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Country:
Reporter:
Institution:
I. Organisation and Population of the Business Registers*
1. Name of the register
2. The name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
3. The place of the register unit in the organisation
4. Main goal of the register
5. Year of establishment of the register
6. Year(s) of the main re-engineering(s) of the register
7. Number of employees in the register unit
8. Number of live (active) units in the register in past year
Number of active enterprises, year 2012.
9.Main changes during past year (if any)
*or the unit responsible for the Business Survey Frames
II. Progress and Developments in the Past Year
Please name main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year or the problems you have tackled
1. The short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Flutura Rama
Institute of Statistics
103038*
Census of Non agricultural Economic Enterprises.
Census of non-agriculture enterprises during November 2010
Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers — International
Roundtable on Business Survey Frames
Country progress report 2013
Business Register
Institute of Statistics, INSTAT
Albania
Manage Databases and Metadas Sector
Compilation of the statistics needed to provide indicators of both short-term and structural economic
developments.
1994
2005
3
2. The short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. The short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans
Please name themes/problems (maximum 3) wich you plan to tackle in next year.
1. The short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
2. The short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. The short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
• Improving the quality of the existing variables and adding new variables (turnover, secondary
economic activity etc) in existing Legal Units and Enterprises Registers;
• Set up of the Register of Local Units which did not exist and among other will be a base to calculate
the regional indicators;
• The double classification of the activity according to the existing nomenclature NVE Rev. 1.1 and the
new one NVE Rev. 2.
To establish quality standards for measuring quality SBR
Multi-location enterprises survey.
Questionnaire were prepared based on Italian questionnaire and INSTAT conduct yearly for all
enterprises with more than one locations and also are included enterprise more than 50 employed.
Demography events on enterprises and local unit will be treated
Quality report
Treatment of Enterprise Group
Back cast of Statistical Business Register
Time seri data were prepared since 2005 Statistical Business Register. Time seri data are
available(year 2005-2012): Status of enterprise, Economic Activities (NACE Rev1.1 and NACE Rev2),
ownership, size of enterprise.
Time series data were prepared since 2005 Statistical Business Register. Time series data are
available (year 2005-2012): Status of enterprise, Economic Activities (NACE Rev1.1 and NACE Rev2),
ownership, size of enterprise.
Country:
Australia
Reporter:
Jenny Foster
Institution:
Australian Bureau of Statistics
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
ABS Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Australian Bureau of Statistics
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Economic and Environmental Statistics Group
4. Number of employees in the register unit
57 FTE
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Survey frames and Business demography
6. Year of establishment of the register
1970s
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2002, 1998, 1985
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
2.1M
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Completion of ABN-TAU links
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Completion of ABN-TAU links involved populating the links between the ABN (LE) and the TAU statistical
units. (The TAU is the Australian version of the KAU.) This will enable administrative data which is usually
provided at the ABN level to be used more extensively in the compilation of statistical products.
2. Short title of work which was done
Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers - International Roundtable on Business Survey Frames
Country progress report 2013 and future plans
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Migration of International Trade in Services (ITIS)
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Completion of the migration of the ITIS survey to the business register. This is the first of the International,
Financial and Government collections to migrate and to produce their frames using the ABSBR. A collection
object holding the ITIS specific items was created and the process went reasonably smoothly. The main
difficulty was matching the collection's statistical units to the ABSBR. International Investment and Survey of
Tourist Accommodation are currently in the migration process. Surveys of Financial Information will follow.
3. Short title of work which was done
The Change to Point of Contact Coding
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
A significant amount of information on the ABSBR is sourced from the Australian Business Register (ABR).
The ABR has recently introduced point of contact coding. Under this industry coding will move from
auto/manual coding by the ABR to self coding by the registrant. The impacts of this change are being
carefully monitored as part of a new quality assurance strategy.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Common Frame from the Business Register Interrogation Facility (BIF)
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The Common Frame will be produced from an interrogation of the ABSBR each quarter. This will provide
flexibility in terms of the items that can be included on frames, particularly for newly migrated collections. It
will also enable the Business Register to quickly adapt to classificatory and other changes.
2. Short title of work planned
Location statistical units
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
A location statistical unit was added to the Economic Units Model and it was agreed that it should be
populated on the ABSBR taking advantage of the addition of locations to the ABR. Location statistical units
will be populated from administrative resources with minimal provider involvement. The infrastructure to hold
this information is still to be created.
3. Short title of work planned
Implementation of ABS versions of ANZSIC and SISCA
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The industry coding for most units on the ABSBR is sourced from the ABR. In some cases the industry
coding is incorrect. The ABSBR has the functionality to update incorrect industry and institutional sector
codes where information is obtained from independent sources. Future work will centre around the strategy
for populating the ABS versions of ANZSIC and SISCA (the Australian institutional sector code).
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Changes made to the key administrative sources
Description of the challenge
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A significant amount of information on the ABSBR is sourced from the Australian Business Register (ABR)
and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). The ABR was formerly a division of the ATO but the two now are
functionally separate. This has implications on how their data can be provided to the ABS and the means
and content that can be fed back to the source organisations.
2. Main challenge 2
Budgetary situation
Description of the challenge
The ABS is working in a very tight budgetary situation. Additional productivity savings have been imposed
and the overall ABS work program will be cut back. There are likely to be further reductions in the ABSBR
budget in 2014-15.
3. Main challenge 3
Re-engineering of ABS statistical processes
Description of the challenge
The ABS is working towards re-engineering of all statistical processes. The timing of specific re-engineering
and resource implications are still unknown.
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Country:
Austria
Reporter:
Nadine Bachholz
Institution:
Statistics Austria
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Business Register for statistical purposes (Unternehmensregister für statistische Zwecke)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Statistics Austria
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
The Austrian business register is placed within the Registers, Classifications and Methods Division of
Statistics Austria, which is reporting directly to the Directors General
(http://www.statistik.at/web_en/about_us/organisationstructure/index.html)
4. Number of employees in the register unit
35
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Providing a comprehensive, good quality framework for surveys; for grossing-up economic data, for
classifying economic units, providing links between various administrative sources
6. Year of establishment of the register
1995
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2013
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
419.672 economically active legal units (active units total: 458.269 (including non profit, government and
other statistically relevant units)
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Implementation of new maintenance application
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers - International Roundtable on Business Survey Frames
Country progress report 2013 and future plans
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The statistical business register was re-engineered in order to fulfill new legal requirements and additional
needs from statistical surveys. The new application, which allows to implement changes regarding the
requirements in a much easier way, went live in December 2013. Furthermore, the new classification on
institutional sectors acc. to ESA 2010 was implemented.
2. Short title of work which was done
Integration of new "source" BR for administrative purposes
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The linking of the admin. sources is not any more situated within the Austrian BR (for statistical purposes) but
takes place within the BR for admin. purposes. The resulting units are the main source for the master data
used for name, legal form and address within both BRs.
3. Short title of work which was done
Implementation of Enterprise Groups into the BR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Currently, a first version of a register on national (and multinational) enterprise groups, acc. to the European
Regulation on business registers, is implemented. It uses data from different national administrative sources
as well as information from commercial data providers. This work is to be seen in tight relation to works on
the EuroGroups Register (EGR) as well as the national implementation of the European Regulation on FATS
(esp. Inward-FATS) and the above-mentioned re-engineering of the Statistical Business Register.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Advancement in the implementation of Enterprise Groups
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
It is planned to improve the implemented version of a register on enterprise groups. As above mentioned this
work is to be seen in tight relation to the EuroGroups Register (EGR) as well as the national implementation
of the European Regulation on FATS.
2. Short title of work planned
Implementation of the statistical unit Enterprise
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Enterprises and legal units are identical at the moment. The implementation of the statistical unit Enterprise
will need in addition to profiling for the big enterprise groups additional information, such as administrative
and other data sources (like data from private data providers).
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Different requirements
Description of the challenge
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Having to deal with the different requirements of the different administrative sources (each admin. source has
its own understanding of legal units and enterprise, of the relevant address, of the economic activity) and of
the business register for adminstrative purposes (which is a source for the Austrian BR, as the admin.
sources are linked within the BR for admin. purposes).
2. Main challenge 2
New rules to profile enterprises and enterprise groups
Description of the challenge
A new system of how to profile and implement complex enterprises has to be developed.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Republic of Belarus
Reporter:
Nichiporuk Svetlana
Institution:
National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Statistical Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Statistical Register Department
4. Number of employees in the register unit
6
5. Primary goal and use of the register
To provide the uniform recording of respondents and statistical units to organize and conduct state statistical
surveys.
6. Year of establishment of the register
1999
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2001, 2013
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
141 897 legal entities, except house-building cooperatives, housing cooperatives, gardening associations,
garage cooperatives and cooperatives operating car parkings; political parties and their local units, trade
unions (associations of trade unions) and their local units and primary organizations; religious organizations
(associations).
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Compilation and maintenance of administrative and statistical parts of the Statistical Register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers - International Roundtable on Business Survey Frames
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Since 2013 maintenance of two parts of the Statistical Register has been carried out in the Republic of
Belarus: an administrative part which contains information about legal units collected from administrative
sources, and a statistical part which contains statistical units (SU). The statistical part of the Statistical
Register was created in a subsystem of metadata base maintenance of the Integrated Information System of
State Statistics which was implemented into industrial operation in 2013. Updating of the statistical part of the
Statistical Register from the administrative part is now performed using specially designed software. The
possibility to keep history of SU and their characteristics based on the obtained changes has been realized.
2. Short title of work which was done
Introduction of the new version of the Nationwide classification of economic activities based on NACE rev.2 in
the Statistical Register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The process of introduction of the new version of the Nationwide classification of economic activities
developed on the basis of NACE rev.2 in the Statistical Register started in 2013. The first survey of medium-
sized and large for-profit organizations was conducted in two versions of the Nationwide classification of
economic activities. Conversion matrices were developed for carrying out probabilistic code conversion of the
principal economic activity of organizations. At present all for-profit organizations have been recoded in the
Statistical Register snapshot as of November 1, 2013 by using various methods of code conversion
(automatic, by surveying, combined, manual, probabilistic). In addition the first stage of code conversion of
non-profit organizations has been carried out.
3. Short title of work which was done
Modernization of software for the administrative part of the Statistical Register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
In 2013 requirements specification was developed and modification of software tools for the compilation and
maintenance of the administrative part of the Statistical Register at the national level began. The new
software will make possible increasing the level of automation of analytical and methodological solutions,
improve the procedures of updating the administrative part of the Statistical Register with administrative data.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Continuation of introduction of the new version of the Nationwide classification of economic activities based on
NACE rev.2 in the Statistical Register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The second survey of medium-sized and large for-profit organizations will be conducted in two versions of the
Nationwide classification of economic activities in 2014. It is planned to carry out code conversion of the main
economic activity of all for-profit organizations in the Statistical Register snapshot as of November 1, 2014.
Also it is planned to complete code conversion of non-profit organizations.
2. Short title of work planned
Modernization of the administrative part of the Statistical Register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
It is planned to complete modification of software tools for compilation and maintenance of the administrative
part of the Statistical Register at the national level. And it is planned to develop requirements specification
and to enhance software tools for compilation and maintenance of the administrative part of the Statistical
Register at the territorial (regional) level.
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Expansion of information base of the Statistical Register
Description of the challenge
There is a plan to include data on individual entrepreneurs in the Statistical Register in 2015-2017. It is
planned to change the regulations that govern issues of interaction of registration authorities with other public
administration authorities on state registration and liquidation (cessation of activity) of legal entities and
individual entrepreneurs using an automated information system (AIS) «Interaction». In addition it is planned
to modify the AIS «Interaction» and the software tools for compilation and maintenance of the administrative
part of the Statistical Register in order to enable a possibility of processing of information cards on individual
entrepreneurs by state statistics bodies.
2. Main challenge 2
Creation of special service for selection of respondents
Description of the challenge
There is a plan to create a service on the basis of the administrative part of the Statistical Register allowing
the employees of state statistics to select a list of respondents for the organization and conduction of a
specified state statistical survey for a specified period of time according to the uniform selection criteria.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Belgium
Reporter:
Antonio Fiordaliso
Institution:
SPF Economie, P.M.E, Classes Moyennes et Eneegie, P/c de la Direction générale Statistique
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
DBRIS
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Service Base de données entreprises (E8-CDC-DB-ENTR)
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation E8556 : Service Base de données entreprises, E855: Centre de collecte, E85: Statistique, E8: Direction
Générale Statistique du SPF Economie
4. Number of employees in the register unit
13
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Build universes for surveys, input for register-based statistics (business demography, BR questionnaire,..),
provide information (via web services) to applications that manage Web based surveys (e-DatEnq)
6. Year of establishment of the register
DBRIS1: december 1995
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
DBRIS2: march 2006. Migration towards DBRIS-LUW: first step: june 2015.
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
Taken from annual inquiry 2013: 843284 entr, 858617 legal units, 968126 local units, 4544 Ent. Groups
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Operational management of NACE change proposals
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Development of an operational system to dispatch, follow, analyze the work load concerning NACE change
proposals.
Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers - International Roundtable on Business Survey Frames
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2. Short title of work which was done
Improve the localization of legal units (Address/Phone/Fax/Website)
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Development of an operational system to control and improve the quality of localization data.
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Improvement of the delimitation/identification of enterprises Groups and complex enterprises
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Continue and consolidate the analysis of Enterprises Groups (MNE and resident). Improve analysis and
exploitation of consolidated accounts.
2. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
New architecture for DBRIS and Consultation Viewer
Description of the challenge
DBRIS - the Belgian statistical business register - is currently in a migration phase: we migrate from a
mainframe environment with COOLGEN programming tools to a LUW (Linux-Unix-Window) environment
with java tools. The first milestone of this migration is planned for 2015-Q2.
2. Main challenge 2
Description of the challenge
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Reporter:
Dubravka Husic, Head of the Unit for Business Register and Econimic Classifications
Institution:
Agency for Statistic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Statistical Business Register (SBR)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Agency for Statistic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
The Unit for Business Register and Economic Classifications is a part of Business Statistics Department
4. Number of employees in the register unit
4 (together with employees for economic classifications )
5. Primary goal and use of the register
The primary goal of the SBR is to be the statiscal frame for statistical surveys produced by Statistics in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
6. Year of establishment of the register
2008
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
62.529 enterprises (without entrepreneurs/crafts)
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
SBR 5-years development plan for 2013 - 2017
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
SBR five years plan was developed by SBR working group of three statistical institutions with the support of
Danish experts through the IPA project 2008. The directors of all three statistical institutions have approved
the 5-years plan. On the basis of this plan, plans for 2013 and 2014 were prepared.
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2. Short title of work which was done
Improving the quality of the SBR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Data on employment based on the new The Single System of Registration, controls and contributions on a
quartely basis was received and loaded in SBR. The data has been tested against the data obtained through
the financial reports and from statistical surveys and no major discrepancies have been found. As these new
data are obtained faster, the timeliness is improved and thus the overall quality of employment data in SBR.
Better communication and exchange of information between SBR and regular business surveys were
developed, especially from SBS, industry and trade statistics.These data has been used to improve data
quality in the SBR.
SBR have performed two special quality surveys during the last two years: the first focusing on the
enterprises to ensure correct names, addresses and activity codes; the second focusing on local unit in order
to validate addresses, activity codes and activity status.
3. Short title of work which was done
The full implementation of the KD BiH 2010 - national version of NACE Rev. 2 in SBR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Until 2013 we have introduced national KD BiH 2010 classification (standard NACE Rev. 2) in the SBR for
the business entities. In the past year (2013) national KD BiH 2010 classsification has been introduced for
the entrepreneurs/crafts.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Further improving the quality of the SBR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
We will continue to work on providing VAT data.
More efforts will be made to find the source for improving employment and financial variables for
entrepreneurs/crafts.
SBR will continue to conduct special quality survey this year with focusing on the enterprises to ensure
correct names, addresses, activity codes and activity status.
We plan to improve the system of feedback from statistical surveys (survey side) of SBR.
2. Short title of work planned
Introducing institutional sector code and base business demography (BD) variables
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
We will continue with collection data for BD, even though we are not satisfied with quality of data from
administrative sources. Providing variables in SBR for linking the SBR with the compilation of SBS business
demography (BD) indicators for enable producing BD indicators according to the EU methodology.
Together with National Account we will begin to prepare methodology and practical guidelines to be used for
determining and allocating institutional sector code to all SBR units, and for regular standard updating.
Some of these activities will be carried out with the support of IPA 2012th Project.
3. Short title of work planned
Preparations for the introduction of enterprise groups
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
We plan to start the first phase to introduce enterprise groups: study methodology and analysis of possible
administrative sources.
The main activities will be carried out with the support of IPA 2012th Project.
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IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
The system of feedback from statistical surveys (survey side)
Description of the challenge
Changes in the survey side will be challenge for us in the future because required informations for updating
SBR data from surveys should be kept centrally. We want to get feedback from surveys on unique way.
2. Main challenge 2
Introduction of enterprises group
Description of the challenge
Because of too many different administrative laws and many different administrative sources with insufficent
data quality level. In line with that introduction of enterprises group will be the challenge for us in the next
period.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Bulgaria
Reporter:
Anastas Troianski
Institution:
National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Register of statistical units (RSU)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
"Business registers" department, "Business statistics" directorate
4. Number of employees in the register unit
7
5. Primary goal and use of the register
The main goal of the register is to create sampling frames for statistical surveys and to produce statistics on
the demography of enterprises and statistics on enterprise groups
6. Year of establishment of the register
1995
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
The last main re-engineering of the RSU was in 2005! In the period 2014-2015 is foreseen another huge
update of the register.
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
The RSU up to end of 2013 contains 411 547 active statistical units (388 598 Enterprises without local units,
6 811 Enterprises with local units and 16 138 Local units). The number of legal units is 1 587 484 (registered
in the Trade register).
