Spain: change to SME employment 2016-2018

This statistic shows the change trends in the number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) employees in Spain in the previous six months from February 2016 to January 2018. From the responding SMEs, in January 2018, 17 percent had increased their employee numbers while 11 percent had decreased them.

Monthly change trends in the number of SMEs employees in the previous six months in Spain from February 2016 to January 2018*

Characteristic	Increase	No change	Decrease
Jan '18	17%	71%	11%
Dec '17	18%	69%	13%
Nov '17	16%	72%	12%
Oct '17	17%	69%	14%
Sep '17	17%	74%	9%
Aug '17	22%	67%	11%
Jul '17	18%	72%	10%
Jun '17	19%	69%	12%
May '17	18%	71%	11%
Apr '17	17%	70%	13%
Mar '17	19%	69%	12%
Feb '17	16%	71%	12%
Jan '17	18%	68%	14%
Dec '16	17%	72%	12%
Nov '16	18%	70%	12%
Oct '16	14%	74%	12%
Sep '16	17%	71%	12%
Aug '16	19%	70%	11%
Jul '16	16%	72%	11%
Jun '16	18%	70%	13%
May '16	17%	70%	13%
Apr '16	14%	74%	12%
Mar '16	15%	71%	14%
Feb '16	14%	72%	14%

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

Spain

Survey time period

February 2016 to January 2018

Number of respondents

Various**

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Source question: How did the number of employees in your business change in the last 6 months?
** Survey sample group size varies:
Feb '16 = 3,067
Mar '16 = 1,260
Apr '16 = 455
May '16 = 419
Jun '16 = 414
Jul '16 = 442
Aug '16 = 519
Sep '16 = 506
Oct '16 = 520
Nov '16 = 516
Dec '16 = 455
Jan '17 = 530
Feb '17 = 408
Mar '17 = 464
Apr '17 = 526
May '17 = 427
Jun '17 = 464
Jul '17 = 466
Aug '17 = 455
Sep '17 = 443
Oct '17 = 464
Nov '17 = 823
Dec '17 = 368
Jan '18 = 508.