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2 Main Service Industry Categories

According to statistics on the number of service industry companies
in Taiwan and their revenue compiled by the Ministry of Finance (Table 2),
Taiwan had approximately 1,171,954 service companies in 2019, which was
an increase of 25,003 companies from 2018. Their revenue was NT$23.83
trillion in 2018 and NT$24.38 trillion in 2019. Taiwan's main service industry
categories were "wholesale and retail trade," "transportation and warehousing,"
"finance and insurance," "real estate," and "publishing, video or audio production,
communication, and ICT service industries" in both 2018 and 2019, with the
revenue exceeding NT$1 trillion for each category.

Table 2 Number of service industry companies in Taiwan and their revenue

Unit: company; thousand NTD
2018 2019
Service Industry Category
Number of Total Revenue Number of Total Revenue
Companies Companies
Wholesale and retail trade 672,736 15,132,460,563 678,410 15,248,561,414
Transportation and warehousing 32,555 1,282,033,535 33,216 1,285,736,589
Accommodation and food 152,200 694,217,386 157,098 731,836,617
Publishing, video or audio production, communication,
21,271 1,232,398,172 22,653 1,284,148,472
and ICT service industries
Finance and insurance 34,333 2,503,332,278 36,088 2,596,533,438
Real estate 36,726 1,253,256,993 39,028 1,448,664,031
Professional, scientific and technical services 48,331 779,310,047 50,758 788,896,039
Support Services 30,536 543,607,569 31,366 558,918,430
Education 3,581 20,333,059 4,187 22,170,505
Human health and social work services 1,060 31,518,601 1,216 34,324,859
Arts, entertainment and recreation services 30,569 105,235,133 32,994 115,500,588
Other services 83,041 246,590,055 84,940 261,786,567
Total 1,146,951 23,827,564,876 1,171,954 24,377,077,549
Source: Number of profit-seeking enterprises and their revenue from the database of the Ministry of Finance.
Source: Number of profit-seeking enterprises and their revenue from the database of the Ministry of Finance.

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