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Development of questionnaire for collecting data on statistical units of type "Enterprise group" and it's
implementation in IS "Business statistics"
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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The questionnaire is part of the annual reports and balance sheets of the enterprises included into the online
system IS "Business statistics".
2. Short title of work which was done
Active participation in the EGR project
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Performing activities on regular annual data exchange in the scope of the EGR on MNEs
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Implementation of statistical unit "Enterprise group" in business register (RSE)
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Terms of Reference is developed for re-engineering the RSE with the new futures. Now BNSI is on stage for
looking of external IT firm for developing and implementing the software for delineation and updating EGs in
the RSE. Further studies will be continued to find the most effective way of maintenance of information about
EGs in RSE. The methodology of profiling and the creation of links between foreign companies need further
studies. The data sources for the creation of links for multinational enterprise groups are EGR, information
from National central bank of Bulgaria about foreign investments of resident enterprises, information from
newly designed EG questionnaire, where the variables about the share of capital and the share of voting
rights belonging to foreign controlling company are included.
2. Short title of work planned
Testing new definitions on statistical units
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
BNSI intend to apply for a GRANT 2014 - "Steps towards implementing the revised definition of statistical
units for business statistics: Delineation of Statistical Units and Testing Profiling" from EC to support the
activities linked to testing the new SUs deffinitions. The work on this project can be summarised in the
following activities: Development of algorithm for automatic delineation of TEN`s; Simulation of automatic
delineations of TEN`s from EGR 2012 population; Simulation the computation of SBS variables (turnover,
value added and number of persons employed); Testing and implementation of method for automatically
delineation of DEG and their variables; Testing of criteria of TEN`s which can be treated automatically,
mapping of profiled in 2012/2013 TEN`s and resulting TEN`s from the new profiling; Testing the Eurostat
methodology for delineation of TEN`s and DEG`s for automatically treatment and possible improvements
linked to the obtained results; Comparing the results with current methodology and preparing of analysis for
SBS and EGR data; Mapping of the whole population of SBS enterprises obtained by automatic treatment
from EGR; Analysing of breaks between SBS, STS, FATS, R&D, Prodcom and National Accounts data and
impact on the current business statistics production.
3. Short title of work planned
Testing profiling activities on biggest enterprises in Bulgaria
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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BNSI intend to apply for a GRANT 2014 - Improvement of national business registers and testing of
European profiling" from EC to support the following activities: Unique identification of foreign legal units
(foreign direct parents and/or foreign subsidiaries) in the national statistical business register or in the related
data tables. The unique identification numbers, the LEID numbers shall be collected from the EGR IS;
Adaptation of the national statistical business register to store the unique identification numbers of foreign
units; Creation of a methodology for the maintenance of the unique identification numbers of foreign units in
the national statistical business register; Applying the methodology of profiling for initial intensive profiling as
the country of the UCI; Applying the methodology of profiling for initial light profiling as the country of the UCI;
Testing initial profiling as main profiler of a non-EU global enterprise group.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Implementation of cross–border links of Multinational Enterprise Groups and performing profiling activities.
Description of the challenge
One of the most complicated and time consuming task is the implementation of cross–border links of
Multinational Enterprise Groups and performing profiling activities. With great interest is expected the output
of the ESSnet on profiling – common Interactive Profiling Tool. It should facilitate in great extend these
activities and to improve the results of EG’s delineation.
2. Main challenge 2
Description of the challenge
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Canada
Reporter:
Gaétan St-Louis
Institution:
Statistics Canada
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Statistics Canada
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Business Register Division under the Statistical Infrastructure Branch
4. Number of employees in the register unit
75 employees
5. Primary goal and use of the register
The Business Register is used by the economic programs as a frame to determine the in-scope population,
to select a sample, to support collection activities, to monitor response burden and to support business
demographics analysis.
6. Year of establishment of the register
1987
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2006-2008
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
5.6 million enterprises
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Completing the reconciliation of the Farm Register with the BR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The reconciliation of the Farm Register with the Business Register is now completed. The agriculture survey
program is now using the BR as their sampling frame. The next Census of Agriculture will also be using the
BR in order to identify the list of farms to be contacted.
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2. Short title of work which was done
Implementation of improved allocation factors
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The objective of this project was to review the calculation and the derivation of the allocation factors in order
to simplify their usage by the economic programs. These allocation factors would be used to allocate tax data
and survey data from the legal level (enterprise) to the establishment or location level. Using one set of
central allocation factors allows for more coherence between tax & survey data as well as more coherence
across surveys. One of the advantages with these new allocators, users are now able to use them directly
without having to do additional derivations. They are also more precise and ultimately produce better results.
3. Short title of work which was done
Usage of Self-coded NAICS from tax returns
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Starting in fiscal year 2011, businesses are asked to provide a 6 digit NAICS code when they file their income
tax returns. In the past two years, Statistics Canada assessed the impact of using the self-coded NAICS on
the quality of the BR. The analysis is completed and we have begun using these codes to classify businesses
that have not been coded by other processes.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Usage of Self-coded NAICS from tax returns
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Statistics Canada will continue to assess the quality of NAICS codes self-identified on tax forms and expand
their usage for the BR. The first phase of this project was to use the self-coded NAICS to code units that had
been left uncoded by other processes. We are now proceeding to put in place a strategy to use self-coding
for updating and correction of already-coded units.
2. Short title of work planned
Development of an integrated Quality Assessment Framework
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Statistics Canada will review the existing BR Quality Assessment activities in order to develop a robust
framework for assessing and reporting on the quality of the BR as a statistical frame. We will pursue a new
framework that will provide estimates of overcoverage and undercoverage for critical industry and geographic
domains, including measurement of errors associated with profiling activities.
3. Short title of work planned
Develop a Frame Analysis Tool
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The new BR system was developed to be a key component of the new corporate infrastructure of Statistics
Canada. In order to stay relevant and to avoid users to develop frame tools in their own, it is necessary for
BR to review and develop a better population and survey analytical tool for our users.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Maintaining the business profile
Description of the challenge
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Statistics Canada profiles large and complex enterprises to delineate business operational units, thereby
enabling proper estimation of production by sector of activity and region. Keeping these complex business
profiles up to date is an on-going challenge, as this requires intensive manual effort and often direct contact
with businesses.
2. Main challenge 2
Maintaining the industrial classification (NAICS)
Description of the challenge
Because of the reduction of survey sampling of simple businesses due to the increase usage of
administrative data and the poor quality of the major business activity description at registration time, we
need to find new ways to maintain the NAICS classification on the BR.
3. Main challenge 3
Maintaining the continuity of the sole proprietorship
Description of the challenge
Maintaining the continuity of sole proprietorships on the BR is a challenge, as there is often no Business
Number that can be used to uniquely identify them. It is also a very dynamic population and very hard to
follow over time. For the survey programs, it creates noise in their target population and eventually in their
estimates.
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Country:
Costa Rica
Reporter:
Odilia Bravo
Institution:
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Directorio de Empresas y Establecimientos (DEE)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Area de Estadísticas Continuas
4. Number of employees in the register unit
9 (project coordinator, 2 intelligence analysts, 5 interviewers and a system engineer)
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Having an organized database of companies and establishments resident in the country with their
characteristic variables as location, size, economic activity and identification.
6. Year of establishment of the register
2008
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
43.837 companies and 10.775 establishments
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Expanding the coverage of Companies and Establishments Directory
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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We conducted a sweep in a small geographic unit ( district ) in order to increase the coverage of small
business directory and to measure the quality as it was possible to know the companies that are in the
directory that are not in the field and those that are in the field that are not in the directory
2. Short title of work which was done
To merge the companies and establishments with the export base directory
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Collaborative work with the Statistics Division of the United Nations to strengthen the process to identify
caracteristics of firms exporting
3. Short title of work which was done
Digitalization of companies and establishments
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Collaborative work with the map unit to develop a proposal to incorporate geostatistics minimum unit (UGM)
directory
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Search for new administrative sources
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Analyze the resource that provides the local goverments of Country with the permission (patents) that are
provided to exercise economic activities to increase coverage directory
2. Short title of work planned
Addendum to the agreement with the Registry of Companies
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Have Database of Mergers and Takeovers Business and Database Records existing Foreign Associations
registered in the country available to the National Register of legal persons
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Signing of Agreements
Description of the challenge
Is expected to sign the respective agreements with the administrative sources of social security and the
Ministry of Finance
2. Main challenge 2
Updating the variable activity of the Directory according to ISIC Rev.4
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Description of the challenge
Change entire directory of ISIC Rev. 4 from ISIC Rev. 4 nationalized
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Croatia
Reporter:
Zrinka Pavlović
Institution:
Croatian Bureau of Statistics
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Statistical Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Croatian Bureau of Statistics
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Statistical Business Register Unit within Statistical Infrastructure Directorate
4. Number of employees in the register unit
5
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Statistical Business Register is a frame for statistical surveys and a tool for analysis of business population. It
should provide good coverage of businesses and all necessary information that is needed to conduct surveys
and to describe business population.
6. Year of establishment of the register
2004
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2008-2010
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
199466 enterprises/legal units
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Improvement of data and coverage of enterprise groups and local units
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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A lot of effort has been put into the improvement of the data on local units, and of the coverage of the local
units and enterprise groups. There is no single register where these units are registered, so several
administrative sources were used and a lot of manual work was done in order to delineate and register these
units.
2. Short title of work which was done
Exchanging of data with EGR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
As Croatia has entered into EU on 1st July 2013, we have started with the first exchange of the data on legal
units that are part of EGs.
3. Short title of work which was done
Improvement of data on sector classification of institutional units
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
In cooperation with Croatian National Bank and Ministry of Finance, large amount of work was done
regarding revision of sector classification especially for units in public sector, so improvement of the quality in
that field is significant.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Establishing the production of business demography data
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Business demography data was not produced so far due to the improvement of updating procedures, quality
of data and coverage. This year will be first year of BD production according to the EU methodology.
2. Short title of work planned
Further improvement of the coverage of enterprise groups and updating procedures
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Since there is no register or single administrative source that would cover enterprise groups, delineation of
enterprise groups is quite challenging task. It requires combining the information from several sources so
further IT procedures are planned to be established which would process data from available sources and
this will help to reduce to some extent manual updating.
3. Short title of work planned
Compliance with ESA 2010
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Work on upgrading of SBR data base and application in order to comply with ESA 2010 has already started
and is expected to be finished by the end of second quarter. New algorithms are being prepared in order to
use additional data for more precise classification of institutional units.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Work on development and maintenance of SBR with very scarce resources
Description of the challenge
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Requests towards SBR and needs for further developments are increasing but it is not supported with
necessary resources. For that reason, greater use of administrative sources for the purpose of updating of
SBR and development of tools for replacing manual work with automated procedures is seen as only
solution.
2. Main challenge 2
Applying definition of statistical units in SBR
Description of the challenge
So far legal unit was equal to enterprise in SBR due to extensive use of administrative sources. Since
resources that we have at disposal are very limited it is going to be very challenging to start applying
definition of statistical units what we plan to do in following years.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
CYPRUS
Reporter:
THOMAS GREGORIOU
Institution:
CYPRUS STATISTICAL SERVICE (CYSTAT)
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
STATISTICAL BUSINESS REGISTER
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
CYSTAT
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Methodology, Statistical Dissemination, Prices and ICT surveys
4. Number of employees in the register unit
3
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Sampling Frame for the surveys conducted by CYSTAT.
Production of statistics to be used by external users (Government and Private users).
6. Year of establishment of the register
1986
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2008, 2013
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
361212 Legal Units, 94710 Enterprises, 104986 Local Units, Reference Year 2012
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Updating of the Business Register on a monthly basis
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Data is collected from the administrative sources and processed on a monthly basis.
2. Short title of work which was done
Common Legal Units Register with the Central Bank of Cyprus
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Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
We have started the development of a common Legal Units register with the Central Bank of Cyprus.
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Common Legal Units Register with the Central Bank of Cyprus
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Establish a common Legal Units register with the Central Bank of Cyprus.
2. Short title of work planned
More efficient use of administrative sources
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Legal Units relationships - Profiling
Complex Enterprises analysis
Sampling Frame for FATS
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Utilisation of Administrative Sources / Implementation of the new Statistical Units definitions
Description of the challenge
The effort is to fully utilize the administrative sources in order to succesfully implement the new Statistical
Units definitions.
2. Main challenge 2
Description of the challenge
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Denmark
Reporter:
Vibeke Skov Møller
Institution:
Statistics Denmark
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Danish Statistical Business Register (SBR)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Statistics Denmark
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Business Register division, Department of Business Statistics
4. Number of employees in the register unit
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5. Primary goal and use of the register
The main purpose of the SBR is to make the statistical frame for any business related statistics produced by
Statistics Denmark.
6. Year of establishment of the register
1999
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2008, 2011, (2013)
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
655000 enterprises
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Extension of Enterprise Group part of the SBR.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Information from EGR is available in SBR and priority-rules are planned. Information from the tax-authorities
about mother and daughter relations are used although no information about the direct ownership from this
source is available.
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2. Short title of work which was done
Securing quality on number of employees and activitiy codes
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The municipalities have been contacted to inform those who are responsiple for reporting the employees
correct at ech LKAU and a work has been done to show how they could go from an old system to the system
which is required by the tax authorities. At the same time a discussion of the activity codes have been taken.
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Handling complex Enterprise Groups nationally.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
A project has been set up for analysising and starting national profiling using a Top-Down method, including
establishing a system for dataconfrontation.
2. Short title of work planned
Extend the registration Business Demography
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Statistics Denmark follow LKAU over time and register splits and merges etc. at this level. On this basis the
business Demography is formed. Statistics Denmark wants to extend the registration to a registration on the
National Enterprise level.
3. Short title of work planned
Change the exchange of data with the Administrative Business Register to a WEB solution.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The existing platform for exchange of data is out-dated and as the Administrative Business Register plans to
change to a WEB-platform, Statistics Denmark has to be able to receive data in this way. At the same time
we need a change in the address-exchange as a common agreement covering the whole public
administration has resulted in a new format including x,y coordinates.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
External changes.
Description of the challenge
A lot of initiatives is taken by different partners who deliver data to Statistics Denmark. Many of these will
influrence the SBR. In some cases the changes are carried out without informing Statistics Denmark which
causes quick and unplanned changes, other changes are known (eventually not in details) and make it
possible to plan the changes.
2. Main challenge 2
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Country:
Arab Republic of Egypt
Reporter:
Iman Ahmad Ahmad El Hitta
Institution:
Central Agency for Public Mobilization And Statistics (CAPMAS)
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Establishments Census.
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Central Agency for Public Mobilization And Statistics (CAPMAS).
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
IT Sector
4. Number of employees in the register unit
10 employees
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Collecting establishments data to be a basic frame for economic statistics and updating this data continually.
6. Year of establishment of the register
Year 2006
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
Year 2011
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
About 2.4 million live establishments
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Receiving frame of establishments from the National Authority for Social Insurance.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Using the previous frame to update regular surveys frames.
2. Short title of work which was done
Design sample for economic census in addition to the frame of regular statistics.
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Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
We selected 10% of total numerate areas of establishments census 2006 and updated the establishments of
these numerate areas by fieldwork in year 2013. The sample was taking into account the following rules:
sample area which included all establishments that have 5 employees or more and 10 establishments that
have less than 5 employees from every activity, all establishments which are working in the rare activities, all
large establishments (10 employees or more) which are not include in regular statistics, all establishments
which are working in wholesale and retail trade with legal entity (Joint stock companies, limited liability
partnerships, companies limited by shares, branches of foreign companies), and all eductional
establishments in private sector depending on the frames of education ministry and high education ministry,
20 % of health establishments in private sector depending on health ministry frame, and finally all
establishments of mining and quarrying.
3. Short title of work which was done
Data collecting of economic census 2012/2013 (economic census depending on sample) began at November
2013.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Data are collected from ten questionnaires in addition to data of regular statistics that are collected each
year. These questionnaires include activities in private sector as follows: Establishments of manufacturing.
Education in schools, institutes, colleges. Other education facilities activities. Establishments of mining and
quarrying. Establishments of agriculture. Establishments of transportation and storage facilities.
Establishments of information and communication activities. Restaurants, cafes, and establishments of
eating and drinking. Establishments of services. Establishments of vehicle maintenance facilities.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Continuing the rest stages of economic census which started at November 2013.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Continuing the fieldwork and data processing of economic census 2012/2013.
2. Short title of work planned
Starting census mapping for year 2016.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Update the maps according to the lowest level of geographical codes to identify the geographical area used
on the fieldwork in census 2016. CAPMAS is planing to build geographic data base according to data of
establishment census 2016.
3. Short title of work planned
A project to link the data of some establishments on GIS (will be finished at 2015).
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Collecting data on schools, hospitals, post offices, and facilities in the government sector and loading them
on the geographic database.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
There isn't unified registration in Egypt
Description of the challenge
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Every administrative agency has own identified number because we haven't unified registration. Any
enterprise/establishment must do registration at Tax Authority, then at chamber of commerce and finally at
commercial register. There is not enough information from one data source and also, there are problems to
receive data about revenue of enterprises from Egyptian Tax Authority according to law.
2. Main challenge 2
There is problem to deal with location of establishment from administrative registers
Description of the challenge
Establishments address that are found in the administrative records are not clear and not detailed
enoughmanner to be suitable for fieldwork.
3. Main challenge 3
There is no real relation between administrative registers
Description of the challenge
For example: the Tax ID is existing in all other registers but in some registers like insurance register isn't a
mandatory field and for that it's not exist for all records of insurance register.
