Lithuania in figures (edition 2023)

Enterprises statistics

This chapter presents the Structural Business Statistics Survey data. The survey is carried out annually and covers enterprises of all economic activities, except for agriculture and financial intermediation. For the compilation of statistical information, data of annual enterprise activity reports (F‑01) submitted to Statistics Lithuania, annual financial statements (balance sheet and profit/loss statement) of enterprises, profit tax returns of individual enterprises and income declaration of self-employed as well as data on the insured with state social insurance have been used.

In 2018, Statistics Lithuania introduced a new statistical unit of the enterprise. The enterprise is constituted of one legal unit, a combination of legal units, or part of a legal unit (until 2017, the enterprise consisted of one legal unit or part of a legal unit). The enterprise is equated to combination of legal units in cases where the legal units are part of an enterprise group and their combined activities form an operating segment. From 2018, data are calculated by a new statistical unit of the enterprise.

In 2021 there were 302 thousand enterprises operating in the country, and they employed 1 million 169 thousand employees. Over the year, the number of enterprises increased by 20 thousand or 7 per cent, the number of persons employed – by 52 thousand or 4.7 per cent.

Main structural business statistics, including individual enterprises and natural persons carrying out economic activity are included

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Number of enterprises	248,519	259,147	271,001	281,783	302,009
Number of persons employed	1,057,420	1,076,790	1,111,905	1,117,390	1,169,385
Number of employees	936,315	948,050	965,167	951,860	984,681
Turnover, EUR mill.	87,036.3	94,617.2	101,297.3	100,027.2	124,561.0
Personnel costs, EUR mill.	10,882.4	12,185.6	13,470.3	13,897.0	16,009.5
Value added at factor cost, EUR mill.	19,888.9	21,667.3	24,047.1	25,536.5	30,529.7

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

In 2021, the turnover of enterprises amounted to nearly EUR 124.6 billion and, compared to 2020, increased by EUR 24.5 billion or 24.5 per cent. The value added at factor cost generated by enterprises amounted to EUR 30.5 billion, i.e. by EUR 5 billion or 19.6 per cent more than in 2020. On average, value added at factor cost generated by one employee (converted in full-time equivalent) amounted to EUR 35.2 thousand, i.e. by 15 per cent more than in the previous year.

Turnover, value added and employer’s expenditure per full time employee¹
EUR thous.

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¹Natural persons carrying out economic activity excluded.

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

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