THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FINNISH FIRM S

This article examines the size distributions of firms in Finland, both with the number of employees and turnover as the size measure. The pe rcentage share of the total number of employees in Finnish firms and o f their total turnover is calculated for the different size classes. O n the basis of these figures one can see that the importance of the sm all and middlesize firms has been exaggerated. Their relative share ha s increased over time, however, but the large enterprises still consti tute an important group. Compared with the EC-countries the importance of the large enterprises is relatively seen much greater in Finland.