Needs and Characteristics of a Sample of Micro and Small Enterprises in Thailand - Working Paper N°5 - Micro and Small Enterprise Development and Poverty Alleviation in Thailand - Project ILO/UNDP: THA/99/003 (ILO-ISEP - ILO - UNDP, 1999, 102 p.): Annexes: Annex I: Tables 2

Needs and Characteristics of a Sample of Micro and Small Enterprises in Thailand - Working Paper N°5 - Micro and Small Enterprise Development and Poverty Alleviation in Thailand - Project ILO/UNDP: THA/99/003 (ILO-ISEP - ILO - UNDP, 1999, 102 p.)

Annexes

		Annex I: Tables 2 - 31
		Annex II: Figures 1 to 9
		Annex III: List of enterprises surveyed
		Annex IV: ILO Recommendation concerning General Conditions to Stimulate Job Creation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, 1998 (No. 189)

Annex I: Tables 2 - 31

Table 2. General Information on Entrepreneurs - the Bangkok Survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Number:	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77
Sex:
Female	15	5	3	12	5	20	40	7	-	-	7	47
Male	2	1	1	6	5	12	15	11	3	1	15	30
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77
Age:
20-30	2	1	1	1	-	2	5	2		-	2	7
31-40	6	2	3	12	3	18	26	6	2	1	7	33
41-50	5	-	-	4	3	7	12	5		-	7	19
51-60	2	3	-	1	1	2	7	2	1	-	3	10
>60	2	-	-	-	3	3	5	3	-	-	3	8
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77
Education:
Elementary	13	3	-	6	5	11	27	6	1	-	7	34
High school	3	3	1	5	3	9	15	3	1	-	4	19
Vocational	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5		-	5	5
University	1	-	3	7	2	12	13	4	1	1	6	19
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77

Table 3. General Information on Type of Business - the Bangkok Survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Manufacturing	17	6	4	-		4	27	18	-	-	18	45
Products:
Food	8	2	1	-		1	11	-	-	-	-	11
Garments/Cloths	3	2	1	-		1	6	4	-	-	4	10
Herbal shampoo and insect repellent	2	1	-	-		-	3	-	-	-	-	3
Flower garlands	2	-	-	-		-	2	-	-	-	-	2
Funeral flowers	2	-	-	-		-	2	-	-	-	-	2
Brassware	-	1	-	-		-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Picture Frames	-	-	2	-		2	2	1	-	-	1	3
Shoes	-	-	-	-		-	-	2	-	-	2	2
Wooden furniture	-	-	-	-		-	-	3	-	-	3	3
Keys	-	-	-	-		-	-	1	-	-	1	1
Shades	-	-	-	-		-	-	1	-	-	1	1
Beds (steel)	-	-	-	-		-	-	1	-	-	1	1
Water ducts	-	-	-	-		-	-	1	-	-	1	1
Screens	-	-	-	-		-	-	1	-	-	1	1
Graphite rods	-	-	-	-		-	-	1	-	-	1	1
Oxygen	-	-	-	-		-	-	1	-	-	1	1
Ovens	-	-	-	-		-	-	11	-	-	1	1
Trading	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	1		11
Newspapers & books	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-		4
Shoes	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-		2
Kitchenware	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-		1
Tyres	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-		1
Fish Tank & Accessories	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-		1
Stationery	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-		1
Water quality testing equipment	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		1		1
Services	-	-	-	18	-	18	18	-	3	-	3	21
Laundry	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	4
Barber	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	3
Beauty salon	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	2
Flowers	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	2
Silk screen	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Bicycle repair	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Muffler	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	2
Driving lessons	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Xerox copying	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Import/export	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Environmental consultant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1
Computer system analyst	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Installing aluminum frames	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1
Grand total	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77

Table 4. General Information on Number of Workers - the Bangkok Survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
1-5	7	3	4	15	7	26	36	2		-	2	38
6-10	9	1		2	3	5	15	9	2	-	11	26
11-20	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	3	-	1	4	5
21-50	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	4	1		5	6
>50	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77