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Country:
ESTONIA
Reporter:
Svetlana Shutova
Institution:
Statistics Estonia (SE)
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Business Register for Statistical Purposes
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Statistics Estonia
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Data Processing and Registers Department
4. Number of employees in the register unit
7
5. Primary goal and use of the register
The goal of the register is to create the sampling frame for statistical surveys and to produce statistics on the
demography of enterprises and statistics on enterprise groups
6. Year of establishment of the register
1994
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2002, 2011-…
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
142250 Enterprises
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Development of the population register of the System of Statistical Registers
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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Statistics Estonia (SE) continues with the project of the System of Statistical Registers, which will cover
business register for statistical purposes, register of agricultural households, population register and register
of buildings. The essential part of the basic functionality (with the exception of input and output domains) of
the system was developed within first stage of the project. The statistical population register and a module for
samples of persons were under development during past year and it is scheduled to be ready in 2014.
2. Short title of work which was done
Piloting the profiling of large and complex multinational enterprise groups in Estonia
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
SE participated in the project on Piloting the Profiling of Large and Complex Multinational Enterprise Groups
during 2013. Methodology for intensive and light profiling compiled by the ESSnet Profiling was tested.
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Further development of the System of Statistical Registers
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
It is planned to implement the statistical population register and a module for samples of persons into a
statistical data production process in 2015. It is also intended to develop the rest of the system according to
the plan by the year 2018.
2. Short title of work planned
Compiling of the frame methodology for financial population
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
We will be working on compilation and implementation of the frame methodology for the financial sector of
the business register population, including determination of the NACE code of the units and economically
active segment of the population.
3. Short title of work planned
Participation in Eurostat projects on the themes of profiling and the new definition of enterprise
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
SE intends to participate in two Eurostat projects — “Improvement of national business registers and testing
of European profiling” and “Delineation of statistical units and testing profiling”. Tasks include: Identification of
the foreign legal units stored in BR, describing the BR using GSBPM and GSIM, testing the follow-up of
profiling and the implications of profiling at the national level, delineating the population of enterprises to be
treated automatically etc.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
New organizational structure in the office since October 2013
Description of the challenge
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We have major structural changes in our organisation since October the 1st, 2013. New structure, which is
based on the GSBPM, has brought us a lot of changes in workflows and in the organisation. Now we are in
the transition period from old organisation to the new and this requires major effort and resources from all
Departments.
2. Main challenge 2
Development and implementation of the Statistical Registers System
Description of the challenge
According to the plan the System should be ready by 2018. Our main challenge is to implement different
parts of the system into the production process as soon as it is possible. The BR part, including the module
for creation and maintenance of the survey samples should be ready for use in 2016 and agricultural register
— in 2017
3. Main challenge 3
Compiling and implementing the methodology of the calendar year frame
Description of the challenge
A frozen frame which is used for production of statistics is compiled by 1st of November every year. It is
suitable for production of statistics, because the sample selection and informing of enterprises about their
responsibilities takes time and should be done before 1st of January. But this frame does not reflect the data
of the full calendar year. Methodology for compiling and use of the calendar year frame in statistics should be
agreed and implemented on both sides — register as well as statistics production.
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Country:
European Central Bank
Reporter:
Peter Neudorfer
Institution:
Directorate General Statistics
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
RIAD ("Register of Institutions and Affiliates Database')
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
European Central Bank
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Directorate General Statistics (DG-S)
4. Number of employees in the register unit
~1.5 FTE
5. Primary goal and use of the register
- Based on Regulation (EC) No 1071/2013 (ECB/2013/33), Regulation (EU) no 1073/2013 (ECB/2013/38)
and Regulation (EU) no 1075/2013 (ECB/2013/40) maintain and publish lists of financial institutions (i.e. the
reporting population for euro area financial statistics).
- Identifying and maintaining the list of banks and/or banking groups relevant for the 'Single Supervisory
Mechanism' (SSM).
- Supporting monetary policy operations by identifying relevant intra-group relationships (according to the
rule defined in the 'General Documentation' ).
6. Year of establishment of the register
1998
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineering(s) of the register
2013 (May)
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
~67,000
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Develop and deploy a significantly enhanced version of RIAD
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Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The ECB, jointly with the other ESCB members, completely redesigned the database, and installed a
dedicated data warehouse infrastructure for publication and dissemination of the reference data.
2. Short title of work which was done
Implementation of a completely re-designed data model
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
An important innovation was the introduction of ownership/control relationships to allow (among others) the
identification of group structures between (large) financial corporations.
3. Short title of work which was done
Enhanced data quality management
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The new RIAD system includes the facility for data quality mangers and analysts in all European National
Central Banks to access and maintain data in online mode.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Maintain and publish a list of European Holding Companies (HC) and Head offices (HO)
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
RIAD will host a list of European HC and HO fed by NCBs and NSIs, which will in turn allow compilers and
reporting agents to rely on an joint and aligned sector classification of these entities, in particular in the
context of cross-border ownership situations.
This will eventually add another ~50,000 units to the database.
2. Short title of work planned
Closer link with Eurostat's 'EuroGroups Register' (EGR)
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
To the extent feasible within the legal framework, RIAD will retrieve (relationships ) data from the EGR and in
turn feed information on financial corporations back to the EGR.
3. Short title of work planned
Inclusion of European insurance corporations
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
A forthcoming step of the project is to also include European insurance corporations.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Legal obstacles to exchange information between (supra-national) registers
Description of the challenge
A recurrent bottleneck are legal constraints to retrieve information from other (statistical) registers and use
them for purpose not explicitly characterised as "statistical". (Not to speak about making the data freely
accessible or even publish them.)
2. Main challenge 2
Unique identification of units in a cross-border context
Description of the challenge
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While RIAD allows to build up list(s) of 'alias' codes, i.e. store multiple identifiers of different origin and format
describing the same unit the number of commonly used IDs among users and producers is not standardised
nor legally enforced. The biggest problems are in this context caused in the field of cross-border relations, in
particular to entities outside the EU, tax heavens etc.
3. Main challenge 3
Timely and exact recording of corporate actions and other reference data updates
Description of the challenge
Even in data model like the one of RIAD, which allows the exact recording of specific corporate actions, the
correct update of the status of an unit (e.g. 'under liquidation' or already 'closed') is not always trivial.
In addition even official statistical classifications, such as recoding of an unit under the private or government
sector, require a complex governance procedure among (occasionally multiple) stakeholders.
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Country:
European Commission (EC)
Reporter:
Amerigo Liotti
Institution:
Statistical Office of the European Union EUROSTAT
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
EuroGrops Register (EGR)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Eurostat, Unit G1 (Business Statistics - coordination and registers)
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Unit G1 is part of Directorate G (Global Business Statistics)
4. Number of employees in the register unit
8
5. Primary goal and use of the register
The EGR is a network of registers consisting of a central register at Eurostat and local registers in the EU
and EFTA Countries. It contains structural economic information about Multinational Enterprise Groups
(MNEs) with an interest in Europe and their constituent units. The primary goal of the EGR is to offer
coordinated frame populations for the production of statistics on globalisation.
6. Year of establishment of the register
2008
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2013
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
TO BE CONFIRMED (FRAME STILL UNDER PRODUCTION)
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Developmend of EuroGroups Register version 2.0
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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The redesign of the business process of EGR 2.0 has been completed. According to it National Statistical
Offices can become authentic store for EGR data and have priority in the consolidation process. This should
ensure better consistency between data stored in national registers and data in the EGR. The new business
process will increase efficiency in data exchange between national register and EGR and reduce burden on
national statistical offices.
2. Short title of work which was done
EGR Identification Service
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Realisation of an EGR Identification Service to identify all units and attribute them a unique identifier for the
EGR. The application is deployed in Eurostat secure environment.
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
EuroGroup Register version 2.0
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
EGR Identification Service
2. Short title of work planned
EGR identification service
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Open the EGR IS to MS for statistical production.
3. Short title of work planned
EGR interactive Module
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Design an interactive module to allow the updating and the validation of EGR data by MS from remote
access.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Use of EGR for statistical production
Description of the challenge
Achieve a stable and satisfactory level of quality in order to allow FATS users to use the EGR frames
population for their statistical activity in production.
2. Main challenge 2
EGR interactive Module
Description of the challenge
Develop the interactive module and open it to MS for data quality management. A clear procedure with roles
and responsibilities will have to be formally defined.
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3. Main challenge 3
Interactive Profiling Tool integrated in EGR
Description of the challenge
The results of the Profiling activity have to be integrated in the EGR final frame. This will require to integrate
the procedure and tool of Profiling with the EGR.
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Country:
Finland
Reporter:
Tommi Kaatrasalo
Institution:
Statistics Finland
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Statistics Finland
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Data Collection Division
4. Number of employees in the register unit
30
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Survey frame, base register in statistics production: source of units and their basic characteristics, source of
business population and business demography statistics, source for taylor-made services, enterprise
respondent register
6. Year of establishment of the register
1968
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2013, Implementation of the revision project of the Business Register and Business Statistics started in
November 2013 and the implementation will continue through the year 2014.
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
611 000 enterprises (legal units), 668 000 Local kind of activity units, 6600 Enterprise Groups
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
The Revision Project of the Business Register and the Business Statistics 2010-2014: Business Register as
core data and business statistics into an integrated system
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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Implementation of the new system for receiving administrative data, implementation of integrated data base
system for Business register and Business Statistics, implementation of new user interfaces, implementation
of new system for direct data collections, data conversion from old system to new system.
2. Short title of work which was done
The work with large enterprises and Enterprise Groups
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Statistics Finland has continued the work with large enterprises and has established a profiling team, which
works close to Business Register and also as a network among different business statistics domains. The
aim is to ensure the quality and consistency of the data of large enterprises and to promote good cooperation
between Statistics Finland and data providers in large enterprises. Statistics Finland participated to the
ESSnet on Profiling of MNEs.
3. Short title of work which was done
The new organisation of Statistics Finland
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Statistics Finland adapted new process oriented organisation model at the beginning of 2013. Business
Register is located in Data Collection division.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Implementation of enterprise unit
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Statistics Finland has made planning and preparations of the implementation of enterprise unit in its
production. Statistics Finland has technical completeness to implement enterprise unit. Technical
developements included in the revision project descriped above.
2. Short title of work planned
Implementation of kind-of-activity unit
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Statistics Finland has made technical preparations of the implementation of kind-of-activity unit in its
production. Statistics Finland has technical completeness to implement kind-of-activity unit. Technical
developements included in the revision project descriped above.
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Implementation of the new system developed in Revision Project of the Business Register and the Business
Statistics
Description of the challenge
Implementation will continue troughout the year 2014. Adaptation to the new technical environment and to the
new way of working will be a challenge.
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2. Main challenge 2
Implementation of enterprise unit and kind-of-activity unit
Description of the challenge
Production processes have to be revised. Impacts in statistical outputs have to be assessed. Implementation
migth result in increased manual work.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
France
Reporter:
Pierrette Schuhl, Henri Mariotte
Institution:
INSEE
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
SIRUS
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
INSEE
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Direction of business statistics, Department in charge of SBR, Profiling, and Structural Business Statistics;
but also of the SIRENE Administrative BR and of the LEI (this part of the NSI works under specific non-
statistical regulation)
4. Number of employees in the register unit
3 for SIRUS, but also 250 to update the administrative BR SIRENE, with which SIRUS is very largely
interlinked.
5. Primary goal and use of the register
• Register Enterprises (including Profiled Enterprises), Legal units, Corporate groups (which form the basis
for profiling enterprises), local units, and the networks and links among them all (ownership).
• Describe statistical units on the basis of their constituent units
• Define reference populations for statistical surveys ("frames") and for using administrative data (including
the basis for estimating "enterprises" data from Legal units).
• Construct sampling frames or bases (according to the parameters set by the survey designer), whether the
unit of interest be the enterprise, the group or the local unit
• Record the statistical burden (at the micro-level)
6. Year of establishment of the register
2011 for SIRUS (before we used the inter-administrative register named SIRENE - from which SIRUS is a
spin-off - and which was established in 1973)
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
Creation of SIRUS: 2011; main events for inter-administrative register SIRENE: creation 1973, re-
engineerings: 1990, 2005; and also, beside SIRENE, creation of the French LOU for LEIs: 2013.
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
4 460 000 enterprises (including 100 profiled enterprises), 4 970 000 legal units, 6 430 000 local units
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II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Define in SIRUS the concept of statistical inactivity
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
In the inter-administrative register SIRENE many units are still administratively active, but they have no longer
effective economic activity. SIRUS register determines a statistical closure for every unit which have no
activity sign for the 3 last years from business survey and administrative sources.
2. Short title of work which was done
Define all business survey frames for French services in charge of business statistical processes
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
With the objective that SIRUS becomes the reference register for all business statistics (in place of SIRENE),
the survey frames for all business survey are defined and built by SIRUS.
3. Short title of work which was done
Pursue recording in SIRUS the surveyed enterprise response burden for almost 200 business surveys
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The French Government made compulsory to include a question on reponse time in all the business
statistical surveys from January 2012, with the aim of reducing the entreprise reponse burden. In 2013, all
business surveys already routinely ask about the response burden and the answers from almost those
surveys are recorded in SIRUS.
4. Short title of work which was done
Calculate the enterprise category for each unit
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
In France, a new characteristic of enterprises has been defined by a decree in 2008 to determine size of
these enterprises. SIRUS is in charge of calculate this enterprise category for all enterprises and legal units
and to disseminate it.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Define and introduce in SIRUS the indicators to determine business statistics scope
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
In inter-adminitrative register SIRENE, many legal units are registered only for administrative purpose. SIRUS
defines the legal unit which are productive units, from economic activity code, legal form, (mainly). For this
purpose, SIRUS defines two variables and introduces them in the register.
2. Short title of work planned
Connect SIRUS to the European Group Register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The intended connections are of 3 types:
- be able to identify the French units (enterprise groups operating in France, concerned enterprises and legal
units) and their links in other countries in accordance with the EGR;
- be the priority source (so-called "authentic store") of French originated data for the EGR;
- monitor in the same way the changes and the continuity of both registers.
3. Short title of work planned
Use the information on response burden for the negative coordination of samples
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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Business frame for each business sample include response burden in order to make negative coordination
and reduce the global response burden for the enterprises.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
To put on SIRUS as the heart of business statistics
Description of the challenge
SIRUS must become the reference register for all business statistical sources. So SIRUS must take into
account the needs of all these sources and dialog with them.
2. Main challenge 2
To integrate SIRUS in the future ESBR
Description of the challenge
Eurostat launches a next ESSnet project : ESBR (European System of Interoperable Statistical Business
Registers). So Insee must adapt SIRUS to this goal. SIRUS must be consistent with the future European
system .3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Georgia
Reporter:
Gogita Todradze
Institution:
National Statistics Office of Georgia (GEOSTAT)
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Entire State Register of Enterprises and Organizations of Georgia
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Business Statistics Division, National Statistics Office of Georgia (GEOSTAT)
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Business Register Subdivision under Business Statistics Division
4. Number of employees in the register unit
7 persons
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Coverage all entities (legal and phisical persons) registered in country and assigning of unique identification
number for each entity
6. Year of establishment of the register
1995 year
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2006, 2012 years
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
approximately 120 000 entities
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Modern structure and software for business register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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Geostat created new database for Business Register, which covers all registered economic entities included
physical persons. Structure is in accordance of international standards and recommendations. Also new
software was developed, which is user friendly. Database is operating in MS SQL Server and interface in
Web application (PHP).
2. Short title of work which was done
Automatized and improved procedures for update of business register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Main source for update of business register is data received from administrative sources (National Agency of
Public Registry and Revenue Service (Tax Office));
From Public Registry Geostat receives information about newly registered and liquidated (closed) companies,
also information on changes. From Revenue Service (Tax Office) Geostat receives information on active
taxpayers. Update procedures are automated.Therefore, received data from administrative sources is
automatically reflected in BR.
3. Short title of work which was done
Improved quality of business register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Working on quality of business register is one of main priority of Geostat. Therefore essential activities was
carried out also in 2013 year regarding these issues: surveys, investigations, working with administrative
data, active cooperation with administrative data providers, trainings etc.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Active cooperation with administrative data providers and improve quality of administrative sources
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Main source for update of business register in Georgia is data received from administrative sources, namely
from Revenue Service and from Public Registry. Main problem is kind of economic activity and actual
address, which are only indicated for a limited number of enterprises. Please note, that sometimes indicated
kind of economic activities are incorrect.
2. Short title of work planned
Improve quality of business register based on surveys and investigations
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
For improve quality of business register (especially for define actual adress and kind of activity) we are going
to condact Computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) on regular basis. In the future is planned also
Econoomic Census, as a result of which will be fully update our business register. Also administrative data
sources can be used to improve quality of business register.
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Quality of data
Description of the challenge
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Quality of administrative sources (especially kind of economic activity, actual address etc) is one of main
challenge of Geostat.
2. Main challenge 2
Lack of legislation and non response
Description of the challenge
According to the law on Official Statistics, enterprises are not obliged to submit questionnaires or cooperate
with Geostat. It is voluntary process and that’s why additional efforts need to be undertaken from Geostat.
3. Main challenge 3
Not sufficient financial resources
Description of the challenge
Economic census has never been carried out in Georgia, because of not sufficient financial recourses.
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Country:
Germany
Reporter:
Roland Sturm
Institution:
Federal Statistical Office of Germany
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Unternehmensregister-System 95 (URS 95)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Federal Statistical Office of Germany and the 14 statistical offices of the Laender (federal states)
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Federal Statistical Office of Germany - Division E1:
Business Register, Classifications, Earnings, Cross Sector Business Statistics
4. Number of employees in the register unit
app. 200 (altogether in the Federal Statistical Office and in the 14 statistical offices of the Laender)
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Infrastructure for business statistics, data combination and statistical evaluation
6. Year of establishment of the register
1995
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
planned 2014
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
3.751.582 legal units and 3.979.387 local units
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Sector classification
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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The institutional sector classification in the business register according to the European System of Accounts
is updated once a year by the Federal Statistical Office.
