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finance them willingly. Despite all this, the number of micro-enterprises has increased in the
past years as well; although they are mostly enterprises created out of necessity. The
majority of micro-enterprises have no employees (mostly due to tax considerations) or they
are just the self-employed type.
By the end of 2004 registered enterprises had reached the number of 964,000 (if we
add the number of individuals carrying out economic activities with a separate tax number,
the amount comes to 1.2 million), the number of active enterprises however was only
708,000 in 2004.
Chart No. 1:
Number and share of operating enterprises in categories of employees for the period
of 2000- 2004.
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
No. Of numbe numbe numbe numbe shar numbe
Employees r share r share r share r e r share
0 17 665 3% 18 721 3% 22 835 3% 16 414 2% 15 970 2%
1
408
066 65%
424
782 66%
465
000 67%
464
150 66%
464
096 66%
2 78 508 13% 80 520 12% 82 558 12% 90 205 13% 92 375 13%
3– 4 54 001 9% 54 113 8% 55 088 8% 58 827 8% 61 473 9%
5– 9 34 620 6% 35 205 5% 35 469 5% 37 504 5% 39 613 6%
10–19 16 407 3% 16 656 3% 16 910 2% 17 530 3% 18 170 3%
20–49 9 442 2% 9 501 1% 9 919 1% 10 252 1% 10 636 2%
50–249 5 350 1% 5 337 1% 5 006 1% 5 015 1% 5 028 1%
250 and above 1 088 0% 1 046 0% 1 003 0% 958 0% 946 0%
Total 625
645 693 700 708
enterprises
Total
147 100% 881 100% 788 100% 855 100% 307 100%
microenterpris 592
613 660 667 673
es
860 95% 341 95% 950 95% 100 95% 527 95%
Source: Central Statistics Office
Regarding the time-consuming process of starting an enterprise, there is a significant
difference between starting a private entrepreneurship (entrepreneurial licence) and a
partnership. The former can be obtained within a day while forming a partnership takes a
relatively long time.
Time and costs of registering a private entrepreneurship:
Private entrepreneur: Private entrepreneurship is the business-like economic activity done
by a resident private individual regularly - in his/her name, at his/her risk for profit. A private
entrepreneur may carry out any business-like economic activity not prohibited by law on
Hungarian territory. A private entrepreneur’s liability is unlimited: he/she is liable for his/her
entire assets.
To carry out private entrepreneurial activities - except for agricultural production and
relating services -, one only requires an entrepreneurial licence.
The entrepreneurial licence - applied for on the appropriate form - is issued at the
document office by the notary of the municipality, which executes regional centre
duties, cognizant in the site of the enterprise.
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