Other entrepreneurship in agriculture and horticulture, 2023

Approximately 13,800 farms were engaged in other business activities in addition to agriculture and horticulture in 2023. The most common form of other business activities was agricultural contracting for external parties, with 6,700 farms being engaged in contracting. In agriculture and horticulture, other business activities mean activities in which a farm’s machinery, buildings, areas or products are used. The management of a farm’s forests is not included in other business activities.
 

• Nearly 13,800 farms were engaged in other business activities in addition to agriculture and horticulture in 2023.
• The number of farms engaged in other business activities has decreased by roughly 760 farms since 2020.
• Farms engaged in other business activities accounted for 33 per cent of all farms.
• The share of farms engaged in other business activities has increased slightly since 2020.
• Agricultural contractual work was the most common form of other business activities, with roughly 6,700 farms engaged in agriculture machine contracting.
• Other business activities employed approximately 17,600 people.
• The turnover from other business activities most commonly accounted for 10–50 percent of the farm's total turnover.
• Most commonly, farms whose main production line was mixed production, were engaged in other business activities.
• Other business activities in addition to agriculture and horticulture were the most common in the ELY Centre regions of South Savo and Lapland.