The assignment of the units to the institutional sector is mainly carried out by an automatic algorithm, using
already existing and for this purpose created variables of the business register.
The assignment of the units to the nonprofit sector is an important step in this process. Lists with information
on the nonprofit sector, that are available in Official Statistics are processed (e.g. a list of German hospitals).
A remaining quantity that could not be allocated automatically was researched individually. The results of
these researches are processed as well. The amount of these research differs over time.
2. Short title of work which was done
Development and testing of profiling methods
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Germany took part in the Eurostat ESSnet for developing and testing profiling methods and procedures
concerning large and complex enterprise groups. In the course of this work Germany has performed an
"intensive profiling" on 5 enterprise groups and a "light profiling“ on 4 enterprise groups, whose UCI (Ultimate
Controlling Institution) is situated in Germany.
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Migration to new data base
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The implementation of the new databank for the German statistical business register (URS-Neu) had to be
postponed to year 2014. After some years of development, the new, central database will replace the URS 95
in July 2014. The URS-Neu will be a database run as centralised server-client architecture. All participating
statistical offices - at federal and at Laender level - will communicate as clients of the up-to-date database at
any time. The workload to update and maintain the register will be shared, the hosting of the database will be
borne by just one office and the financial cost by all.
2. Short title of work planned
Strategy to implement profiling of enterprises and enterprise groups
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
According to the plans of Eurostat to develop the European system of business statistics in the course of the
FRIBS regulation Germany will have to set up a system for the profiling of enterprises and enterprise groups
in the German statistical business register.
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
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1. Main challenge 1
Set up a profiling procedure
Description of the challenge
Participating in a European multinational profiling procedure will be demanding for Germany since 15
statistical offices in Germany will be involved.
2. Main challenge 2
Participation in EuroGroupsRegister v2.0
Description of the challenge
Participating in the European multinational interactive maintenance of the EuroGroupsregister will be
demanding for Germany since 15 statistical offices in Germany plus the German Central Bank will be
involved.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
GREECE
Reporter:
Theano Tyfoxylou
Institution:
Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Statistical Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Organization, Methodology and International Relations Division
4. Number of employees in the register unit
3
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Infrastructure for business statistics (survey frame, source of units, their population and their basic
characteristics), compilation of demographic characteristics, dissemination of statistics and tailor-made data
on Businesses.
6. Year of establishment of the register
1995
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
-
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
about 1,000,000 enterpises
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Technical reorganization of the register data base
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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Launching a project to redesign the BR data base using new technologies. The new system is expected to be
finalized by the end of the year and is expected to facilitate our work with the creation of an interface for the
BR staff. It will help us to keep track of all basic variable data in order to have a complete picture of the
enterprise and its local units over time.
2. Short title of work which was done
EGR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Standardize the format and the information received from external bodies as regards the enterprise groups,
multinational enterprises and their affiliates. Data are now received on a regular basis.
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Use of new administrative data
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Integration of additional administrative data from Tax Authorities which are expected to be received under a
Memorandum of Cooperation signed in April 2014. The new sources are expected to provide us with
additional information so to have a better coverage of activity sectors and active units in the SBR.
2. Short title of work planned
EGR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Development of a system and standardization of data processing, maintaining and validating procedures to
produce the final frames for the EGR.
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Exhaustive use of administrative sources for all business statistics
Description of the challenge
Building up a data base for integration of all variables necessary for structural business statistics into a single
system, together with the business register, and development of application programs and procedures for
data validation.
2. Main challenge 2
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Hungary
Reporter:
Mr Miklós Juhász
Institution:
Hungarian Central Statistical Office
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Hungarian Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Hungarian Central Statistical Office
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Business Statistic Department
4. Number of employees in the register unit
10
5. Primary goal and use of the register
It serves as the basis of data collections, data processing and data dissemination
6. Year of establishment of the register
1978
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
1998
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
941709 enterprises/legal units
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Piloting the profiling of large and complex multinational enterprise groups in Hungary tender
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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In the frame of profiling tender we undertook only one group to be profiled intensively. We also undertook two
groups to be profiled lightly. The selection of the group was coordinated by EUROSTAT. The selected and
profiled groups are very meaningful Hungarian controlled international enterprise groups with at least one
affiliate in the piloting countries. The preliminary data of the profiled groups were shared with the relevant
project members as partnering countries. We also carried out partnering profiling tasks in case of thirty-four
groups which are foreign controlled international groups with at least one affiliate in Hungary. All data sets on
the profiled groups were provided to EUROSTAT and to the UCI country of the group with our national data
on the affiliate(s) present in Hungary.
2. Short title of work which was done
Administrative data utilization project
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
This project is a general HCSO level development including the Business Register field of statistics. The
main goal is the development of IT tools to support the management of centralized reception and transfer of
data files as well as data preparation of data taken over from secondary sources.
3. Short title of work which was done
Enterprise groups maintenance
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The maintenace system of the Enterprise groups stored in the Business Register was redesigned. The
harmonization of the maintenace of Enterprise group (EG) and FATS systems has been started. The EG-
FATS cross-checking tasks resulted in relative low level of deviances which were due the methodological
differences.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Development of the Address Register System in Business Register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Due to implementation of the Address Register System the addresses in Hungarian Business Register will be
checked and corrected automatically by regularly maintained Addressbook of Hungarian Post Office. The aim
of project is to get correct and available addresses to organisations.
2. Short title of work planned
Development & harmonization of the administrative data transmission systems
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The cooperation of individual IT sub-systems of the Hungarian Court Office and Hungarian Statistical Office
is under negotiation. Currently the Hungarian Business Register receives data on non-profit organisations
(which register themselves at the Hungarian Court Office) only from the Hungarian Tax Office. With
implementation of this project the Hungarian Busines Register will be updated with the data on non-profit
organisations directly from Hungarian Court Office online.
3. Short title of work planned
Development of the identification system of foreign legal units
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
This development will improve the statistical business register based on utilization of the LEID codes of EGR
Identification Service system with the storage of unique identification codes of the registered foreign legal
units (direct parents and/or foreign subsidiaries of units in multinational enterprise groups). This action will
also improve the consistency between the Hungarian EGR and Foreign Affiliates Statistics (FATS) datasets
regarding the data on foreign direct parents and the data on Global Decision Centers (GDC) or Ulitmate
Controlling Institutions (UCI).
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IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
The national Legal Form Code (LFC) system
Description of the challenge
Due to the changes in the national legislation we had to change all IT applications utilizing the LFC
nomenclature. This changes caused a lot of extra workload on the whole BR staff.
2. Main challenge 2
Piloting the profiling of large and complex multinational enterprise groups in Hungary tender
Description of the challenge
The light profiling exercise, the partition of Legal Units (LeUs) and the preparation of Truncated Enterprise
(TEN) level data caused hard to tackle methodological difficulties due to the missing guidances and missing
data availability.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
India
Reporter:
Additional Director General, National Accounts Division (NAD), Central Statistics Office(CSO), M/o
Statistics & Programme Implementation( MoS&PI), Government of India, Sardar Patel Bhawan,
Parliament Street, New Delhi - 110001
Institution:
MoS&PI, Govt. of India
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
National Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
NAD, CSO, MoS&PI, Govt. of India
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Overal responsibility of NAD, CSO, MoS&PI, Govt. of India in collaboration with States/UTs.
4. Number of employees in the register unit
There are approximately 600 employees/officials spread across States/UTs engaged in preparation of
National Business Register.
5. Primary goal and use of the register
To provide a reliable, adequate and up to date sampling frame for various economic surveys.
6. Year of establishment of the register
An attempt was made to create a BR during the year 2005. But it could not succeed due to shortage of
resources and gaps in data collection during the operations. Now with the special grant of Govt. of India, this
activity has been taken up in India since April,2011.
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
N/A
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
There are approximately 21,137,470 active units across the 28 States and 7 UTs of India
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Development of methodology for BR and training to field staff
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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CSO has prepared a manual on BR. This manual contains basic concepts, definitions, methodology and
layout of BR. It has been circulated to all the stakeholders as a reference document for preparation of BR.
Besides, training on "Preparation & Maintenace of BR" is being provided to the entire field staff engaged in
compilation of BR.
2. Short title of work which was done
Listing of Enterprises
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
(a) Ideally the BR should be exhaustive and include all enterprises and establishments in India. Due to the
presence of vast informal sector, in the initial phase enterprises registered under 7 Acts/ Registering
Authorities ( i. Companies Act, 1956, ii. Factories Act, 1948, iii. Shops and Commercial establishments Act,
iv. Societies Registration Ac,t v. Cooperative Societies Act, vi. Khadi and Village industries Board and vii.
Directorate of Industries ( District Industries Centre) have been identified and kept in focus. Moreover, all
the States/ UTs have been given a free hand to include more enterprises registered beyond the seven acts,
if any, in their respective states. In this respect, we are preparing a list of all the State/District level
registering authorities along with the various units registered thereunder with complete official addresses and
designation of the officer responsible for providing information.
3. Short title of work which was done
Computerization of Records
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
We are developing a database in electronic form for consolidation of all the available information related to
BR. For this purpose, a software has been prepared and this has been circulated to all the States/UTs so as
to have a uniform database. The layout of BR will contain basic details of enterprises like their location,
National Industrial Classification Code- 2008 activity code, registering enterprises under which they've been
registered etc. All the States/UTs will provide their BRs in this format.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Development of Buisness Registration Centre
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
We are exploring the possibility to develop/set-up a Buisness Registration Centre(BRC) in each district. The
BRC will provide Buisness Registration Number(BRN) to the entrepreneur who wish to establish any
enterprise in the district. All the entities already registered, would be requested to file an application and
obtain a BRN. Such BRC's would be set-up by an act of legislation making it mandatory on the part of
registering authorities or establishments to accept any application if the BRN has been provided by the
entrepreneurs.
2. Short title of work planned
Development of web-page for update of buisness register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
A web-page is proposed to be developed facilitating all registering authorities having access to the related
database of various State Directorate of Statistics & Economics and vice-versa. Each registering authority will
be given the access to the database through user code and password. They will update information in
respect of the fields meant for them/their area of operation. They would have the facility of generating all type
of reports based upon the information so entered.
3. Short title of work planned
Better National Accounting and effective policy formulation
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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India is a very large country having more than million establishments. But at present an up-to-date frame of
enterprises at the National level is available only in respect of the units that are covered through the Annual
Survey of Industries under the Factory Act 1948. For the other sectors, no such updated and satisfactory
frame of enterprises exists at present. Apart from this although economic census (EC) captures the
information on all the enterprises engaged in economic activities in the country but that is conducted
quinquennially, regular updates can not be carried out. Taking these problems into consideration India is
preparing a business register which will not be static. This BR will be updated annually for any addition of
new units and deletion of non-operating or closed units, as well as changes in their activity, address and
characterstics etc. This BR will provide an ideal frame for conducting various sample surveys and
undertakling studies of various economic activities for finding their pattern and trend in the country. This will
in turn lead to effective policy forumulation, monitoring and planning.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Preparation of National Buisness Register having more than million enterprises by March, 2015
Description of the challenge
Under the special grant of Govt. of India, CSO has provided the methodology for preparation of BR to all the
State/UTs. At present, all the 28 States and 7 UTs are preparing their BRs. Integrating all these State level
BRs, we will compile national business register by March 31, 2015.
2. Main challenge 2
Regular updates of business register
Description of the challenge
Once established, the BR should be updated on a regular basis. In this respect, a web page will be designed
through which all the registering authorities would update the BR as and when required.
3. Main challenge 3
Setting-up of the Business Registration Center ( BRC)
Description of the challenge
Explore the possibility to develop/set-up a Business Registration Centre (BRC) in each district which will
provide Buisness Registration Number(BRN) to the entrepreneurs. It is proposed that BRC's would be set-up
by an act of legislation making it mandatory on the part of enterpreneurs to obtain BRN before starting any
economic activity.
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Country:
Ireland
Reporter:
Patrick Kelleher
Institution:
Central Statistics Office (CSO)
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Central Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Central Statistics Office
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Structural Business Statistics and Business Register
4. Number of employees in the register unit
15
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Main goal of the register is to provide an accurate and up to date sampling frame for all business survey
areas.
6. Year of establishment of the register
1993
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
1998, 2002, 2009
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
260,672 enterprises
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Improved links between BR and survey areas.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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The business register was processed mapped and various projects have arisen out of this. The overall goal
of these projects is to increase linkage and reliability between the business register and business areas that
use the BR as a sampling frame. The main aim is to expand the BR to make it the sole register and therefore
to elimate the need for local registers (certain survey areas maintain their own registers which are updated
using various sources such as the BR and survey data. These registers are referred to as "local registers").
The project began in 2012 and is ongoing.
2. Short title of work which was done
New IT project for business register.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
A new IT system is currently being developed to cater for inceased BR needs. This project was intailly
developed in 2013 but will not be completed until at least 2015.
3. Short title of work which was done
Expansion of Business Demography release.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The business demography release in 2013 included expanded NACE coverage as well as moving to a new e-
release system. This system allows for increased data coverage and customer friendly interactions.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Inclusion of institutional sector on the BR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Currently plans to include institutional sector on the BR are at the final stages. This project began in 2013 and
is due for completion by May 2014.
2. Short title of work planned
BR projects
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Future projects are planned to increase BR and survey area interactions. All survey areas are being looked at
in terms of BR requirements.
3. Short title of work planned
Profiling and the BR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Plans are underway to examine the role profiling will have for future BR requirements and to see to what
extent we can deal with the requirements laid out.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
To make the BR a fit and reliable tool for all survey areas.
Description of the challenge
The business register needs to be of sufficient quality to enable it to become the main source for all business
surveys. A comprehensive BR means that the need for the existence of local registers to exist should not be
there.
2. Main challenge 2
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Profiling
Description of the challenge
If profiling is implemented in the near future how will this impact the operation of the BR. Project identified in
future plans is in place to examine this.
3. Main challenge 3
Inceased use and reliabilty of administrative data
Description of the challenge
BR has moved to a largerly admin based register (the use and the amount of administrative data that is used
and is available is ever increasing). The reliability of the data being used needs to be monitored as well as
evaluated to see if we can broaden the information available to our customers.
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Country:
Italy
Reporter:
Monica Consalvi
Institution:
The National Institute of Statistics (Istat)
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
The ASIA system (in Italian, Archivio Statistico delle Imprese Attive)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
The National Institute of Statistics (Istat)
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Business Register Section, in Censuses and Statistical Registers Directorate, in Censuses, Administrative
and Statistical Registers Department
4. Number of employees in the register unit
33 (8 researchers, 25 clerical staff)
5. Primary goal and use of the register
A centralized frame for SBS/STS surveys and for grossing up survey results; the official statistical source for
information on the structure and the demography of the business population
6. Year of establishment of the register
1996
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2006, 2012
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
about 4.9 million of active enterprises
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Public sector - Increase the compliance to the EU requirements
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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By using the results of the 2011 census, the classification of institutional sectors has been implemented in
the BR. In particular the public sub-sectors (S.11001, S.12201, S.12301, S.12401, S.12501) have been
detected, moreover using an in-depth study of some borderline cases. The identification of non-profit
institutions serving households (S15) is not yet completed. Next steps are the study of new sources in view of
the introduction of ESA 2010
2. Short title of work which was done
The Business Portal
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The new Business Portal has been tested, a single point of access allowing bi-directional communication
between Istat and the business world. It is planned to further streamline the framework of the statistical
information to be collected, to allow a more complete sharing of data, to reduce statistical burden on
enterprises, to ensure an appropriate use of administrative sources, while minimizing costs for all the
institutions within the National Statistical System (Sistan). The central role of the Business Register has been
reinforced, as a potential tool to harmonize all the business surveys in the Sistan. Indeed, the portal has a big
potentiality in view of its integrated system of back-office that permits – and encourage – the exchange of
information from BR to all business surveys and vice versa.
3. Short title of work which was done
Dissemination of Census data - the I.stat Data Warehouse
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The 2011 “virtual” Census has been organized in a complex combination of completely revised statistical
registers, new administrative sources and some ad-hoc surveys like a new multi-purpose economic survey.
The BR Section was strongly involved in supporting the whole project and succeeded in disseminating data
through a new Data Warehouse, giving new tools to users and in-depth information for different
subpopulations of enterprises and specific domains. Furthermore a structural information framework was
defined, wider and more complex than that deduced from the economic structural surveys and upgradeable,
at least in part, on an annual basis.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Main project for a new BR System
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
It is planned the conclusion of the re-engineering of the whole system of BRs (Ent, Lou, Eg, satellite reg.s)
that has started two years ago, from a logical and a technical point of view. This included a review of the
check procedures, the implementation of a new software for viewing via web and updating the register, the
safety of all procedures for the variables estimation.
2. Short title of work planned
The new Farm Register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
It is planned a new project of building-up the Farm Register. For the 2010 Census a prototype-list has been
realised, as a result of the statistical integration of the several administrative sources covering the primary
sector. The outcome of the testing process was the detection of a new ad-hoc methodology for the
identification of eligible units, that is the agricultural holdings, to produce the final national list to be used as a
support for the 2010 Census of Agricultural Holdings (24th October 2010). By using as a starting point the
result of a post enumeration survey (carried out to estimate the coverage rate of the surveyed units), it was
clear that: it is necessary to modify the definition of "Agricultural Holding"; a register of "land" is needed and
not only a register of units; it is necessary to cover the "agricultural area"; a greater involvement of data
suppliers is needed in the set-up and updating, to ensure more consistent and harmonized agricultural
statistics for an integrated system of data sources.
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IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Participation to the new ESSnet “ESBR“
Description of the challenge
Italy will be involved in the forthcoming ESSnet on "European System of Interoperable Statistical Business
Registers".
