Vývoj a prognóza počtu podnikov v regiónoch Slovenska

Abstract

The development of the number of enterprises is of great importance for economic growth, job creation, resistance to crises or productivity growth. The aim of the article is prediction and a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the number of enterprises in Slovakia and its regions. In addition to general theoretical scientific methods, we used time analysis methods. We forecasted the number of enterprises using a linear trend. We monitored the intensity of differences in the development of the number of enterprises in the regions of Slovakia through the coefficient of variation. The main results show that the number of enterprises in Slovakia has been growing for a long time. The largest part is made up of small and medium-sized enterprises, while most of them are long-term concentrated in the capital and the surrounding area. The remaining regions have been lagging behind for a long time, and the dynamics of business growth does not reach the level necessary to mitigate regional disparities compared to the Bratislava self-governing region. The least favorable situation is in the Prešov self-governing region, where in the last ten years the number of micro-enterprises has grown, while the growth of medium-sized enterprises has been significantly slower.