According the Small and Medium Enterprises Administration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, 99.7 % of the more than 100,000 new businesses created in 2004 were small or medium in size. Restaurants, wholesalers, and retailers accounted for 65 % of them, whereas manufacturers only accounted for 5 %.
2004 年經濟部中小企業處統計指出，十萬多家「新創事業」以中小企業為主，比例達 99.7 %，其中光是批發零售、餐飲住宿等兩種服務業就佔了 65 %，而製造業僅有不到 5 %。