Written Answer by Mr Lim Swee Say, Minister for Manpower, to Parliamentary Question on employee count in establishments

Notice Paper no. 521 of 2017 for the sitting on 06 February 2017

Question no. 384 and 385 for Written Answer

MP: Ms Sun Xueling

To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) what is the number of companies in Singapore who hire more than 100 employees in 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005 and 2015 respectively; and (b) what is the total number of employees hired by these companies in 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005 and 2015 respectively.

To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) what is the number of companies in Singapore who hire more than 1,000 employees in 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005 and 2015 respectively; and (b) what is the total number of employees hired by these companies in 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005 and 2015 respectively.

Answer

1. The number of private sector establishments¹ that hire more than 100 employees²  and more than 1,000 employees is provided in Table 1. 

Table 1: Number of Private Sector Establishments by Employee Count, 1995, 2005, 2015 (June)

	1995	2005	2015
Private sector establishments hiring more than 100 employees	1,610	2,100	3,590
Private sector establishments hiring more than 1,000 employees	90	110	200

Source: Labour Market Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM

2. The corresponding number of employees hired by these private sector establishments is provided in Table 2.

Table 2: Total Number of Employees in Private Sector Establishments by Employee Count, 1995, 2005, 2015 (June)

	1995	2005	2015
Total number of employees in private sector establishments hiring more than 100 employees	384,500	505,900	866,700
Total number of employees in private sector establishments hiring more than 1,000 employees	210,600	277,200	542,200

Source: Labour Market Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM

3. Data from 1965 to 1985 is not available.