Flash Eurobarometer 486: SMEs, start-ups, scale-ups and entrepreneurship

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are a vital part of the European and global economies. The FL486 survey on “SME’s, start-ups, scale-ups and entrepreneurship” was conducted in the EU27 and an additional 12 non-EU countries and territories and focuses on the barriers and challenges that SME’s in Europe face when growing, transitioning to more sustainable business models and digitisation. The survey collected responses during more than 16,000 telephone interviews with enterprises employing one or more persons between 19. February and 5. May. Most of the interviews were conducted before the outbreak of the COVID-19 in the country of these enterprises. The survey will serve as a key input for the European Commissions “SME strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe”. #####The results by volumes are distributed as follows: * Volume A: Countries * Volume AA: Groups of countries * Volume A' (AP): Trends * Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries * Volume B: EU/socio-demographics * Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics * Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: [https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)中小企业（Small and Medium Enterprises，简称SMEs）是欧洲乃至全球经济的重要组成部分。以“中小企业、初创企业、成长型企业与创业”为主题的FL486调查，在欧盟27国及另外12个非欧盟国家与地区开展，聚焦欧洲中小企业在发展壮大、向可持续商业模式转型以及数字化转型过程中面临的各类障碍与挑战。该调查于2月19日至5月5日期间，通过超过1.6万次电话访谈，收集了雇佣1名及以上员工的企业的有效反馈。大部分访谈在受访企业所在国暴发新冠疫情（COVID-19）之前完成。 本次调查将作为欧盟委员会“可持续与数字化欧洲中小企业战略”的核心参考依据。 #####按卷次划分的结果分布如下： * 卷A：国家维度 * 卷AA：国家群组维度 * 卷A'（AP）：趋势维度 * 卷AA'（AAP）：国家群组趋势维度 * 卷B：欧盟/社会人口统计学维度 * 卷B'（BP）：欧盟/社会人口统计学趋势维度 * 卷C：国家/社会人口统计学维度 ---- 研究人员可联系GESIS——莱布尼茨社会科学研究所：[https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)