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

The social economy (SE) consists of economic activities producing goods or services carried out by companies, mainly cooperatives and/or for social purposes, mutual societies, foundations and associations whose ethics are reflected in the following principles: 1) purpose of services to members or 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 report on the place and characteristics of the social economy in Wallonia. Of these, the number of SEE enterprises by size class (number of jobs). Note: The social economy is often confused with the non-market. Yet these two concepts do not designate the same reality, even if they overlap partially. Thus the social economy, by virtue of the principle of autonomy of management, is never found in the public sector as can the non-marketer. On the other hand, it can, unlike non-merchants, call on resources that are almost exclusively marketable.社会经济（Social Economy，SE）由各类经济主体开展的商品生产或服务供给类经济活动构成，参与主体主要涵盖合作社、以社会公益为宗旨的组织、互助协会、基金会以及社会团体，其伦理准则体现为以下四项核心原则：1）以服务成员或社区为目标，而非追逐利润；2）经营自主权；3）民主决策流程；4）收入分配中以人为本、劳动优先于资本。 研究团队选取了多项指标，用以刻画社会经济在瓦隆大区的定位与特征。其中一项指标为按规模层级（以就业人数为划分依据）划分的社会经济企业（Social Economy Enterprises，SEE）数量。 注：社会经济常与非市场领域概念相混淆。尽管二者存在部分重叠，但实则指代不同的现实范畴。由于社会经济遵循经营自主原则，其绝不会存在于公共部门中——这一点与非市场组织不同。而与非商业主体不同的是，社会经济几乎仅可调用可市场化的资源。