Численост и състав на индустриалците в средата на 40-те години на XX век
Number arid Composition of the Industrialists in Bulgaria in the Mid-1940s

Summary/Abstract: The peculiarities in the development of the national economy and of industry in particular to a large extent determined the characteristic features of the industrial stratum. Bulgarian industrialists in their majority were of the first and second generation, and their original activity was connected mainly with the handicrafts and commerce. They emerged as a relatively more numerous group during the period between the wars and especially in the 1930 s. The scale of Bulgarian industry explains the large number of small industrialists and producers who came closer to artisan than to industrial production. In the mid-40s there were about 4,500–5,000 industrialists in Bulgaria. Of them not more than 200 or 250 could be entered into the category of big owners. Big and medium industrial capital was concentrated in joint-stock; companies, while small industrialists preferred one-man firms, general partnerships and limited liability companies. The overwhelming majority of the industrialists were Bulgarians. Among the other national groups the strongest was the presence of Jews who turned to the activity of industrial entrepreneurs chiefly in the years after the First World War.

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