Stqarrijiet tal-aħbarijiet

Id-Demografija tan-Negozji: 2024

NR 218/2025
Data tal-Ħruġ: 26 taʼ Novembru 2025
Data tal-Għeluq: 12 taʼ Novembru 2025

business demography 2-01
  • Ċifri proviżorji għall-2024 juru li fʼMalta kien hawn 60,856 intrapriża, li kienu jħaddmu 275,357 persuna.
  • L-intrapriżi fil-Kummerċ bl-ingrossa u bl-imnut (Taqsima tan-NACE G); fl-Attivitajiet professjonali, xjentifiċi u tekniċi (Taqsima tan-NACE M) u fil-Kostruzzjoni (Taqsima tan-NACE F) kienu jiġbru fihom 41.3 fil-mija tal-intrapriżi kollha u kienu jsostnu 32.9 fil-mija tal-impjiegi.
  • Fl-2024, 73.2 fil-mija tal-intrapriżi kienu taʼ persuni jaħdmu għal rashom u bi sħubija, filwaqt li 26.4 fil-mija kienu kumpaniji privati (Ltd jew Plc).
  • Ċifri proviżorji juru li dawk li jħaddmu kienu jilħqu l-20,152 fʼMalta fl-2024.

Id-Demografija tan-Negozji: 2024

Id-Demografija tan-Negozji: 2024

NR 218/2025
Data tal-Ħruġ: 26 taʼ Novembru 2025
Data tal-Għeluq: 12 taʼ Novembru 2025

Ċifri proviżorji għall-2024 juru li fʼMalta kien hawn 60,856 intrapriża, li kienu jħaddmu 275,357 persuna.
business demography 2-01

Din l-istqarrija tal-aħbarijiet hija kkompilata bl-użu tal-unità tal-istatistika tal-’intrapriża’. Din tista’ tkun magħmula minn unità ta’ negozju legali waħda jew aktar, li tipproduċi oġġetti jew servizzi u li għandha ċerta grad ta’ awtonomija fit-teħid tad-deċiżjonijiet (ara nota nru 6 fil-metodoloġija). Ċifri proviżorji għall-2024 juru li f’Malta kien hawn 60,856 intrapriża, żieda ta’ 3.1 fil-mija, jew 1,843 intrapriża, meta mqabbel mal-2023.

Is-settur tal-Kummerċ bl-ingrossa u bl-imnut (Taqsima tan-NACE G) kien responsabbli għal 16.0 fil-mija tal-intrapriżi; l-Attivitajiet professjonali, xjentifiċi u tekniċi (Taqsima tan-NACE M) kienu responsabbli għal 15.3 fil-mija, filwaqt li l-Kostruzzjoni (Taqsima tan-NACE F) kienet responsabbli għal 9.9 fil-mija (Tabella nru 1, Ċart nru 1).

 

Meta mqabbel mas-sitwazzjoni fis-sena taʼ qabel, in-negozji żgħar ħafna (mikro) li jħaddmu sa disaʼ persuni żdiedu bi 2.9 fil-mija, filwaqt li n-negozji ż-żgħar li jħaddmu bejn 10 u 49 persuna, żdiedu bʼ7.3 fil-mija. In-negozji taʼ daqs medju li jħaddmu bejn 50 u 249 persuna żdiedu bʼ9.7 fil-mija. In-negozji li jħaddmu 250 persuna u aktar naqsu bi 2.5 fil-mija (Tabella nru 1, Ċart nru 2).

Ċart nru 1. L-intrapriżi u l-impjiegi maqsumin bit-taqsimiet tan-NACE

Ċart nru 2. L-intrapriżi maqsumin bil-klassi tad-daqs tal-impjiegi

Mikro: 0 – 9 impjegati
Żgħar: 10 – 49 impjegat
Medji: 50 – 249 impjegat
Kbar: 250+ impjegat

Fl-2024, 73.2 fil-mija tal-intrapriżi kienu taʼ sidien li jaħdmu għal rashom u bi sħubija, 26.4 fil-mija kienu kumpaniji bʼresponsabbiltà limitata jew kumpaniji pubbliċi bʼresponsabbiltà limitata (plc), filwaqt li 0.4 fil-mija kienu koperattivi, korporazzjonijiet, friegħi jew impriżi konġunti (Tabella nru 2, Ċart nru 3).

Ċifri proviżorji juru li dawk li jħaddmu kienu jilħqu l-20,152 fʼMalta fl-2024, żieda taʼ 6.3 fil-mija fuq is-sena taʼ qabel (Tabelli nri 3 u 4).  Fl-2024, 56.1 fil-mija taʼ dawk li jħaddmu kienu kumpaniji bʼresponsabbiltà limitata jew kumpaniji pubbliċi bʼresponsabbiltà limitata (plc), filwaqt li 43.1 fil-mija kienu sidien li jaħdmu għal rashom u bi sħubija (Ċart nru 3).

