Analysis of the Number of Active Enterprises in Individual Regions of Slovakia in the Period 2014–2019
Analysis of the Number of Active Enterprises in Individual Regions of Slovakia in the Period 2014–2019

Author(s): Ľubica Hurbánková
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to analyze the trend in the number of active enterprises in individual regions of Slovakia in the period 2014–2019. Selected characteristics of time series are used to analyze the trend. The contribution method is used to fnd out which region contributed the most to the total increase in the number of active enterprises.The largest increase in the number of active enterprises was in 2017 compared to 2016 when an increase of 5.95% was recorded, which is absolutely 29,496 more active enterprises. The lowest increase was found in 2016 compared to the previous year, namely an increase of 1.86% (9,036 more active enterprises). In 2019 compared to 2014, the number of active enterprises increased by 19.58%. During the entire monitored period, the largest number of active enterprises was in the Bratislava region (124,334 in 2019), the least in the Banská Bystrica region (47,114 in 2014). The number of active enterprises increased the most in 2019 compared to 2014 in the Bratislava region (an increase of 26.84%), the least in the Trenčín region (an increase of 12.80%). In 2014, the Bratislava region had the highest share of the total number of active enterprises (20.56%). Bratislava region contributed the most to the increase in the number of active enterprises in 2019 compared to 2014 by 19.58%, namely 5.52% and Trenčín region the least at 1.29%.

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