Government Resolutions Nos. 923/2014, 289/2015 and 24/2016. The Ministry has started promoting use of the dynamic purchasing system (DPS) in order to promote SME participation in public procurement. The DPS is established for passenger cars, printers, various office supplies, telecommunications services, office machines and their accessories, and personal computers. The tenders are divided into lots where possible.

Reference

[1] European Commission (2017), SBA Fact Sheets 2016, http://ec.europa.eu/DocsRoom/documents/22382.

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