Table 5. Value of assets and premises ownership of MSEs - the Bangkok survey

Value of assets (Baht)	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
<10,000	2	2	-	1	1	2	6	-	-	-	-	6
10,000-30,000	12	-	-	4	3	7	19	-	-	-	-	19
30,001-50,000	2	1	1	-	1	2	5	1	-	-	1	6
50,001-100,000	1	-	2	4	1	7	8	3	-	-	3	11
100,001-200,000	-	1	1	3	2	6	7	2	-	-	2	9
200,001-500,000	-	1	-	2	1	3	4	1	2	-	3	7
500,001-1,000,000	-	1	-	3	-	3	4	7	-	-	7	11
1,000,001-5,000,000	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	3	-	1	4	6
5,000,001-10,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10,000,001-20,000,000	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	1	-	1	1
>20,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77
Own premises	.	-	1	3	2	6	6	11	1	1	13	19
Rent premises	-	-	3	15	8	26	26	7	2	-	9	35
	-	-	4	18	10	32	32	18	3	1	22	54

Table 6. Commercial registration of MSEs - the Bangkok survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
No Registration	16	4	2	3	3	8	28	2	-	-	2	30
Registered	1	2	2	15	7	24	27	16	3	1	20	47
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77
To be legal	1	1	2	14	7	23	25	16	3	1	20	45
Forced	-	1	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	2
	1	2	2	15	7	24	27	16	3	1	20	47
Easy	1	1	2	9	6	17	19	7	_	1	8	27
Complicated	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	2	1	-	3	7
Moderate	-	1	-	2	1	3	4	7	2	-	9	13
	1	2	2	15	7	24	27	16	3	1	20	47

Table 7. Source of Investment and Years of Establishment of MSEs - the Bangkok Survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Own investment only	-	2	3	17	9	29	31	7	1	-	8	39
Loan from government	17	1	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	18
Loan from cooperatives	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
Loan from bank	-	1	-	-	1	1	2	11	2	1	14	16
Loan from friends & relatives	-	-	1	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	2
Loan from money lender	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77
Years of establishment
<1 year	13	1	1	6	1	8	22	1	-	-	1	23
1-2 years	3	1	1	-	1	2	6	1	-	-	1	7
3-5 years	-	2	1	6	-	7	9	1	-	-	1	10
5-10 years	1	2	-	3	3	6	9	4	1	1	6	15
>10 years	-	-	1	3	5	9	9	11	2	-	13	22
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77

Table 8. Difficulties in starting-up of MSEs - the Bangkok survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
No difficulties	9	3	2	7	6	15	27	6			6	33
Difficulties with funding	11	2	1	7	4	12	25	10	2	1	13	38
Difficulties in finding Location	11	3	1	9	4	14	28	5	-		5	33
Difficulties in finding skilled workers	4	1	-	1	-	1	6	4	2		6	12
(More than one factor)	35	9	4	24	14	42	86	25	4	1	30	116

Table 9. The Technology aspect of MSEs - Bangkok survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Satisfied with present technology	11	4	2	9	7	18	33	10	-	-	10	43
Not satisfied because of:	6	2	2	9	3	14	22	8	3	1	12	34
Old Equipment	5	2	2	4	3!	9	16	6	3	-	9	25
Inadequate Premises	3	1	1	5	2	8	12	2	1	-	3	15
Poor Raw Materials	1	1	1	3	3	7	9	3	1	-	4	13
Lack of Information	2	-	-	2	2	4	6	5	2	1	8	14
	11	4	4	14	10	28	43	16	7	1	24	67
Are workers’ skills adequate
Yes	12	1	3	12	9	24	37	9	1	-	10	47
No	5	5	1	6	1	8	18	9	2	1	12	30
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77
Can be improved by better
Equipment	11	4	1	2	2	5	20	6	2	-	8	28
Technology	6	1	1	3	2	6	13	2	2	1	5	18
Premises	16	1	1	5	1	7	24	1	-	-	1	25
Skills Development	8	3	2	9	2	13	24	10	2	1	13	37
Raw Materials	6	-	1	2	3!	6	12	6	1	-	7	19
Product Design	-	1	1	-	-’	1	2	4	-	-	4	6
	47	10	7	21	10	38	95	29	7	2	38	133

Table 10. The Marketing aspect of MSEs - the monthly sales - the Bangkok survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Sales per month (Baht)
NA	4	1	-	5	1	6	11	2	1	-	3	14
<2,000	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
2,001-4,000	3	2	-	2	1	3	8	-	-	-	-	8
4,001-8,000	5	2	1	2	2	5	12	-	-	-	-	12
8,001-20,000	2	-	-	5	2	7	9	1	-	-	1	10
20,001-50,000	-	-	1	-	2	3	3	7	1	-	8	11
50,001-100,000	1	-	2	2	2	6	7	4	-	-	4	11
100,000-200,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	2
200,001-500,000	-	1	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	2
500,001-1,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
1,000,001-2,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
2,000,001-5,000,000	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	2	3
>5,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77