In Istat a task-force has been formed on profiling activities, involving BR, SBS and NA experts to follow this
tool (profiling) for the delineation of the new statistical unit and in order to evaluate the impact on the current
business statistics. A first study of the impact has already been done (Sogeti project): it seems that changing
in definitions of statistical units has a great impact over data collection and treatment, and even in definition
of collected variable due to the relationships between the informative systems of big groups, IAS and IV
Directive accounts and SBS variables. A more exhaustive analysis of the experience, including different
approaches at identification and consolidation procedures, will be the future task.
2. Main challenge 2
Description of the challenge
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
JAPAN
Reporter:
Isao Takabe
Institution:
Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Establishment Frame Database (EFD)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Economic Structure Statistics Division, Statistical Survey Department
4. Number of employees in the register unit
12
5. Primary goal and use of the register
To provide sampling frames to other ministries and agencies, local governments as well as incorporated
administrative agencies, etc., and to reduce reporting burdens of survey objects by avoiding excessive
selecting as survey samples.
6. Year of establishment of the register
2002
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2008, 2012
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
6,070,000 local units (establishments), 1,730,000 enterprises(companies)
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Starting operation of the new Business Register System
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
We started operation of the new system in 2013 and various data (including administrative records) have been stored.
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2. Short title of work which was done
Starting the provision of the Annual Frame Information
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Annual Frame Information based on the new Business Register was produced for the first time in 2013. We will produce it regularly.
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Conducting the Economic Census for Business Frame
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
We will conduct the Economic Census for Business Frame in 2014. Its results will be used as fundamental information for the Business Register.
2. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Studies on profiling methods
Description of the challenge
We will consider profiling methods to grasp the structure of complex enterprises exactly and efficiently.
2. Main challenge 2
Creation and Provision of the Business Register Statistics
Description of the challenge
We will create and provide Business Register Statistics based on the new business register.
3. Main challenge 3
Using additional administrative records and geographical information
Description of the challenge
We will consider what kind of administrative record and geographical information could be useful for Business Register.
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Country:
JORDAN
Reporter:
ALI JAMIL HAMED MISLEH, The Head of administrative records / supervisor Al-Manar project
Institution:
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS (DoS)
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Establishments frame
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS (DoS)
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
As a Section of Directorate of Economic Surveys
4. Number of employees in the register unit
4 Employees
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Maintenance and updating the framework installations
6. Year of establishment of the register
5 Years
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
Census in 1999, 2006, 2011
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Start working in the construction of national records by administrative records section
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Not activated the section frames because of the difficulty of updated frameworks business records; the
multiplicity of sources, methodologies, weak follow-up mechanisms and auditing field, the small number of
staff. So since the beginning of 2013 has been activated administrative records Division to work on using
administrative records in statistical work and focus on the business record.
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2. Short title of work which was done
The preparation of the work plan and operational procedures
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
An action plan to find out the reality of business records in Jordan, Preparing a questionnaire to find out the
sources and characteristics of Records, Preparation Instruction Manual.
3. Short title of work which was done
Review the action plan in the light of the experiences of developed countries
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Review the plan and get to know previous experiences, Benefit from previous experiences, Using the best
practices in this field, Identifying a list of institutions that will be visited in the public sector.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Procedures and approvals required for the action plan
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Holding a number of meetings with top management the Department of Statistics in order to explain the plan
of action, action plan has been approved and support by the administration and the provision of necessary
resources.
2. Short title of work planned
The preparatory phase of the work plan
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Currently we're going to start field work (field survey).
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Updating Establishments frame
Description of the challenge
Until the completion of business records, there is no framework updating during the years after the census
establishment, Number of establishments gradually decreases due to exit from the market establishments,
2. Main challenge 2
Business Record
Description of the challenge
Cooperation between the institutions, laws and legislation, difficulties in appropriate business records for
statistical purposes, experience and knowledge in the construction of National registries, the weakness of
financial and human resources
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Country:
Kazakhstan
Reporter:
Institution:
Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Statistical Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Statistical Business Register is supported by Registers and publications department of the Agency of the
Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics
4. Number of employees in the register unit
7 persons on central office + about 40 persons in regional divisions
5. Primary goal and use of the register
A tool for conducting statistical surveys;
Source of information for statistical analysis of statistical units and their demographics
6. Year of establishment of the register
1997
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
1997 - establishment of the State statistical register
2004 - creation of a new information system for maintaining a registry and transition to registration of legal
entities by the "single window"
2010 - conversion to Statistical Business Register (in connection with the adoption of the new
Law on State Statistics)
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
Legal unit (active):
legal entities and structural subdivisions of legal entities - 116 826
individual entrepreneurs - 896 810
Statistical units (active) - 1,205,384
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
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1. Short title of work which was done
Integration with the information system of the Tax Authority (obtaining information on individual entrepreneurs
in electronic form on-line)
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Reviewed statistical forms for updating statistical business register;
Changes in the methodology of conducting the statistical business register;
Changes in the rules of statistical business register updating and the formation of surveyed units catalogs;
Held recoding of economy sectors codes;
Developed a method to recalculate the dynamic series in accordance with the new classification of economic
activities.
2. Short title of work which was done
from 1 January 2013, transition to a single identification number for legal entities-Business Identification
Number, for individuals - Personal Identification Number
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Implementation of the Project for Strengthening the National Statistical System of the Agency of the Republic of
Kazakhstan on Statistics with the World Bank in 2012-2016
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Improvement of SBR
a. Development of profiling methodology
b. Development of methodology forms sample of RRF.
Development and improvement of sampling methods
a. Methodologies on Sampling enterprises
2. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
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Description of the challenge
2. Main challenge 2
Description of the challenge
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Republic of Korea
Reporter:
Jinsuk Cha (Deputy Director of Economic Statistics Planning Division)
Institution:
KOSTAT(STATISTICS KOREA)
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Establishments Population DB baesd on Census on Establishments
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Economic Census Division
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Division
4. Number of employees in the register unit
about 22 staffs
5. Primary goal and use of the register
To serve sample frames for economic statisitics
6. Year of establishment of the register
1994
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2012
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
about 3.60 millions establishments
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Use of Administrative Data
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
KOSTAT started to use administrative data such as tax data from 2012 in Establishments Puplation DB, in
oder to reduce the response burden and the survey cost. That is, some items in statistical survey were
replaced by adminstrative data without a field survey.
2. Short title of work which was done
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Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Change from survey to administrative data
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
KOSTAT has plan to build up the Establishments Population DB by using administrative data to reduce the
respose burden and the survey cost. It means the basis of the Establishments Population DB chages from
survey to administrative data. For the successful chage, it is needed to check the discrepencies between the
survey data and the administrative data.
2. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Discrepancies between the survey data and the administrative data
Description of the challenge
In the Establishments Population based on the administrative data, we are facing a problem, such that there
are discrepancies between the survey data and the administrative data such as the number of establishment
and the number of employees. So, it is needed to find the cause of the discrepancies, and to seek the
solution to the problem.
2. Main challenge 2
Description of the challenge
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Lithuania
Reporter:
Dalia Mačiuitienė, Deputy head Economic entities register division
Institution:
Statistics Lithuania
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Economic entities register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Statistics Lithuania
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Economic entities register division
4. Number of employees in the register unit
8
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Preparation of the business register for annual and sampling surveys. Every year frozen list is prepared and
each statistical division use this list for statistical surveys.
6. Year of establishment of the register
The end of1997
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2001
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
90797 legal units
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
The statistical profile business register was developed in continous
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Main work was done, subregister of enterprise groups was extended. If in 2012 the threshold for enterprise
groups was used (125 persons employed in group) in 2013 enterprise groups was counted without any
threshold.
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2. Short title of work which was done
Data about enterprise groups was placed in the grafic user interface
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Main users of enterprise groups - Divisions of Statistics Lithuania SBS, STS, IFDI and OFDI can see which
enterprise belongs to enterprise group and can see the whole structure of enterprise group. Business register
division took part in work on testing and piloting profiling of large and complex multinational enterprise
groups.
3. Short title of work which was done
Regional data on Business demography on voluntary basis
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Regional data on business demography on voluntary basis was prepared and sent to Eurostat.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Quality of enterprise groups
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
As far as main data about enterprise groups are from administrative source, so there are quit a lot mistakes
in the information provided by this source in relations between enterprises. We are going to have better
quality about enterprise groups, use more profiling procedures for delineation enterprise groups.
2. Short title of work planned
To participate in work of one of the projects (Grants) offered by Eurostat
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Decision it is not made yet, but most probably it will be one of the items: Projects on modernisation of
business statistics. Steps towards implementing the revised definition of statistical units in business statistics:
Delineation of Statistical units and Testing Profiling" items 2 and 3.
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
To implement new statistical units in Business register
Description of the challenge
A lot unclear procedures there are to implement new statistical units. Our enterprise groups are not prepared
to give statistics about the whole enterprise group, they don't use IFRS and don't like to make segments, to
give consolidated balances. That showed profiling project. Big enterprise groups are not going to follow up
new requirements of statistics. Statistics will lose branches of activity in their country. Statistical data on
economic activities will be large-scaled. Production of statistics (SBS, STS data) will be not comparable with
previous years and between member states.
2. Main challenge 2
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Country:
Luxembourg
Reporter:
Mike Hartmann
Institution:
Statec
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
"Répertoire des entreprises"
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Statec
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
BR is part of the Business Statistics Department
4. Number of employees in the register unit
5.5 employees (FTE), head of BR included (March 2014)
5. Primary goal and use of the register
The main goal of the BR is to collect primary information about businesses from different administrative
sources and the survey on economic activities in order to compile business statistics (e. g. business
demography) and enterprise populations for different survey frames or samples (e. g. structural business
statistics).
6. Year of establishment of the register
1995
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2003, 2007, 2014
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
54 177 enterprises
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Enterprise Groups
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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The development of a database of enterprise groups already started in 2012 was continued throughout 2013
and will probably be finished in 2014. A lot of time was also investigated in the compilation of data on
enterprise groups from different sources (FDI, LU CB, EGR) in order to be integrated in the database (mostly
analysis and programming work). The analyses and compilation work of data on enterprise groups
downloaded from the BEL-First database from Bureau van Dijk has been finished for reference years 2011
and 2012.
2. Short title of work which was done
EuroGroup Register (EGR 2.0)
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
A file of LU legal units has been compiled and sent to Eurostat for LEID identification (analyses and
programming work). A file of foreign legal units which are parents of LU legal units has been compiled and
sent to Eurostat, but was not used (analyses and programming work). Finally, a file of LU legal units
supposed to be part of a multinational group has been compiled and sent to Eurostat in order to buy data
from commercial data providers (analyses and programming work).
3. Short title of work which was done
Business demography
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
We were able to compile for the first time data for the new HGIE indicator for reference years 2008-2011
(analyses, manual checking and programming work).
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Enterprise Groups
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The development of a database on enterprise groups already started in 2012 should be finished by end of
2014. Data on enterprise groups available from BvD for reference years 2011 and 2012 should be matched
with data from other sources already available (FDI, LU CB, EGR). Data on ownerships requested in 2013
from the Trade Register (TR) should be made available for the first time and be analysed and compiled to
match with other available data. The analyses, matching and compilation of ownership data from different
sources (BVD, TR, FDI, LU CB, EGR, SBS) for reference year 2013 will start in 2014.
2. Short title of work planned
EuroGroup Register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Additional analyses and programming work will be necessary in order to implement the work steps of the new
EGR 2.0 which have not yet been implemented last year. Analyses and programming work will also be
needed in order to check wether data on enterprise groups from BvD and on ownerships from Trade Register
can be used to feed the EGR. If yes, a lot of manuel investigation work has to be done for the LEID
identification of foreign legal units.
3. Short title of work planned
BR database
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The BR database will be migrated before end of the year to a new database management system. Even if the
structure of the database remains unchanged, the user interface for creating, editing and displaying data has
been partially redisigned. The new SEC 2010 institutional sector codes need to be implemented in BR
database (analyses and programming work). The double coding of units in NACELUX Rev 1.1 and 2. will be
stopped at the end of 2014 (analyses and programming work).
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IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Human resources
Description of the challenge
The main challenge will be to keep the current level of human resources available in the BR. Due to the
saving measures of the LU government, it will be difficult to get additional human resources in the future.
Furthermore, it is no longer guaranteed that employees retiring will be replaced. Currently, one employee (the
most experienced in NACE classification) could already retire and another employee could retire in 2 years.
Even in case of replacement of the persons retiring, the new employees need some time to acquire the
necessary know-how and experience.
2. Main challenge 2
Implementation of FRIBS
Description of the challenge
Due to the challenges mentioned before, the implementation of FRIBS could be very difficult.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Republic of Macedonia
Reporter:
Mirjana Bosnjak and Liljana Vlajik
Institution:
State Statistical Office
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Statistical Business Register (SBR)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
State Statistical Office
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Department for Statistical Business Register and Economic Classification is a part of Sector for Business
Statistics, Agricultural Statistics and Statistics on Environment
4. Number of employees in the register unit
8
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Main goal of the SBR is to keep the record on statistical units on the basis of the EU regulation EC 177/2008
and providing good coverage of businesses with all necessary information that is needed to conduct surveys
and to satisfy national statistical needs. SBR is used as a tool for the preparation and coordination of all
business statistical surveys, with two exceptions, SBS survey which is based on administrative sources, and
PPI survey for which the target observational unit is product, not business entity. SBR is also used as a
source of information for the statistical analysis of the population of business entities and its demography and
for the identification and construction of statistical units.
6. Year of establishment of the register
2007
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
71290
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
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Setting up of enterprise groups
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Identification and preliminary analysis and evaluation of the identified sources was performed.
National draft methodology and methodological guidelines for creation and updating of enterprise groups
were prepared.
Establishment of enterprise groups as a new statistical unit and creation of separate database of
multinational and all resident enterprise groups for 2009 and 2010 were done.
For the first time 2013 Business Register annual inquiry questionnaire was completed with enterprise group
data and was delivered to Eurostat.
2. Short title of work which was done
SBR Survey for Local Units
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
In order to improve the quality data of local units in the SBR, Survey for local units was undertaken.
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Enterprise groups
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
For improving the level of compliance of our BR with Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 and recommended
methodology, development and implementation of the EGs into SBR will be continued.
Data received from additional administrative source (Central Securities Depository) will be analyzed and will
be adjusted for using them for creation and updating of EG's.
Creation of database of multinational and all resident enterprise groups for 2011 and 2012 will be done.
2. Short title of work planned
SBR Survey for Local Units
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Processing and analysis of data obtained from the local units survey in order to update local units data in
SBR.
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Improving the quality of SBR data
Description of the challenge
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Further development and improvement of the quality of the Statistical Business Register by continuous
checking, updating and correcting of SBR data, especially activity codes and address data, with data
collected through regular statistical surveys.
Improvement of enterprise group coverage and data quality using data received from additional
administrative source (Central Securities Depository).
2. Main challenge 2
Producing business demography data
Description of the challenge
Producing some missing data related to Business Demography in accordance with the Annex IX of Structural
Business Statistics (SBS) Regulation No.295/08):
Number of persons employed in the population of active enterprises in t,
Number of persons employed in the population of births in t,
Number of persons employed in the population of deaths in t
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
MALAYSIA
Reporter:
SITI HASLINDA MOHD DIN
Institution:
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Malaysia Statistical Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Department of Statistics Malaysia
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Methodology and Research Division,
4. Number of employees in the register unit
Eighteen (18) employees
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Its main role is as the backbone of economic statistics. It provides the frame population for conducting
survey/census. It is also used to combine sources (identify units, prevent under coverage and avoid
duplication), improve respondent relation, central storage of companies/establishments information and to
optimize the quality of statistical process in the early stage.
6. Year of establishment of the register
1993
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2010
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
1,156,202 active establishments
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Strengthening business register through administrative data
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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At present, the department has established strong collaboration with the main registrar of companies and
businesses in Malaysia. There are three main agencies which are Company Commission of Malaysia
(CCM), Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Construction Industrial Development Board (CIDB). DOSM
has taken step ahead by signing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the relationship and
smart partnership.
2. Short title of work which was done
Strengthening the frame through Survey Management System
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The department has developed the system which enables the field enumerators at the state offices to
manage the survey and update the most current information during the collection phase. It also enhance the
quality assurance of the information updated as it can be monitored and analysed by the related subject
matters.
3. Short title of work which was done
Applying geospatial data as source to update the frame
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The department has engaged with national telecommunication company in using web geospatial portal
known as TM Smart Map. The facility allows the department to access latest information mainly the location
of businesses which really assist in reducing the non-response cases due to incomplete and outdated contact
information.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM) embedded in the development and maintenance of
statistical registers.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Applying some sub process in the Generic Statistical Business Process Model in the maintenance of the
register activity. Collect and Process phase can be applied to data obtained from surveys feedback,
administrative records and screening process. Analyse and Disseminate will prepare the output to be
validated and made ready for the release. Finally the Evaluation phase will provide the information to improve
the quality of the register
2. Short title of work planned
To enhance the use of administrative data sources in ensuring the completeness, timely and reliable register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The department has extended the colloboration and smart partnership with Royal Malaysian Customs in
getting the information about firms involve with MyGST which is recently launched in 2014.
3. Short title of work planned
To establish Business Demography Statistics
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The department plans to conduct research on the terminology, scope & coverage and data availability. One
of the main efforts is to analyze the Eurostats Manual on Business Demography Statistics.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Delay in updating register
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Description of the challenge
The department is enhancing the effort to increase the awareness about the importance of maintaining
accurate, timely, comprehensive and reliable firm informations which later can be used by the statistical
register. Due to unstandardized data structure the data tapping process with the main registrar of companies
and businesses having lot of difficulties.
