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76 Uruguay - The inclusion of independent workers in the Monotributo scheme Table 20. Uruguay: Evolution of companies contributing to Social Security according to size, periods of 2003-2006, 2007-2009 Medium Company Size 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2002-2006 2007-2009 Difference Total 142 628 141 375 143 654 149 707 155 008 164 120 175 909 176 670 146 474 172 233 25 759 One-person 56 111 54 418 53 885 55 899 59 015 63 870 70 909 70 984 55 866 68 588 12 722 Micro 65 880 66 954 68 557 70 899 71 453 74 143 76 856 76 467 68 749 75 822 7 073 Small 17 191 16 591 17 506 18 775 20 020 21 215 22 766 23 653 18 017 22 545 4 528 Medium 2 952 2 927 3 187 3 566 3 878 4 185 4 614 4 791 3 302 4 530 1 228 Large 494 485 519 568 642 707 764 775 542 749 207 Growth rate -0.9

1.6 4.2

3.5 5.9

7.2 0.4

2.1 4.5

2.4 One-person -3.0 -1.0 3.7 5.6 8.2 11.0 0.1 1.3 6.5 5.1 Micro 1.6 2.4 3.4 0.8 3.8 3.7 -0.5

2.1 2.3

0.3 Small -3.5 5.5 7.2 6.6 6.0 7.3 3.9 4.0 5.7 1.7 Medium -0.8 8.9 11.9 8.7 7.9 10.3 3.8 7.2 7.3 0.2 Large -1.8 7.0 9.4 13.0 10.1 8.1 1.4 6.9 6.5 -0.4 Relative share 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 One-person 39.3 38.5 37.5 37.3 38.1 38.9 40.3 40.2 38.2 39.8 1.7 Micro 46.2 47.4 47.7 47.4 46.1 45.2 43.7 43.3 46.9 44.0 -2.9 Small 12.1 11.7 12.2 12.5 12.9 12.9 12.9 13.4 12.3 13.1 0.8 Medium 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.2 2.6 0.4 Large 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1 Source: BPS Instituto de Seguridad Social, 2010. Through further breakdown, table 19 compares the evolution of contributing one- person businesses and micro companies by economic activity, between the periods of pre- and post- reform. As shown, the evolution was positive for most activities, and was particularly important in one-person businesses engaged in trade, repair of vehicles cars and motorcycles, agricultural production, reforestation and fishing, which jointly absorb 52.2 per cent of the total number of companies of this type.