Table 11. The Marketing aspect of MSEs - the market and adequacy of income - the Bangkok survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Market
Nearby only	5	4	2	10	7	19	28	-	-	-	-	28
Nearby and Bangkok	11	2	2	6	3	11	24	15	3	-	18	42
Bangkok and provinces	1	-	-	2	-	2	3	-	-	1	1	4
Thailand and exports	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	3
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77
Business income adequate?
Yes	7	3	3	14	7	24	34	10	2	-	12	46
No	10	3	1	4	3	8	21	8	1	1	10	31
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77

Table 12. The Financial aspect of MSEs - the Bangkok survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Finance received from												-
Bank	-	1	1	2	1	4	5	11	2	1	14	19
Obtaining bank finance easy	-	-	1	2	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	3
Obtaining bank finance complicated	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Supplier	-	-	1	2	3	6	6	-	-	-	-	6
Friends & Relatives	-	-	1	3	1	5	5	-	-	-	-	5
Cooperatives	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
None	17	5	1	11	6	18	40	7	1	-	8	48
	17	6	4	19	11	34	57	18	3	1	22	79

Table 13. The legal aspect of MSEs - the Bangkok survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Legal Constraints on business												-
None	15	6	3	15	9	27	48	18	3	1	22	70
Tax	1	-	1	2	1	4	5	-	-	-	-	5
Food & drugs regulation	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Patent law	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77
Regulations helpful to business												-
None	16	6	2	14	7	23	45	17	3	1	21	66
Tax reduction	1	-	2	4	3	9	10	1	-	-	1	11
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77

Table 14. Assistance (BDS) to MSEs - the Bangkok survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises
	DPW(M/f.)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME	All ME	M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Assistance Received
None	7	2	1	13	10	24	33	15	3	-	18	51
Skills development	1	1	1	1	-	2	4	1	-	-	1	5
			(Supplier)	(Supplier)		-	-	(Fed Thai Ind.)			-	-
Information	2	1	2	4	-	6	9	-	-	1	1	10
			(Friend/Customer)	(Assoc./ Supplier)		-	-			(Supplier)	-	-
Fairs occasionally	12	1	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	13
Marketing & information	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	2	6
								(Friend/Customer)
	22	9	4	18	10	32	63	18	3	1	22	85
Assistance Desired: (including financial)
None	4	2	2	10	10	22	28	13	3	-	16	44
Marketing	10	4	2	4	-	6	20	4	-	-	4	24
Financial	8	1	-	1	2	3	12	2	1	-	3	15
Skills development	1	-	-	3	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	4
R&D, product development	1	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	1	4
Supplier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1
Information	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Premises	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
	25	9	4	19	12	35	69	20	4	1	25	94

Table 15. Associations of MSEs - the Bangkok survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
None	-	-	4	17	10	31	31	18	2	1	21	52
Presently member of business association	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	2
Member of co-op or women group	17	6	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	23
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77
Would association be useful?
Yes	13	3	2	6	1	9	25	-	-	-	-	25
No	1	1	1	6	4	11	13	16	2	1	19	32
Don’t know	3	2	1	6	5	12	17	2	1	-	3	20
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77
What kind of association?
Larger cooperatives	8	3	-	1	1	2	13	-	-	-	-	13
Association of same business	5	-	2	5	-	7	12	-	-	-	-	12
(More than single counting)	13	3	2	6	1	9	25	-	-	-	-	25

Table 16. On entrepreneurship and business prospect - the Bangkok survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	UCDO(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Will quit if can get steady job?
Yes	5	-	-	3	5	8	13	1	1	-	2	15
No	12	6	4	15	5	24	42	17	2	1	20	62
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77
Will advice others for?
Yes	12	6	3	16	5	24	42	16	1	1	18	60
No	5	-	1	2	5	8	13	2	2		4	17
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77
Business potential:
Questionable	2	2	-	-	2	2	6	1	1	-	2	8
Struggling	7	2	-	6	5	11	20	4	1	-	5	25
Sustainable	5	2	3	9	3	15	22	6	-	-	6	28
Good potential	3	-	1	3	-	4	7	7	1	1	9	16
	17	6	4	18	10	32	55	18	3	1	22	77