Fl-2024, il-Kummerċ bl-ingrossa u bl-imnut (Taqsima tan-NACE G) kellu 16.0 fil-mija tal-impjiegi f’Malta, l-Attivitajiet taʼ servizz amministrattiv u taʼ sostenn (Taqsima tan-NACE N) kellhom 11.5 fil-mija, u l-Attivitajiet taʼ servizz tal-akkomodazzjoni u tal-ikel (Taqsima tan-NACE I) kellhom 10.4 fil-mija (Tabelli nri 5 u 6).

Ċart nru 3. L-intrapriżi u min iħaddem bit-tip taʼ organizzazzjoni legali

Noti:
1. Iċ-ċifri tal-2024 għandhom jitqiesu bħala proviżorji.
2. Employer enterprises jirreferu għal intrapriżi b’aktar minn impjegat wieħed.

Tables

Tables

Table 1. Structure of active enterprises by year, employment size and NACE 

Table 2. Structure of active enterprises by year, type of legal organisation and NACE 

Table 3. Structure of employer enterprises by year, employment size and NACE 

Table 4. Structure of employer enterprises by year, type of legal organisation and NACE 

Table 5. Employment structure by year, employment size and NACE 

Table 6. Employment structure by year, type of legal organisation and NACE 

All Tables

Methodological Notes

1. The Business Demography data is covered by Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on European business statistics which came in force on 1st January 2021. It stipulates that business demography data is to be based on the concept of active enterprises in a reference year. Active enterprises had either turnover or employment at any time during the reference period.

2. The data is classified by economic activity according to the NACE (Nomenclature Statistique des Activités Économiques dans la Communauté Européenne) Rev.2 classification of economic activities in the European Union.

3. Other types of legal structures include public corporations, cooperatives, joint ventures and branches. Public corporations are all the government-controlled units that are often established by government as market producers principally engaged in the production of goods, non-financial and financial services, and as such they are classified in non-financial and financial sectors.

4. New business registrations are mainly identified through Value-added tax (VAT) registrations as well as through Malta Business Registry (MBR) new companies registrations.

5. Updates in the Statistical Business Register are ongoing and all figures reported are subject to revision. Data for 2024 are to be considered as provisional.

6. The business demography 2023 news release includes a break in series, and as such, the data presented are not directly comparable to those in previous Business Demography News Releases. The break in series results from a shift in the statistical unit used for data compilation. Whereas prior releases were based on active business units at legal unit level, the current data are derived using the enterprise as the statistical unit (refer to definition). This methodological change aligns with updated statistical standards and aims to provide a more comprehensive representation of the business economy. The table below highlights the percentage changes in figures that may be attributed to this methodological transition.

NACE Section % Change in number of units % Change in Employment
A0.00.0
B0.00.0
C-1.80.1
D-3.7341.9
E-1.8-0.3
F-1.63.0
G-1.34.3
H-1.24.2
I-1.44.6
J-3.9-1.9
K-18.9-4.7
L-9.30.0
M-2.1-8.8
N-4.4-11.6
P-0.8-0.3
Q-0.6-0.1
R-2.919.6
S-0.8-0.9
T0.00.0
U0.00.0
Total -2.8 0.0

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Definitions

The enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise may consist of one or more legal units. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations (Figure 1).

The number of persons employed is defined, as the total number of persons who work in the observation unit (inclusive of working proprietors, partners working regularly in the unit and unpaid family workers), as well as persons who work outside the unit who belong to it and are paid by it (e.g. sales representatives, delivery personnel, repair and maintenance teams). It excludes manpower supplied to the unit by other enterprises and persons carrying out repair and maintenance work in the enquiry unit on behalf of other enterprises.

A worker is considered to be an employee of a particular unit if he or she receives a wage or salary from the unit regardless of where the work is performed (even from remote locations). A worker from a temporary employment agency is considered to be the agency’s employee and not that of the business unit to which he or she is assigned.

Part-time workers, seasonal workers, persons on strike or on short-term leave are all considered employees, while volunteers or workers on long-term leave are excluded.

Employer enterprises refer to enterprises with more than one employee.

The following are the definitions of the employment size class breakdowns shown in Table 1, Table 3 and Table 5:

Size class Persons employed
Micro 0-9
Small 10-49
Medium 50-249
Large 250+

The following are the definitions of the legal forms:

Sole ownership is defined as enterprises owned exclusively by one natural person.

Partnership is defined as an association of persons who conduct a business under a collective name.

Limited liability companies refer to enterprises comprising joint-stock companies, private limited companies.

Public corporations are all the government-controlled units that are often established by government as market producers principally engaged in the production of goods, non-financial and financial services, and as such they are classified in non-financial and financial sectors.

Cooperatives are bodies set down by law that observe a number of general principles; for example profits are often distributed in proportion to members’ dealings with the society.

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