2. Main challenge 2
Inadequate quality of the firm information in the register
Description of the challenge
Completeness, consistency, reliability and up to date firms information in the register are important as it is
going to be used as survey frame and compilation of business demography statistics.The register provides
the information needed for stratifying, sampling and contacting businesses. Register inadequacies will lead to
non-sampling errors and misleading interpretation of censuses/surveys results.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Mexico
Reporter:
Institution:
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTATISTICA Y GEOGRAFIA
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
DIRECTORIO ESTADISTICO NACIONAL DE UNIDADES ECONOMICA (DENUE) (NATONAL
STATISTICAL DIRECTORY OF ECONOMIC UNITS)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTATISTICA Y GEOGRAFIA (INEGI) (NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
STATISTICS AND GEOGRAPHY)
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
DIRECCION GENERAL DE ESTATISTICAS ECONOMICAS (GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMIC
STATISTICS)
4. Number of employees in the register unit
64
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Providing users with information on the live establishments in the country; identification data (name of the
establishment, name of the owner, denomination or corporate name, code of the type of economic activity
according to NAICS, size according to stratum of employment, location in the national geographical frame
(code and entity name, municipality and location, code of the Basic Geostatistical Area and block), data on
the geographical address (type and name of the rodway, exterior and interior number, building, floor, type
and name of human settlement, ZIP code), contact data (telephone number, e-mail address and web page),
date of register with DENUE and geographic coordinates for location (latitud and longitude).
6. Year of establishment of the register
2010
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
4 410 198
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
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1. Short title of work which was done
Presentation of the 10/2013 Interactive DENUE
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
In October 2013, the 10/2013 Interactive DENUE was presented to society in general, opening the possibility
to business owners to request the publication of additional information on their firms in the Directory's query
system on the web: main products and services, competitive advantages, logo, photographs of their business
and recognitions. Furthermore, an agreement was held with the Ministry of Economy to publish the
information of the firms that are registered in the Mexican Businesses Information System (SIEM) in
DENUE's query system, specifically in the third section of the datasheet for each business, for example: the
cluster and productive chain it belongs to, the market for its products (national or international) and links to
the business chambers in which it is member. The additional information will be validated by INEGI, even
when requested by businesses, the publication is the owner's responsibility. The information on the
establishment's identification and location variables is what DENUE can publish by rule, without violating the
confidentiality principles of statistical information.
2. Short title of work which was done
Results of the 2012 analysis on the demography of the establishments
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The results of the first study on the demography of the establishments conducted by INEGI 2012 were
presented (3 years after the 2009 Economic Census Survey), for which a two-stage and by cluster sample
probabilistic scheme was designed, with sector representativeness, both for national and state level, in order
to observe how many new establishments there are in a certain time, how many disappear and which is the
net growth in the number of establishments, specifically in the segment of establishments from 0 to 100
employees from the nonfinancial trade, manufacturing industries and private service sectors. The data per
size of the establishment is provided at national level; while those related to the activity sector are provided
both at national and federative entity level. The study is avaialble on INEGIS internet site:
http://www.inegi.org.mx/inegi/contenidos/investigacion/Experimentales/demog_establecimientos/default.aspx
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Updating DENUE at 100%
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Updating DENUE at 100% with data collected by the 2014 Economic Censues and submitting DENUE's
totally updated version in December 2014.
2. Short title of work planned
From a directory to a register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
To go from counting on a business register that is limited to the variables of "directory" type (as DENUE) to a
business register that also includes the economic data of the establishments and firms (such as revenue,
production, etc.), similar to the business registers from the countries of the Group of Experts of the
Wiesbaden Group.
3. Short title of work planned
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Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Providing users with information on the demography of establishments and firms at any geographic detail level,
according to the economic activity and size
Description of the challenge
Providing the population with demographic data on the establishments and firms related to births, deaths and
life span according to their characteristics: geographical area where they are located, the activity they
develop and the size in terms of their employment; allowing to know the impact of these phenomena on
employment. Establishing the necessary mechanisms and procedures to have the possibility of knowing the
status of each establishment and firm that is registered in the DENUE from one census survey to another, for
example: change of location, owner, type of economic activitiy, size, in order to know and provide information
on the status of the businesses in accordance with the international criteria and recommendations.
2. Main challenge 2
Linking the State's Units administrative register's databases with DENUE
Description of the challenge
Updating DENUE through the development of a system that links the State's administrative register's
database with the Directory, seeking for a simultaneous incorporation of both the new economic units as well
as the changes of data on the existing economic units into all the registers.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Mongolia
Reporter:
D.Oyunbileg
Institution:
National Statistical Office of Mongolia
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Statistical Unit of Mongolia (Business Register of Mongolia)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
National Statistical Office
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Macro Economic Statistics Department
4. Number of employees in the register unit
4 staff members in NSO, and 30 staff members in local branches
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Primary goal: 1. To improve data quality of BR. 2. To improve methodology on BR. 3. To improve data
changing procedure and methods with General Authority for State Registration;
Use of the register: Sampling frame for statistical activities as business censuses and surveys and
disseminate for outside users.
6. Year of establishment of the register
Since 1998
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2006, 2013
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
54.9 thousand legal units
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Create a new system for statistical units
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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In the light of the National Programme for Development of Official Statistics for 2011-2015, the NSO aims to
write the following three software programs, to bring the work of the business register team to a new level,
and to increase the use of the statistical unit database in the framework of enhancing the quality of the
business register. At present, the following two programs have been written and put into action. They are: 1).
a comprehensive system designed to create statistical unit databases to be stored on the server in
accordance with international standards and to load, revise, update, and use the official statistical data and to
produce outputs; 2). a warehouse database based on the statistical units designed for the staff members in
divisions and departments of the NSO and its headquaters, and users, and a system designed to use the
warehouse database.
2. Short title of work which was done
Conduct of the Establishment Census
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The National Statistical Office has conducted the Establishment Census 5 times. The Establishment Census
covered some economic sectors in 1991 and 1994. Also, there were employment criteria applied for the
above mentioned censuses. The last three censuses conducted in 1998, 2006 and 2011 did cover all kinds
of establishments and their branches. For the 2011 Establishment Census, the International Standard
Industrial Classification of all economic activities, version 4.0, was implemented and a geographic information
system was created based on results from the establishment census. The last census embraced more
property/asset and IT indicators than the previous ones.
3. Short title of work which was done
Improve BR quality
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Within the MONSTAT project, we have conducted a survey on large and foreign investment enterprise in
order to improve business register quality. The survey covered 2351 enterprises, which were registered in
business register in 6 districts and 3 provinces.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Develop guideline for Mongolia BR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Develop guideline for BR based on international manual. It will usefull for new staff of BR and other outside
users.
2. Short title of work planned
Create a system for automatic updating BR from main administrative sources
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Develop application program for updating BR based on administrative data (State registration office, Tax
office etc.)
3. Short title of work planned
BR will include herder households and individual bussiness person
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Develop database for herder households based on livestock census which NSO is conducting every year
while the database will include individual business persons based on data of General Taxation Department.
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IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Unavailable an information system among state organizations
Description of the challenge
There are several government agencies for collecting establishment information, but no access to change
their collected information in a particular period.
2. Main challenge 2
There is no article about collaboration with enterprises in a law
Description of the challenge
Address is uncertain, and hard to make contact with enterprises in domestic trade, non-government
organization, foreign investment organizations sector.
The legal environment is weak when enterprises refused to provide their information.
3. Main challenge 3
Introduce classifications in BR
Description of the challenge
1. There are several classification for NPI such as Classification of the Purposes of Non-Profit Institutions
Serving Households (COPNI) and International Classification of Non-Profit Organizations (ICNPO). Which
one we have to introduce in BR. 2. There is a issue that how do we classify enterprises by new Institutional
Sector Classification, which is using for SNA.
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Country:
The Netherlands
Reporter:
Rico Konen (statistical researcher)
Institution:
Statistics Netherlands (CBS)
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
General Business register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Statistics Netherlands (SN)-department of Business Registers (within the Division "Economic and Business
Statistics and National Accounts")
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Centralised within the Division "Economic and Business Statistics and National Accounts" (EBN)
4. Number of employees in the register unit
40 (excluding 5 very large enterprise group's profilers)
5. Primary goal and use of the register
To serve as population and sample frame for all economic statistics surveys and to serve as tool for linkage
with administrative files with data that is to be used in compiling business statistics.
6. Year of establishment of the register
1974
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
1992, 2006, 2009, 2014
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
1.4 mln Ent
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Integration of the New Trade register in the BR system
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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The functionalities for the use of the New Trade Register (NTR) as the basic and authentic source for the BR
have been developed. The NTR will be integrated in the BR at the beginning of 2014. During the past years
many companies with activities in agriculture or some free professions, have been registered in the NTR,
because of the obligation to register by legislation. However some religious organisations, governmental
bodies and some special partnership constructions are still missing because these legal units are exempted
from the obligation to register.
2. Short title of work which was done
Unit database
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
SN created a separate database to coordinate the main output of the BR. This 'units database' describes a
frozen frame which is derived for the first day of a reference month. A frozen frame consists of a coordinated
population of statistical units (and main characteristics) which are valid for the reference month. Each
statistical unit in a frozen frame is linked to one or more legal units (and main characteristics), which are
associated to the administrative units (and main characteristics) valid at the first day of the reference month.
The 'units database' will be the input that coordinates samples and facilitates the use of administrative
information in statistical processes.
3. Short title of work which was done
Participation ESSnets
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Statistics Netherlands was strongly involved in BR related ESSnets, the ESSnet EGR and the ESSnet
Profiling large and complex Enterprise Groups.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Unit environment
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
There are still needs of statisticians to dispose of statistical units that are not part of the Dutch BR. Some
entries are lacking in the BR because of the exemption to register in the NTR, some entries are missing
because of undercoverage in administrative sources used to maintain the BR, some entries are missing
because of global reasons and some units are relevant to establish a link to other domains (self-
employment). The BR department of SN has planned to extend the BR sytem and design a unit environment,
in which all relevant units used in (business) statistical processes should be available and coordinated. In
addition to this, SN will investigate the possibilities to develop a user friendly interface for the business
clients, which should be a generic tool based on data virtualisation (oid).
2. Short title of work planned
Sampling module
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
SN is developing a separate sampling module, which uses the coordinated populations stored in the 'units-
database' as its main input. The module supports several sampling design techniques and keeps the sample
administration.
3. Short title of work planned
Participation ESBRs VIP Project
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
SN will particiapte in the ESBRs VIP project and will be workpackage leader of WP 2 (interoperability
framework). Besides, SN will participate in WP 1 and 3.
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IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Extension of the BR into a unit environment
Description of the challenge
To extend the BR into a unit environment which consists of different sources providing statistical units may
cause double counting of statistical units. It's a challenge to match, link and maintain the units of different
sources in this unit environment.
2. Main challenge 2
Basic registrations
Description of the challenge
The NTR is part of a national system of official administrative registrations. The challenge is to create half-
manufactured statistical products for the business by linking the information of these registration to the
statistical units in the BR to coordinate this information and raise the quality of it.
3. Main challenge 3
Work arounds
Description of the challenge
Around the BR-system of SN some work-arounds have been created in the past to fulfil the information
needs of its users. The challenge is to optimize the processes that led to these work-arounds, in order to
improve the control of running aplications and the manual procedures linked to the BR system.
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Country:
New Zealand
Reporter:
Stuart Pitts
Institution:
Statistics New Zealand
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Statistics New Zealand Business Frame (new Business Register being launched in May 2014)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Statistics New Zealand
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Industry and Labour Statistics Group (Operations Group after March 2014 as part of an organisation wide
restructure)
4. Number of employees in the register unit
13
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Provides a reference population for business surveys run by Statistics NZ and other NZ government
agencies producing Tier 1 statistics (statistics of national importance) and is the source for the production of
annual business demography statistics. Also provides the basis of an integration framework for different
sources of data.
6. Year of establishment of the register
1996
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
From 2012 development of a replacement system called the Business Register
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
470,000 enterprises
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Business Register redevelopment
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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A project to replace the 1996 Business Frame which is partly built on a legacy software platform. The new BR
is being built on the same generic platform used by our main business surveys, allowing better integration
and efficiency when working across survey and admin data sources. The BR project will also result in
changes to our maintenance strategy, with more acceptance of admin sources for less significant
businesses.
2. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Implementation of a new institutional sector classification
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
A new classification has been developed that has two dimensions, type and control. The BF (Business
Frame) is working with survey areas (in particular National Accounts) on the business rules that will place
economic units in different sectors based on available admin data (primarily tax records).
2. Short title of work planned
Adoption of the New Zealand Business Number
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
All limited liability companies in New Zealand now have a New Zealand Business Number, and it is planned
to extend the NZBN to all business types (eg partnerships and sole propietors) in the next few years.
Statistics NZ will progressively move towards using the NZBN for correspondence with businesses and as
the basis for integrating admin sources from different agencies.
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Implementation of the new Business Register
Description of the challenge
With big changes to both technology and methodology (primarily in relation to maintenance rules from admin
sources) we have to provide a stable environment to support the production of core economic statistical
outputs.
2. Main challenge 2
Reduced resources available for register maintenance
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Description of the challenge
The ongoing drive for organisational efficiency means that there are less resources available for manual
register maintenance (going from 13 to 10 FTE), and more acceptance of admin sources for less significant
units.
3. Main challenge 3
More demand for regional statistics
Description of the challenge
Increasing demand from central and local government for regional economic statistics (partly driven by the
local body amalgamation of New Zealnd's biggest city and the rebuild following the Canterbury earthquake) is
putting more emphasis on the quality of location information on the register. New geospatial infrastructure will
help support this but we need to understand how this can integrate with our new register platform as well.
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Country:
Norway
Reporter:
Anders Haglund
Institution:
Statistics Norway
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
The Central Register of Establishments and Enterprises
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Statistics Norway
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Division for Statistical Populations
4. Number of employees in the register unit
27 (19 working with BR)
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Form a full coverage and documented register with high quality that represents a common population for
enterprises and establishments inside Statistics Norway
6. Year of establishment of the register
1965
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
1995, 1999
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
470 000 Enterprises and 500 000 LKAU
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Implementing quality indicators for the BR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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Statistics Norway has worked the list of quality indicators for administrative sources from Blu-Ets. This
resulted in lists with quality checks for three administrative base registers, the Population Register, the
Cadaster and the Business Register. The quality checks are run on regular basis and summarized in quality
reports, one for each register. The quality reports give a good impression on the quality of each register and
how it develops over time.
2. Short title of work which was done
Facilitate co-ordination of samples
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Standard tools for description of target populations and criteria for sample selections has been developed.
Extra variables has been added to the total sample frame showing the frames and samples each unit
belongs to. About one third of the samples are a now part of this co-ordinated process, with a goal of cover
all frames and samples in the near future.
3. Short title of work which was done
Responsibilty of collecting administrative data
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Our responsibility is to set up standardized contracts with the data owners, including a quality report which
secure Statistics Norway the data with a confirmed quality. Out of 25 Governmental data owners we now
have contracts with 19 and ongoing work with the 6 remaining. This include 81 quality reports, with 7
remaining.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Full co-ordination of samples
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Continue and complete the work on co-ordination of samples to a full coverage. Then we can implement the
functionality of fair participation in our sample surveys.
2. Short title of work planned
Testing profiling
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Statistics Norway will apply for the grant action regarding profiling of multinational enterprise groups.
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Meeting the new demands of globalization
Description of the challenge
The globalization of the economy and new demands for statistical units and data capture across national
borders is very challenging. We do not have the resources for abandon administrative sources as our main
source of statistics and profiling we be challenging for us.
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2. Main challenge 2
Description of the challenge
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Oman
Reporter:
Khalid Said Almudhaffar
Institution:
National Centre for Statistics and Information
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
National Centre for Statistics and Information
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Economic Surveys Department
4. Number of employees in the register unit
2
5. Primary goal and use of the register
update and maintain the business frame
6. Year of establishment of the register
2003
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2013
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
117000
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Reclassifying the economic activities using ISIC4
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
All establishments in the business register have been reclassified using ISIC4 on the basis of the
correspondence table issued by UNSD and in depth investigation in order to complete classifying the units.
2. Short title of work which was done
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Identification of the non-active establishments in the business register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The non-active establishments have been identified and removed from business register
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Establishing a task force for Business Register Development
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
A task force has been established to determine and solve all the challenges facing when building a new
business register.
2. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
High rate of birth and death of establishments
Description of the challenge
The business register in Oman is over estimate because of the high rate of new open establishments and
many of the closed establishements do not report.
2. Main challenge 2
Accuracy of establishments classifications
Description of the challenge
The field work shows that many establishments are classified in the wrong activities.
3. Main challenge 3
Delay of updating the data
Description of the challenge
The business register update is on a quarterly basis after two months from the end of the quarter.
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Country:
Poland
Reporter:
JULITA SWIETOCHOWSKA
Institution:
CENTRAL STATISTICAL OFFICE OF POLAND
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
STATISTICAL BUSINESS REGISTER - SBR
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
CSO OF POLAND
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
METHODOLOGY, STANDARDS & REGISTERS DEPARTMENT
4. Number of employees in the register unit
14
5. Primary goal and use of the register
SAMPLING FRAME FOR STATISTICAL SURVEYS
6. Year of establishment of the register
2001
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
02, 04, 07, 09, 10, 11, 13
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
legal units - 3 056 812; local units 3 576 360
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
The use of administrative data sources in SBR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Improving the matching of units between SBR and administrative systems.
2. Short title of work which was done
Improving the quality of data in SBR
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Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Adaptation the Business Register to the new version of EuroGroups register.
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Methodological work to improve the quality of the data
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Elaborating the rules for determining the units activity on the basis of data collected from different sources
including administrative sources; further elaborating the rules for determining the average number of
employees on basis of data from administrative sources and size classes based on data of number of
employees and turnover.
2. Short title of work planned
Improving the quality of data in SBR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Adaptation the Business Register to the new version of EuroGroups register.