Table 17. General information on entrepreneurs - the Phetchaburi survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Number:	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27
Sex:
Female	1	6	1	2	-	3	10	5	-	-	5	15
Male	-	-	1	-	3	4	4	6	2	-	8	12
Total	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27
Age:
20-30	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	2
31-40	1	2	1	1	1	3	6	6	1	-	7	13
41-50	-	.1	-	1	2	3	6	2	1	-	3	9
51-60	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	2	3
>60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27
Education:
Elementary	1	3	1	-	-	1	5	3	-	-	3	8
High School	-	1	1	-	2	3	4	4	1	-	5	9
Vocational	-	2	-	2	-	2	4	2	1	-	3	7
University	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	-	-	2	3
Total	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27

Table 18. General information on type of business - Phetchaburi

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Manufacturing	1	6	2	-	-	2	9	11			11	20
Food	1	3	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	3	7
Garments/cloths	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
Funeral flower	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Palmwood ware	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sticker	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metal works	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Truck/trailer body	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Wooden door/window panel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
Plastic shipping tray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Trading	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	3
Tire	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Car audio	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Alternator	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Services	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	-	2	-	2	4
Laundry	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Beautician school	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Body shop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1
Tractor repair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1
	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2		13	27

Table 19. General information on number of workers Phetchaburi survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Number of workers
1-5	-	4	1	2	3	6	10	-	-	-	-	10
6-10	1	1	1	-	-	1	3	4	-	-	4	7
11-20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	4	4
21-50	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	3	4
>50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	2
Total	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27

Table 20. Value of assets and premises ownership of MSEs Phetchaburi

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Asset valve
< 10,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10,000-30,000	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	1	4
30,001-50,000	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
50,001-100,000	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	1	-	-	1	3
100,001-200,000	-	1	2	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	3
200,001-500,000	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	3	4
500,001-1,000,000	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
1,000,001-5,000,000	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	2	1	-	3	5
5,000,001-10,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	3	3
10,000,001-20,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1
>20,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1
	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27
Own premises	-	-	1	1	2	3	4	10	1	-	11	15
Rent premises	-	-	1	1	8	-	10	1	1	-	2	12
	-	-	2	2	10	3	14	11	2	-	13	27

Table 21. Commercial registration of MSEs - the Phetchaburi survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Registration status
No Registration	1	4	2	2	-	4	9	-	-	-	-	9
Registered	-	2	-	-	3	3	5	11	2	-	13	18
	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27
Reason for registering
To be legal	-	2	-	-	3	3	5	11	2	-	13	18
Forced	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
	-	2	-	-	3	3	5	11	2	-	13	18
Ease of registration
Easy	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	6	2	-	8	10
Complicated	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1
Moderate	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	-	-	4	7
	-	2	-	-	3	3	5	11	2	-	13	18

Table 22. Source of investment and years of establishment of MSEs - the Phetchaburi survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Own investment only	-	-	2	1	1	4	4	6	1	-	7	11
Loan from government	1	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	7
Loan from cooperatives	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loan from bank	-	-	-	1	2	3	3	5	1	-	6	9
Loan from friends & relatives	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loan from money lender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27
Years of establishment
<1 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1
1-2 years	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
3-5 years	-	3	1	2	1	4	7	1	1	-	2	9
5-10 years	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	4	6
>10 years	-	1	1	-	2	3	4	6	-	-	6	10
	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27

Table 23. Difficulties in starting-up of MSEs - the Phetchaburi survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
No difficulties	-	2	1	1	-	2	4	2	1	-	3	7
Difficulties with funding	1	2	-	-	1	1	4	3	1	1	5	9
Difficulties in finding location	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	2
Difficulties in finding market	-	2	1	-	2	3	5	-	-	-	-	5
Difficulties in finding skilled workers	-	1	-	1	1	2	3	5	-	-	5	8
(More than single counting)	-	7	2	2	4	8	15	12	2	1	15	31

Table 24. Technology aspect of MSEs - the Phetchaburi survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Satisfied with present technology	-	5	-	2	3	5	10	7	2	-	9	19
Not satisfied because of:	1	1	2	-	-	2	4	4	-	-	4	8
Old equipment	1	1	2	-	-	2	4	2	-	-	2	6
Inadequate premises	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Poor raw materials	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1
Lack of information	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1
	1	1	2	-	-	2	4	4	-	-	4	8
Are workers skills adequate
Yes	1	5	2	2	2	6	12	10	2	-	12	24
No	-	1	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	1	3
Total	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27
Can be improved by better
Equipment	1	1	1	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	3
Technology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Premises	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Skills development	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Raw materials	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Product design	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1	1	1	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	3

