Reasons To Be Positive About Cybersecurity And Supply Chain Risk On Micro-, Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises Day
ESET, June 27,2025
Despite rising challenges, SMEs worldwide are embracing new tools and support to grow stronger and more secure.
As the UN's Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) Day rolls around again, some of the smallest businesses in the world face a series of challenges, from a cost-of-living crisis to difficulty accessing investment.
Micro and small enterprises are engines for growth. MSMEs create seven out of 10 jobs in emerging markets, according to the World Bank. As of 2022, 48% of the workforce in the EU earned their daily bread from a company with fewer than 49 staff, yet were also responsible for almost a third of the EU's turnover. Midsized enterprise stats are just as impressive.