Nearly 33% of Polish employers are family businesses - report

Nearly one-third of micro, small and medium-sized employers (excluding those which do not have any employees) are family businesses, according to a survey by Polish Confederation Lewiatan. As much as 40 percent of them are micro enterprises, 46 percent - small businesses, and only 14 percent of family businesses are medium-sized. Family businesses are responsible for more than 18 percent of Poland's GDP and 25 percent of GDP is created by the private sector, of which 37 percent have been operating on the Polish market for more than 20 years, the report found. Confederation Lewiatan is the most influential Polish business organization representing employers' interests in Poland and the European Union since 1999.