ATB Business Beat - Alberta SMEs

In general, SMEs make up 99.9% of the businesses in the province. Only 0.1% of all businesses in Alberta have 500 or more employees— the rest are “small” with fewer than 50 employees or “mid-sized” with 50 – 499 employees. More than half of the SMEs we talked to have fewer than five employees and 61% reported 2012 revenue earnings of more than $500,000.