Almost 30 thousand small and medium-sized enterprises were opened in Serbia within two years. In Serbia, from 2022 to 2024, the number of micro, small and medium-sized entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs increased by almost 30 thousand - from 339,450 to 368,893. This corresponds to an increase of about 8%. Such data are provided by the Republic of Serbia Statistical Office in the publication "Companies by size and entrepreneurs in the Republic of Serbia in 2022–2024".
The number of large factories also increased during that period - from 624 to 674. The number of entrepreneurs increased by more than 10% The largest increase among small and medium-sized businesses was shown by the category of entrepreneurs: their number increased from 231,758 in 2022 to 256,406 in 2024, or by 10.6%.
The number of micro-enterprises increased by 4.8% - from 92,239 to 96,706. The number of small enterprises increased by 2.2% - from 12,540 to 12,814, and the medium ones - by 1.9%, from 2,913 to 2,967. Small and medium businesses provide jobs for more than a million people. In 2024, 1,000,935 people were employed in the micro sector, small and medium businesses and entrepreneurs. This is 1.9% more than in 2022, when the number of employed was 982,380.
In the large companies, employment increased by 5.7%, from 564,571 to 596,633 employees. Among the small and medium business categories, the largest number of employees worked in medium enterprises: in 2024 there were 304,054 of them compared to 299,259 two years earlier. Small businesses increased their workforce from 254,322 to 260,538, and micro-enterprises from 170,339 to 176,157.
Entrepreneurial companies, excluding the owners themselves, employed 260,186 workers - 0.7% more than in 2022.
The largest share of employment in the small and medium business sector was in manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade and vehicle repair, construction, professional, scientific, innovative and technical activities, as well as hospitality and catering.