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The industry that dominates Portage la Prairie, MB is 1 to 4 employees comprising of 67 businesses or 53.6% of the community's business establishments. Coming second is the 5 to 9 employees industry that makes up 18.4% of the business community.The third largest is the 10 to 19 employees industry, which includes 19 businesses. Meanwhile, 12.0 per cent of businesses are considered to be small business, providing jobs to 1 to 99 employees. Then 4.8 per cent make up the medium-sized businesses that employs 100 to 499 people.

The business sizes chart shows the distribution of businesses according to the number of employees they employ. Definitions of what fall under a small, medium, or large business varies per country. However, in North America, small businesses are generally referred to have fewer than 100 employees, medium-sized businesses employing anywhere from 100 to 500 employees. Anywhere above 500 employees falls under large enterprises. The chart helps understand the profile of businesses in community. Having a huge portion of businesses with a small workforce generally means that the municipality is more or less diversified, and that small and medium-sized enterprises have a huge influence on the municipality’s economy.