3. Short title of work planned
Developing of SBR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Implementation of juridical changes to SBR.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Improving the quality of data in SBR
Description of the challenge
Elaborating of the processes for updating and developing IT tools.
2. Main challenge 2
Description of the challenge
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Portugal
Reporter:
Mrs Isabel Farinha
Institution:
Statistics Portugal (INE)
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Business Register (Ficheiro de Unidades Estatísticas)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Information Infrastructure Unit
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Methodology and Information Systems Department
4. Number of employees in the register unit
8 people
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Support data collection system and management system of population and samples - population frame
6. Year of establishment of the register
1988
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
1999, 2008 and 2013
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
1,6 million legal units
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
SECOM - Common framework to support SBS and national accounts
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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In 2011 an internal group was created, composed by statisticians from business statistics, national accounts,
business register and statistical methods, with the objective of creating a common framework (SECOM), with
common criteria and, as far as possible, common methodology for market activities. The market activities
sector will comprise companies, sole proprietors and independent workers and the limits will be defined by
the institutional sector. This database as a support to sampling frame, and will be the reference for SBS and
National Accounts.
2. Short title of work which was done
Integration of National Groups with the Business Register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
In 2013, occurred some changes to the BR enterprise group module application, mainly in previous data
model and application interface, based on collection of different and new variables, new validation rules and
new metadata.
3. Short title of work which was done
Integration of Inward FATS with EGR population
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The main goal of IFATS is to find the national enterprises controlled by foreign capitals. Up to 2011, were
used two main sources, the administrative data collected by the fiscal authorities (IES) and the data from the
previous exercises of IFATS, mostly confirmed by direct contacts with enterprises. In 2013, Statistics
Portugal used the EGR data as a new source to obtain the FATS population for the year 2011.
The introduction of EGR data as a new source represented an important input not only in terms of a better
coverage of FATS population, but also in terms of data validation, through the comparison of the UCI
countries among the different sources.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Georeferencing Legal Units and Local Units
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The georeference of the Legal Units and Local Units is under discussion in order to include this feature into
the Business Register
2. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Implementation of the concept of Enterprise unit, under discussion
Description of the challenge
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The implementation of the new concept of Enterprise seems to involve a lot of changes and implications in
our Information System which are not completely identified.
2. Main challenge 2
More precise identification of the Local Units
Description of the challenge
Until now the unique identification of Local Units is based in the address matching. This method is not
precise and involves a lot of resources. We are seeking for different solutions for this problem.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Romania
Reporter:
Liviu Ghilencea
Institution:
National Statistical Institute of Romania
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Business Register - REGIS
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
National Statistical Institute of Romania
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Directorate of Methodology, Classifications, Business Register
4. Number of employees in the register unit
11 FTE + 1/2 FTE at county level
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Source of information for statistical analysis of enterprise population and demography; Dissemination; Tool
for the preparation and coodination of enterprise surveys (drawing sample and grossing up);
6. Year of establishment of the register
1993
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2004
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
approx. 900,000 units (market and non-market units)
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Inclusion of the statistical entity regarding the enterprises groups
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
For the above mentioned work we did the following steps: - methodology for using administrative source; -
develop a methodology for EGR data transmition to Eurostat
2. Short title of work which was done
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Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Development of a methodology for the profiling of enterprises
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
2. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Implementation of FRIBS
Description of the challenge
Development of a methodology for delineation of enterprises taking into account the operational rules from
FRIBS
2. Main challenge 2
Description of the challenge
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
The Russian Federation
Reporter:
Institution:
Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat)
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Rosstat statistical register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat)
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Statistical Register Division of the Department for Statistical Surveys and Monitoring of Rosstat
4. Number of employees in the register unit
6
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Development of methodological guidance and manuals for the purposes of maintaining and applying the
Rosstat statistical register in the system of state statistics
6. Year of establishment of the register
1992
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
1994
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
4 million organizations and 3.5 million individual entrepreneurs
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Improving the methodology of forming business demography indicators in accordance with the international
standards.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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In order to prepare business demography indicators in accordance with international standards Rosstat
developed basic methodological approaches to business demography in 2013. In particular mathematical
methods were developed to compensate for the missing information on organizations average number of
employees and their turnover; a system of indicators was developed as well as a methodology for their
formation. The calculation of basic business demography indicators was performed - birth, death, survival of
enterprises, the average age of enterprises death; determination of the number of active enterprises -
"elephants", "mice", "gazelles", fading enterprises, growth rate of the number of enterprises-employers, etc.
2. Short title of work which was done
Improvement of the methodology for determining the institutional sectors of the economy, including the state
sector, in accordance with the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA).
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Objects of the Rosstat statistical register, including the ones of the state sector, were identified by the codes of
economy institutional sectors in accordance with the 2008 SNA. The state sector of the economy was
determined based on the administrative data. Cooperation is in progress with the Central Bank of the Russian
Federation for the delimitation of the financial sector. This work is carried out according to the criteria by which
an organization is referred to a certain sector of the economy (2008 SNA).
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Business demography
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Experimental calculations of business demography indicators are to be conducted in 2014 based on the
integrated information funds which were formed with the use of different methods of imputation and editing.
2. Short title of work planned
Improvement of technology for maintaining and applying the Rosstat statistical register, in particular, creating
an integrated centralized informational resource of the register at the federal level.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
It includes the development of software and technological tools to create an integrated centralized database of
the statistical register at the federal level, to maintain it and use it for statistical surveys. For these purposes
modern technology will be applied for minimizing the burden on the Rosstat regional offices in maintaining the
statistical register. At the same time the methodology for collecting statistical reports is to be used, there must
be transparency of the Rosstat regional offices work, supervision by the central office of Rosstat, possibilities to
make changes in the database with minimum cost, etc.
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges
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Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
The main problem in maintainig the statistical register of Rosstat is that administrative data in use are
incomplete.
Description of the challenge
We are still unable to reach an agreement with the Tax Office on obtaining information about the average
number of employees for each organization. It impedes the calculation of business demography indicators as
well as determinating the category of businesses (small, medium, large). Also there is a problem of
undercoverage of separate subdivisions in the statistical register. Rosstat will continue to work with the Tax
Office to obtain data on the average number of employees and organizations' separate subdivisions.
2. Main challenge 2
Incomplete automation of the process of objects identification in the statistical registers.
Description of the challenge
Because of partial automation of the identification process of economic units errors in establishing codes
according to the national classification of technical, economic and social information may appear, i.e. the quality
of entities identification is affected by a "human factor". The work on technology of maintaining the statistical
register on the basis of the integrated centralized information resource provides for the development of the
software for the automated identification of objects.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Serbia
Reporter:
Predrag Jovanovic
Institution:
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia
I. Organization, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Statistical Business Register
2. Name of the organization responsible for holding the register
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia
3. Position of the register unit in the organization
Busines Register unit in the Business Register and Statistical Standards Division which is in Business
Statistics Department
4. Number of employees in the register unit
6
5. Primary goal and use of the register
The main goal of the register is to be a common framework for all economic statistics, harmonized with
European Statistical System standards.
6. Year of establishment of the register
2005
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineering(s) of the register
2009, 2010
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
480320 enterprises
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Detection and inclusion of the new administrative sources
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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Fiscal Cash-registers database (from Tax Authority), list of foreign affiliates investing in the Serbia and
national companies branches abroad (National Bank of Serbia - NBS), list of companies and their ownership
structure (listed on the Belgrade Stock Exchange) (Central Securities Depository and Clearing House), data
on employees (including self-employment) for the whole country (Central Register of Compulsory Social
Insurance).
Data are analyzed for the most of the new sources some of them are already built in BR.
2. Short title of work which was done
Introducing new statistical unit: Enterprise Group
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Completing harmonization with BR Regulation. Setting-up EGs register. Based on following sources: Serbian
Business Register Agency - SBRA (data on founders of limited companies), also SBRA data (consolidated
annual financial statements), NBS – FATS inward and outward, Central Securities Depository and Clearing
House.
3. Short title of work which was done
Survey on the local units of the enterprises
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
In the frame were about 2000 enterprises with significant importance according the Register of the Annual
Financial Statements as well as all public enterprises. The web questionnaire was the mandatory tool for the
data provision from all the enterprises except some large and complex enterprises. Special tool for
monitoring the survey in the process of data entry and data editing was developed aiming to facilitate the
coordination of the activities in quality improvements in these processes. The objective was to reduce the
nonresponse at minimum level.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Design of the Institutional sector code
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
All Enterprise units will be coded with Institutional sector & sub-sector codes (SNA 2008 = ESA 2010). The
activity will be performed in close cooperation with SORS NA department. Financial sector codes are taken
from NBS
2. Short title of work planned
BR as a sole source of survey population for business statistics in the SORS
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
All conditions and opportunities are at BR disposal to become unique source for all statistics which use
register units. Now existent separate address lists just partly based on BR have to be eliminated. For that
purpose all units used in surveys will be mapped to BR units (especially) LoUs. After that batch updating of
BR with surveys data will be possible with no excessive staff work.
3. Short title of work planned
Quality management and reporting
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
For improvement of BR data quality BR unit will use a number of reports on various quality dimensions.
Furthermore, self assessment tool based on TQM model EFQM will be adjusted to the need of real quality
management in the BR unit. This is long-term goal and it will be achieved gradually during next 4 to 5 years.
IV. Main challenges
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Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Reluctant cooperation of the surveys
Description of the challenge
The Office has not officially adopted the EU Regulation on statistical units (696/93) which is implemented as
basic concept in the Statistical Business Register (SBR). The statistical surveys have yet no mandatory task
to harmonize with this Regulation. The challenge is adoption of the data in the updating of the SBR from
those statistical surveys which do not yet comply with the Regulation.
2. Main challenge 2
Acceleration of data takeover from main administrative source
Description of the challenge
Due to the complete software reengineering of the system of registration in the main administrative source for
the SBR, in the SBRA, which has lasted several years, the updating of the SBR has happened only few times
by the year instead every month like before. This year the developing of the SBR faces with real challenge
since the data takeover and use of the data from the SBRA is anticipated to be daily on the base of the web
service.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Slovak Republic
Reporter:
Marta Mravcová
Institution:
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Register of Organizations
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Section of methodology and registers/Department of Registers and Classifications
4. Number of employees in the register unit
19 employees directly in the central office department + 7 regional employees
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Coordination of statistical surveys, consolidation of administrative data, production of statistics on business
demography and organization structure of economy
6. Year of establishment of the register
1972
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
1996-1999; 2010-2013
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
636 962 enterprises, 860 722 local units, 2 711 enterprise groups
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Re-engineering and improvement of the IT system of administration of the business register and its including
into the new IT environment
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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IT business registers sub-system creates a part of the complex Integrated Statistical Information System
(ISIS) that was developed for 3 previous years and consists of metadata sub-system, sub-system aimed at
coordination of statistical surveys (delineation of responding units files) and sub-system of administrative and
statistical data collection and processing. Development of ISIS was supported by Oracle Database and
Websphere Application System.
2. Short title of work which was done
Integration at physical and logical level of the national enterprise groups register and the business register into
the same data model.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Extension of data structures of the register of legal units, enterprises and the register of non-residential units
with characteristics needed for EGR ver. 2 new functions (ID service and data exchange) with strengthening
of logical relations between these registers.
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Development of the national single register.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
In collaboration with the ministry of justice and the ministry of interior, the statistical office started to develop
the "single unique register" of legal entities which will be obligatory used in public administration. The "single
register" will also be an unique authentic and unquestioned source for legal units (and enterprises) for the
statistical business register. Development and implementation are planned for 2014 - 2015.
2. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Implementation of new methodology on profiling based on enterprise groups into the practice
Description of the challenge
Obtaining of necessary resources, skills and automatic tools for applying of new methodology and
implementation of new-defined and delineated enterprises and tools into the same register subsystem.
2. Main challenge 2
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Country:
Slovenia
Reporter:
Aleksandra Lesnjek
Institution:
Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Statistical Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Business Statistics - Structural Business Statistics and Business Register Unit
4. Number of employees in the register unit
15 employees in the whole unit, of those 5 working in BR
5. Primary goal and use of the register
To keep the record on statistical units, disseminate the data on statistical units and provide it for some
statistical domains like SBS, Business Demography, EGR.
6. Year of establishment of the register
2003/2004
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
Started in 2011
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
162.000 enterprises in 2012
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Preparing partial data basis
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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From various sources (mainly administrative ones) a specific partial data basis were prepared as the inputs
for the new statistical business register S_PRS (e.g. partial data base from administrative business register,
annual accounts, employment etc). Partial data basis include varables that are important for the
maintainance of the statistical units in the S_PRS. Where necessary, controls and imputations were
implemented as well.
2. Short title of work which was done
Using feedbacks from surveys
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
A methodology for maintaining the statistical main activity code (it is mainly based on the feedbacks from
surveys) was described as well as the methodology for using the feedbacks from surveys as regards
demographic events.
3. Short title of work which was done
Setting up of the business demography data base
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Units involved in demography events were identified on the basis of administrative sources, surveys and/or
statistical matching. In the demography data base sucessors are identified by the rule of continuity. Data
base will represent the base for continuity of statistical identifier (SIR) in future.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Setting up an integrated S_PRS data base
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
From partial data basis the initial integration S_PRS data base will be set up and a new statistical identifier
(SIR) will be asigned to all statistical units. This data base will be updated on a monthly basis.
2. Short title of work planned
Continuity of statistical units
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
On the basis of business demography data base and special algoritms the continuation of statistical identifier
will be implemented were relevant (for LKAU and enterprises).
3. Short title of work planned
Implementation of yearly S_PRS data base
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
A separate iteration will be done for annual S_PRS with the use of monthly data. Annual S_PRS will be in line
with the requairements from the REGULATION (EC) No 177/2008.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Introduction of statistical identifier SIR
Description of the challenge
Statistical identifier will enable to identify statistical units LKAU and enterprises, and to follow its continuity.
2. Main challenge 2
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Technical implementation of S_PRS
Description of the challenge
From technical ponint of view it will be a challenge to set up a new S_PRS with the use of many
administrative and statistical sources. Updating procedures will be based mainly on automatic procedures,
including controls, editing and imputations.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
SPAIN
Reporter:
Valentin Llorente Garcia
Institution:
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica - INE
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Directorio Central de Empresas (DIRCE)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE)
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Methodology Directorate
4. Number of employees in the register unit
11
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Sampling frame for surveys addessed to enterprises.
6. Year of establishment of the register
1993
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2000 (enterprise groups were included), 2002 (enlargement of activity coverage), 2003 (adaptation to the
future new European regulation), 2005 (improvement in tecnological environment) and 2009 (adaptation to
NACE Rev. 2)
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
At the end of 2012 DIRCE had 3146570 active units.
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Contribution to create and maintain an European register of multinational groups.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Participation in flows exchage according to version 2.0 of EGR in order to generate the Eurogroups Register
referred to 2012.
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2. Short title of work which was done
Testing and piloting experiences in profiling.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Several tasks implementing profiling techniques both as leader (intensive and light profiling) and partner
country.
3. Short title of work which was done
International projects disseminating outputs coming from Business Register.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Contribution of data for OECD DynEmp Project. Participation in Eurostat Regional Business Demography
Project.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Identification of the foreign legal units stored in our national Busines Register.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Collection of LEID numbers from the EGR IS. Adaptation of our national Business Register to store the
unique identification number of foreign units. Creation of a methodology for the maintenance of those
identification numbers.
2. Short title of work planned
Description of our national statistical Business Register using GSBPM.
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Building up of the capacity for using GSBPM to document our national statistical Business Register
processes. Description of those processes by using GSBPM.
3. Short title of work planned
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Progressing in the adoption of international standards.
Description of the challenge
Progressive use of international standars both for data exchange and procedures description.
2. Main challenge 2
Adaptation to new definitions of statistical units.
Description of the challenge
Implementation of several tasks to delimit segments and parts of national and multinational enterprise
groups.
3. Main challenge 3
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Country:
Sweden
Reporter:
Christian Ekström
Institution:
Statistics Sweden
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Business Register System (Public and Statistical Business Register)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Statistics Sweden
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Economic Statistics Department
4. Number of employees in the register unit
21
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Survey frame and commission based activities
6. Year of establishment of the register
1975
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
1998-2000
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
1128950 enterprises
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Organisation
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Approximately one third of register unit staff were transferred to the Data Collection from Enterprises and
Organisations Department. A lot of checking and weekly maintenance is thereby performed at a different
department than the business register, which is situated at the Economic Statistics Department. So far,
cooperation and division of labour between these two organisational units have functioned well.
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2. Short title of work which was done
Development poject regarding a new business register system
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Several sub-projects have worked alongside in order to model a re-engineered business register. For
instance, methods and indata used for determining operational status of statistical legal units and enterprise
units have been reviewed, and some of the core variables have been evaluated. However, the resulting
suggstions and recommendations will not be implemented in version 1.0 due to lack of resources. Other sub-
projects have focused on modelling a technical solution for the new business register system. Parts of this
work will be realised in 2014.
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Implementing version 1.0 of the new Business Register System
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Version 1.0 will consist of a rather small fraction of the original implementation plan. What will be developed
is an application for checking indata from the two main sources to the BR. This will increase efficiency in
maintenance from a technical point of view. For instance, all checking cases within the same enterprise will
now be allocated to one member of staff only, who will get a better overview of current status of the
enterprise in the BR. Also, this reduces the risk of unnecessary multiple follow-ups by contacting one
enterprise more than once for similar matters. The new application will run side by side with the old BR-
application for the time being.
2. Short title of work planned
Review of current methods for checking
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
From using a large number of indata controls - of which many are based on individual chioces in the
mainenance work - this process will be standardised. The aim is to increase efficiency in checking and to
make it possible to control and steer this process. Plans are that user needs will have a larger influence on
this process compared to current procedures.
