27 June is World Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Day.
In April 2022 alone, over $13 billion in new loans were provided to micro, small and medium businesses, highlighting Australian banks’ support for our re-emerging economy. This brings the combined total lending for SME’s to over $450 billion.
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SMEs by industry
There were 2.35 million SMEs in Australia in 2020. The most (almost 400k) SMEs were in the construction industry.
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COVID-19 SME lending
61% of all new business loans during the first 300 days of the COVID-19 pandemic were to small or medium sized enterprises.