Value chains of domestic enterprises in 2022
A A AAt the end of 2022, most (78.7%) of the surveyed enterprises with 10 or more persons employed performed business functions only internally and did not source them outside. The phenomenon of external sourcing concerned 21.3% of the surveyed enterprises, most of which (88.0%) contracted out functions only to other domestic enterprises. Business functions abroad were contracted out mainly to European Union countries.
At the end of 2022, four-fifths (47,753) of the surveyed enterprises (legal entities) employing 10 or more persons performed business functions1 entirely within the enterprise, and one-fifth (12,895) sourced functions externally to be performed completely or partially to others units.
1 Business function is a set of tasks that an enterprise must carry out on a regular basis in order to bring goods or services to market. These tasks may be performed internally by an enterprise or sourced externally.