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According to a survey by the Brazilian Support Service for Small and Micro and Small Businesses (Sebrae), based on data from the General Register of Employed and Unemployed People (Caged), small businesses were responsible for creating 85% of job vacancies generated in February . In absolute numbers, there were 206,697 vacancies.
According to Caged, the service branch was the one that hired the most. There were 135,238 jobs in February. Then comes the manufacturing industry, which accounted for 37,429 jobs; while the construction had 22.6 thousand new jobs generated. Trade had a negative balance (-1,344 new jobs).
The data follow the history that was already proving to be promising last year, when, for every ten jobs created in Brazil, approximately eight were created by micro and small companies.
The accumulated result for the year surpassed 2 million new jobs, with almost 1.6 million jobs being in small businesses: around 78.4% of the total. In 2021, the participation of MSEs in the total balance was 77%. The average is higher in 2023 (83% of the total).
Medium and large companies had a negative balance for the second consecutive month, with more layoffs than hiring. In the accumulated of 2023, of the 326,356 new jobs generated, 83% were in micro and small companies (MSEs).
With information from Agência Brasil