Number of social economy enterprises (headquarters) with 50 or more employees

The social economy (SE) consists of economic activities that produce goods or services, carried out by companies, mainly cooperative and/or for social purposes, mutual societies, foundations and associations whose ethics is reflected in the following principles: (1) purpose of services to members or to the community rather than profit (2) management autonomy (3) democratic decision-making process (4) primacy of people and labour over capital in the distribution of income. Several indicators have been selected to reflect the place and characteristics of the social economy in Wallonia. Among these, the number of enterprises in ES according to the size class (number of workstations). Note: The social economy is often confused with the non-profit economy. However, these two concepts do not refer to the same reality, even if they partially overlap. Thus, the social economy, in accordance with the principle of autonomy of management, is never found in the public sector, as the non-profit sector can do. On the other hand, it may, by contrast, use resources which are almost exclusively commercial.社会经济（Social Economy，SE）指由各类主体开展的商品或服务生产类经济活动，这些主体主要包括合作社、以社会目标为导向的机构、互助协会、基金会及社团，其伦理准则体现为以下四项原则：（1）以服务成员或社区为宗旨，而非以盈利为目的；（2）经营自主权；（3）民主决策流程；（4）在收入分配环节，人与劳动优先于资本。 本次研究选取了多项指标，用以反映社会经济在瓦隆地区的发展地位与自身特征。其中一项核心指标为按规模层级（以工作岗位数量为划分依据）统计的社会经济企业数量。 注：社会经济常与非营利经济相混淆，尽管二者存在部分重叠，但二者所指代的现实范畴并不相同。根据经营自主权原则，社会经济活动绝不会出现在公共部门中，而非营利部门则可涉足公共部门领域；与之相对，社会经济主体也可使用几乎完全商业化的运营资源。