Source: Annual Business Inquiry workplace analysis (2004)

Micro-enterprises (1-10 employees) and small business (11-49 employees) make up 97.1% of all business units in Sussex. The largest employers are found in the public, admin, education & health sector but even within that sector 58% of business units are micro-enterprises and 42% are small businesses. The 13% of all public service businesses which employ 50 or more employees are concentrated in West Sussex.