Table 25. The Marketing aspect of MSEs - the monthly sales - the Phetchaburi survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Sales per month (Baht)
NA	-	-	1	1	2	4	4	8	1	-	9	13
<2,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2,001-4,000	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
4,001-8,000	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
8,001-20,000	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
20,001-50,000	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	2
50,001-100,000	-	1	-	-	1	1	2	2	-	-	2	4
100,000-200,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
200,001-500,000	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	2
500,001-1,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1,000,001-2,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2,000,001-5,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
>5,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27

Table 26. The marketing aspect of MSEs, the market and adequacy of income - the Phetchaburi survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprise				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Market
Nearby only	1	3	1	2	3	6	10	5	-	-	5	15
Nearby and Bangkok	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	4	2	-	6	8
Bangkok and provinces	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thailand and exports	-	1	1	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	2	4
	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27
Business income adequate?
Yes	1	5	2	1	2	5	11	10	2	-	12	23
No	-	1	-	1	1	2	3	1	-	-	1	4
	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27

Table 27. The Financial Aspect of MSEs - the Phetchaburi Survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Financial Received from
Bank	-	-	-	1	3	4	4	10	1	-	11	15
Easy	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	3
Complicated	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Supplier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Friends & Relatives	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cooperatives	-	2	1	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	3
None	1	4	1	1	-	2	7	1	1	-	2	9
Total	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27

Table 28. The legal aspect of MSEs - the Phetchaburi survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Legal constraints to business												-
None	1	5	2	2	3	7	13	5	2	-	7	20
Tax	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	3	4
Labor law	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	2
Land use law	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Others	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	2
Total	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	13	2	-	14	28
Regulations helpful to business												-
None	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	1	-	12	26
Tax reduction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1
Total	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27

Table 29. Assistance (BDS) to MSEs - the Phetchaburi survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
												-
Assistance Received												-
None	1	3	-	2	2	4	8	9	-	-	9	17
Skills development	1	1	1	-	-	1	3	2	2	-	4	7
			(Supplier)			-	-	(FTI, TPI)	(Supplier)		-	-
Information	-	1	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	2
			(Friend/Customer)		(Supplier)		-				-	-
Fairs occasionally	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
Marketing & information	1	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
	4	8	1	2	3	6	18	11	2	-	13	31
Assistance Desired: (including financial)
None	-	2	2	2	3	7	9	10	2	-	12	21
Marketing	1	2	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	1	4
Financial	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Skills Development	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
R&D, Product Development	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
Supplier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Information	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Premises	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Total	2	6	2	2	3	7	15	11	2	-	13	28

Table 30. The issues of associations of MSEs - the Phetchaburi survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
None	-	3	2	2	2	6	9	6	1	-	7	16
Presently Member of Business Association	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	5	1	-	6	7
					(Prov. CoC)			(Prov. CoC, FTI, TPI)
Member of co-op or women group	1	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
Total	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27
Would association be useful?
Yes	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	1	-	4	5
No	-	-	2	-	-	2	2	2	1	-	3	5
Don’t know	1	6	-	2	2	4	11	6	-	-	6	17
Total	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27
What kind of Association?
Larger cooperatives	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
Association of Same business	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	1	-	4	5
(More than single counting)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	1	-	4	5

Table 31. On Entrepreneurship and business prospect - the Phetchaburi survey

Issues	Microenterprises							Small Enterprises				Total
	Supported Microenterprises		Independent Microenterprises				All ME
	DPW(M/f.)	DIP(M/f.)	M/f.	Services	Trading	All Ind. ME		M/f.	Services	Trading	All SE
Will quit if can get steady job?
Yes	-	1	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	2
No	1	5	2	1	3	6	12	11	2	-	13	25
Total	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27
Will advise others to go into business?
Yes	1	5	2	1	3	6	12	11	2	-	13	25
No	-	1	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	2
	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27
Business potential:
Questionable	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Struggling	1	2	-	1	-	1	4	6	-	-	6	10
Sustainable	-	3	1	-	3	4	7	4	-	-	4	11
Good potential	-	1	1	-	-	1	2	1	2	-	3	5
Total	1	6	2	2	3	7	14	11	2	-	13	27