National Agenda for Entrepreneurship and SMEs
4 Major Directives of the National Agenda for Entrepreneurship and SMEs
7 Themes within the National Agenda for Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Classification of companies
Micro, Small and Medium Companies
Trade
Micro
Small
Medium
Total revenue
(AED million)
< 3
< 50
< 250
Or Number of
Employees
< 5
50 - 6
200 - 51
Industry
Micro
Small
Medium
Total revenue
(AED million)
< 3
< 50
< 250
Or Number of
Employees
< 9
100-10
250-101
Services
Micro
Small
Medium
Total revenue
(AED million)
< 3
< 50
< 200
Or Number of
Employees
< 5
50 - 6
200 - 51
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Classification of Small and Medium Enterprises
First, SMEs are classified into sectors according to the economic activities they engage in, namely, the trade sector, the industrial sector and the service sector. Then, the businesses affiliated with each sector are classified into three categories depending on their size: Micro, small and medium-sized companies. The company size is then determined according to the number of its employees and annual revenues.
Enterprises with less than 5 employees or annual revenues of less than AED 3 million are classified as micro-businesses, while companies with less than 50 employees or annual revenues of less than AED 50 million are classified under the category of small enterprises, while companies with less than 200 employees or annual revenues of less than AED 250 million are classified as medium-sized enterprises.
Industrial companies with less than 9 employees or annual revenues of less than AED 3 million are classified under the category of micro-manufacturing enterprises. Industrial enterprises with less than 100 employees or annual revenues of less than AED 50 million fall under the category of small industrial companies. Industrial enterprises with less than 250 employees or revenues of AED 250 million fall within the category of medium industrial companies. Service enterprises with less than 5 employees or annual revenues of less than AED 2 million are classified as micro-service companies, while enterprises with less than 50 employees or revenues less than AED 20 million are classified under small service companies. Enterprises with less than 200 employees or annual revenues of less than AED 200 million are classified as medium-sized service companies.