3. Short title of work planned
Continue to develop and implement the new business register system
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
A roadmap that suggests in what order the remaining parts of the development project should be
implemented has been produced. The project steering group recommends that modules be implemented that
support a smooth and fast transition from Visual Basic 6 to .Net, regarding the main applications used for
maintenance. Also, in order to improve and re-engineer the enterprise group information, work has started in
order to integrate the EGR information with enterprise group information at national level, and to determine
how to make best use of the commercial data sources available.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
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Revive and strengthen cooperation with users of the statistical business register
Description of the challenge
In 2014 there is an ambition to formalise ways to enhance cooperation between producers of the statistical
business register and the users. One suggestion is to form a permanent group of stake-holders whose task
would be to help to prioritise and coordinate actions that affects changes in NACE, size, status and so on for
units in the survey frames. The main stake-holders can be found in three different departments (and two
offices) and the challenges in order to arrange improved ways to communicate, make decisions and keep
informed should not be underestimated. The scope of this cooperation has not yet been decided on.
2. Main challenge 2
How to display the level of quality
Description of the challenge
Users have requested a way to determine the level of quality of the register besides the standardised
documents which is already in place. The most favoured suggestion is an inqury to respondents in order to
determine the level of accuracy. Inquires of this kind used to be performed on a regular basis by the register
unit. However, the latest one was carried out in 2008. It is recommended that a similar or a limited version of
this inquiry is performed again soon. Other suggestions from the project include a short overview or statistical
analysis of each survey frame (four times a year) which will describe some of the major features and
changes in the current frame. This will then allow users to determine the uesfullness of the frame for their
own particular needs.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
Switzerland
Reporter:
Tomasini Fabio
Institution:
Swiss Federal Statistical Office
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Business and enterprise register (BER) - Registre des entreprises et des établissements REE
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Swiss Federal Statistical Office
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
The register unit is part of the register division of our office.
4. Number of employees in the register unit
40
5. Primary goal and use of the register
The register is used for statistical purposes as well as for pubic interest tasks.
6. Year of establishment of the register
1982
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2001- 2014
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
711.188
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Introduction of new employment data
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The last enterprise census took place in 2008. In 2013, the new employment structural basis statistic, based
on social security data, for the reference year 2011, was prepared. From now on, yearly data on employment
will be provided based on the same procedure.
2. Short title of work which was done
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Profiling light survey
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Large enterprises and groups are followed by the profiling team. Small and medium multi-unit enterprises are
part of the yearly profiling light survey. A web-based survey provides the employment for all small and
medium multi-unit enterprises not covered by profiling.
3. Short title of work which was done
Data in the agricultural sector
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The agricultural sector data are processed in a fully integrated data transmission interface linked to the
cantonal platforms. All structural and statistical information are continuously processed and integrated in the
business register.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Automatic loading procedure
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The load of statistical data should take maximum advantage of automatic procedures. There is a need to
provide timely data for all users.
2. Short title of work planned
Re-engineering of the BR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
An important re-engineering project of our BR will start this year and should last at least 3 years.
3. Short title of work planned
Maintenance of the public sector
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The public sector is a very special domain and the use of administrative data in this sector is not simple. This
year we will improve the definition of employment in order to have a better connection between administrative
data and profiling data.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Re-engineering of the BR
Description of the challenge
A major reengineering of the BR will begin this year. The main goal is to assure an infrastructure update of
the IT solution (live cycle) and to improve the integration of administrative data.
2. Main challenge 2
Definition of employment
Description of the challenge
In administrative data there are information that are not easy to convert into statistical information. For
employment there is a need to have a consistent definition that allows to take into consideration only real
jobs, all other entries, such as external services, should not be taken into account for the statistical
production. This definition should be implemented in the various payroll systems in the enterprises.
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3. Main challenge 3
Quality reporting system
Description of the challenge
A quality control such as the control of the economic activity code should be integrated in a reporting system.
This reporting system should be integrated to the maintenance program that will be developed in the re-
engineering of our BR.
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Country:
Tunisia
Reporter:
Hassen AROURI : Business Register Head director
Rim CHABBEH : Business Register Head of service
Institution:
National Institute of Statistics
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Tunisian National Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Tunisian National Institute of Statistics
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
The Tunisian Business Register is a head of direction in the "BR and economic survey Direction" that
belongs to the "business statistics department (Central Direction)".
4. Number of employees in the register unit
4
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Sampling and statistics database
6. Year of establishment of the register
1996
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
Update each year (1996 to 2012)
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
634290 enterprises (13/12/2012) uncluding independents (one person units)
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Business Register statistics publication (version 2013)
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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It is an annual publication :
Number of enterprises
Number of salaries
Job Creation
Demography of enterprises
classified by :
Activity (new classification)
Size
Localization
Legal Form
Regime (Onshore / Offshore)
Nationality of the enterprise (Tunisian / Foreign)
2. Short title of work which was done
Private firm dynamics and job creation in Tunisia
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
This is a paper done in the context of cooperation between the INS and the World Bank :
Net Job Creation in Tunisia during the period 1996 to 2010
Which firms create more jobs
The "Stagnate or Down" firm's dynamic in Tunisia
How firm age, size, legal form, region, productivity and profitability are correlated with job creation
3. Short title of work which was done
Establishments Survey
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The survey was made one time to have a benchmark source to validate the method of establishments
Register creation using administrative sources:
The questionnaire contains the number of establishments for each firm and characteristics of each
establishment, if exists (adress, activity, number of employees)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Establishments Register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
List of establishments for each enterprise using the fiscal and social souces
The methodology consists on statistical maching between the local unit adress and the salaries adresses
A statistical source (establishments survey) will be used to validate this methodology
2. Short title of work planned
Statistical analysis of new administrative variables (turnover and wages)
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Developing a statistical methodology to detect the outliers
Correction of outliers
Estimation of missing values
3. Short title of work planned
Fiscal accounts declaration
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
It is a project of cooperation between Finance Ministry and INS to exploit the accounts declaration (which are
actually in paper) to improve quality and minimize charges of economic surveys
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Anonymisation of individual data
Description of the challenge
Many requests require individual level databases for studies
The Tunisian economy is characterized by the presence of monopolies in some sectors
The development of an anonymization algorithm of the business register is hard to do
2. Main challenge 2
Harmonization of concepts and classifications at the national level
Description of the challenge
Each administrative partner has its own concepts and classifications
The use of conversion tables for harmonization does not solve some cases
Statistical definitions and concepts do not satisfy the needs of partners in some cases
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
Country:
TURKEY
Reporter:
AKÇAY, Dr. Levent - Head of Register Systems Department
Institution:
Turkish Statistical Institute
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Statistical Business Registers (BR) of Turkey
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Turkish Statistical Institute
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Register Systems Department - Business Registers Group
4. Number of employees in the register unit
14
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Having statistical units and variables according to international norms for survey frames and analysis.
Keeping track of units' life cycle and enabling international comparisons.
6. Year of establishment of the register
2005
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2012
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
3529541
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Improvement of Business Registers
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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Necessary studies on the deficiencies of BR System packages were performed by local expert. Also, studies
have been initiated for necessary modules of web interfaces of BR System. Studies on compiling and usage
of data from different administrative sources such as Social Security Institution, Chamber of Commerce,
Ministry of Industry have been carried out. The data taken from relevant institutions have been analysed and
used in BR. Furthermore, initial studies have been carried out for keeping agricultural units and institutional
units in national BR.
2. Short title of work which was done
Enterprise Groups(EGs)
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Annual survey of EGs for the reference year 2012 was completed and previous year’s EGs information was
updated. The integration of EGs annual survey results to the BR System was actualized.
3. Short title of work which was done
Business Demography(BD)
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
BD studies are now being processed in order to produce accurate BD data. Turkstat BR Group has already
sent the BD birth, death, and survival series to Eurostat for the reference years 2009, 2010 and 2011. Also,
the series for Employer Demography (ED) for the years 2010 and 2011 were transmitted. ED has an
increasing importance due to the creation of employment in businesses, which involves the accuracy of the
employment information. Thus, the social security records are commonly used in terms of employment
figures.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Improvement of Business Registers
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Negotiations with other institutions will be continued to enhance available data quality and also to increase
diversity of data sources. Studies on the collection and usage of the data from different administrative
sources will be pursued and integration of information derived from these sources into BR System will be
actualized. BR System packages will be updated and developed. Studies on the preparation of the software
for the missing parts of web interfaces of BR System will be continued. In addition, studies will be performed
for keeping agricultural units and classifying the units according to institutional sector classification in BR.
2. Short title of work planned
Enterprise Groups
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Annual EGs data will be updated incrementally and the survey population of EGs will be extended every year
as long as the administrative sources enable.
3. Short title of work planned
Business Demography
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The studies will be processed in order to produce accurate BD data. In terms of ED studies, it is aimed to
increase the quality of employment figure by using other administrative sources. For this purpose, social
security records will continue to be used in terms of employment figures. Negotiations with the other
administrative bodies will be realized.
IV. Main challenges
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Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
New System of Ministry of Finance (MoF)
Description of the challenge
As the main administrative sources, MoF records are used for BR System. IT department of MoF have been
changing their system and new system is planned to be active in 2014. The BR System will be affected from
this process. The new system of MoF must be analysed and BR System packages and related tables must
be updated and developed.
2. Main challenge 2
Usage of other administrative sources
Description of the challenge
Available administrative sources have problems on economic activities. The addresses are usually not
according to National Address Database of Turkey. Furthermore, since there is no standard in data structure
of some sources, difficulties can occur to match and process the data in BR. There is no full and reliable list
of state economic enterprises and municipality economic enterprises for classifying units according to
institutional sector classification.
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
United Kingdom
Reporter:
Andrew Allen
Institution:
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Inter-departmental Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
Office for National Statistics
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Within Business Support Division
4. Number of employees in the register unit
75
5. Primary goal and use of the register
Survey frame for ONS and other government department surveys
6. Year of establishment of the register
1994
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
1994
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
2.2m enterprises
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Review of the IDBR sampling system
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
A review of the IDBR sampling system to ensure we were not over-burdening respondents was carried out.
This looked at sample selection and rotation processes, to ensure that there was no oversampling. The review
was carried out by using a Lean 6 sigma project, and concluded that the system was efficient, and the only
issue was ensuring survey teams correctly followed procedures
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2. Short title of work which was done
EU projects: ESSnet Profiling and Consistency
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
ONS played a role in both of these EU projects throughout 2013. For the ESSnet profiling, ONS input
included a cost benefit and organisational paper, as well as conducting profiling test cases. We also
completed our input into the ESSnet consistency project, by leading on the design of the questionnaire and
providing input into the final recommendations, which covered frame methodology.
3. Short title of work which was done
Manage changes to Administrative data from revenue department
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Changes to the revenue computer system, which led to increased coverage of very small businesses and
an increase in employment, were managed. This included closley working with the revenue department to
understand the data and reporting the impact to internal and external user committees.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Recoding of Geography system
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
To comply withy new ONS guidelines on geography coding , the IDBR geo- referencing identifiers are being
recoded to a universal 9 digit coding system without embedded intelligence.
2. Short title of work planned
Replace ACTR with Gcode
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The ACTR coding tool, used to create industry codes from textual descriptions is being upgraded to Gcode
(both Statistics Canada tools). This is required because of a move to Windows 7.
3. Short title of work planned
ESA 10 changes to the IDBR
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
A number of changes are required to enable the UK to comply with this regulation. These include
improvements to the way holding companies are processed, the identification of SPE's and improvements
to the financial and non-profit sectors.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Replace UK Business register publication
Description of the challenge
ONS is ceasing the production of a publication containing over 40 tables, covering business register counts.
We are exploring other options to make a dataset available in a format that would allow users to tabulate
their own tables. The aim is to enable a saving to be made by cutting the publication, but to allow users to
still access data.
2. Main challenge 2
Work with Electronic Data Collection Programme
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Description of the challenge
To keep a close relationship with the project to move business data collection to web based systems. The
business register sampling system needs to fully interact with the new system.
3. Main challenge 3
Loss of Staff expertise
Description of the challenge
Some key staff have moved leaving knowledge gaps that we need to manage and rebuild.
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Country:
United States
Reporter:
Richard Clayton
Institution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
U.S. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) Business Register
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics
4. Number of employees in the register unit
12
5. Primary goal and use of the register
The QCEW business register is used as a sampling frame, for research, benchmarking surveys on
employment, and data sharing.
6. Year of establishment of the register
1990
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
1990, 2003
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
9.2 million establishments
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
Data sharing between the BLS and Census Bureau
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The BLS and Census Bureau have been sharing data on multi-unit establishments for a number of research
and development projects. BLS and Census are working together to develop consistent industry
classifications for each establishment. These efforts will improve the quality and comparability of each
business register, produce efficiencies in data collection, and reduce respondent burden.
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2. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
3. Short title of work which was done
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Annual Business Employment Dynamics measures by firm age and firm size
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The BLS is researching ways to expand their annual business employment dynamics estimates by firm size
and firm age. For size, BLS willl use the firm's size and apply it to all of the individual establishments within
that firm. For firm age, BLS will assign the age of the oldest establishment to the firm and apply it to all of the
individual establishments.
2. Short title of work planned
Non-Profits
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
BLS is researching the publication of non-profits. The scope includes the private sector for the non-profit
sector known as 501[c]3's, which is the largerst category of non-profits, and reimbursables.
3. Short title of work planned
Adding new vairables to the business register
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
BLS will be adding new variables to the business register such as codes for hurricanes, non profit indicators,
and new contact information.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Budget Constraints
Description of the challenge
Recent budget cuts have curtailed a small portion of the program which may delay development of some
projects.
2. Main challenge 2
Description of the challenge
3. Main challenge 3
Description of the challenge
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Country:
USA
Reporter:
Brandy L. Yarbrough, Assistant Division Chief, Business Register Operations
Institution:
U.S. Census Bureau
I. Organisation, Population and Usage of the Statistical Business Register
1. Name of the register
Business Register (BR)
2. Name of the organisation responsible for holding the register
U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Planning & Coordination Division
3. Position of the register unit in the organisation
The register is supported and maintained by multiple branches and divisions organized along functional lines,
4. Number of employees in the register unit
80
5. Primary goal and use of the register
The primary functions of the register are to serve as a sampling frame and source of administrative data for
the Census Bureau's economic statistical programs.
6. Year of establishment of the register
1974
7. Year(s) of the main re-engineeering(s) of the register
2002
8. Number of active units in the register at the end of 2013
~ 8 million employer establishments and ~22.5 million non-employer businesses
II. Progress and Developments in the Past YearPlease list main achievements (maximum 3) in the past year (2013) or the problems you have tackled.
1. Short title of work which was done
2012 Economic Census update
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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The mailout for 2012 Economic Census was completed in multiple phases between October and December
of 2012. Capture and processing of the response data was done daily from January through November of
2013. The captured response data were used to update Business Register company organizational
structures, operational status, payroll & employment values, industrial classifications, physical addresses,
and primary identifiers. Updates were made for nearly 1.8 million multi-unit establishments and nearly 2
million single unit establishments.
2. Short title of work which was done
Leveraging data sharing
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
In November 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the U.S. Census Bureau began sharing
selected multi-establishment company data between their respective registers. The Census Bureau used the
data it received from BLS to add about 3,000 large clients of Professional Employer Organizations (PEO) to
its business register. These 3,000 cases were canvassed in the Economic Census in an effort to capture
their operating revenue and these data were included in 2012 Economic Census data products. In addition,
the PEO client list was used to improve the universe of non-employer businesses.
3. Short title of work which was done
Improving the Company Organization Survey sample
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
The Company Organization Survey (COS) is the primary instrument used for updating the organizational
structures of large multi-unit companies. Historically, the size of the COS has been capped at ~42,000
companies with there being both "certainty" and "targeted" components of the sample. Over time, the
certainty proportion of the sample has grown significantly in size such that targeting has become quite limited.
For the 2013 COS, adjustments have been made to the long-standing certainty size cutoffs so that more
cases exhibiting evidence of organizational change could be included in the sample. This will improve
statistical unit coverage without jeopardizing the quality of register-based data products.
III. Future plans Please list themes/projects (maximum 3) which you plan to tackle in the current (2014) and following year(s).
1. Short title of work planned
Expanded use of tax data
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
In the early 2014 we will begin receiving several additional items derived from business income tax returns
that will be of great use to the Census Bureau's annual, quarterly, and monthly business survey programs.
Since the Business Register (BR) functions as a central repository of all administrative records these data will
need to be integrated into the database and made available to the authorized BR user community.
2. Short title of work planned
Continue leveraging data sharing
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
Efforts will continue in improving BR statistical unit coverage by exploiting the BLS data source. Tools will be
developed that allow matching of units and analysis of companies within the existing BR interactive
environment. This will permit a wider audience of BR analysts to gain access to these data which will serve
as a useful supplement to the COS as well as providing a valuable data source for smaller multi-units.
3. Short title of work planned
Emphasizing electronic data collection for the Company Organization Survey
Description of work (max 4-5 sentences)
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For the 2014 COS, initial contact with companies will not include paper forms. Instead, all companies will be
mailed a letter containing a user ID, password, and instructions for accessing the electronic reporting
instrument. At present, about 35% of the COS companies are accustomed to receiving paper forms during
initial contact. While paper forms will still be made available to those companies that insist on having it, every
effort will be made to encourage electronic filing. This is being done not only to cut costs and improve data
quality in the COS but also as a first step toward preparing for a planned "paperless" 2017 Economic
Census.
IV. Main challenges Please list main challenges (maximum 3) with respect to development, maintenance and use of your statistical
business register.
1. Main challenge 1
Size and complexity
Description of the challenge
The Business Register (BR) serves many roles beyond being a sampling frame and administrative records
repository. It is also the operational control system for the Economic Census (EC), the central repository of
captured EC data, and the source of key data products. While there are certainly advantages to having a
multi-purpose BR this, by definition, makes it complex and often difficult to understand in total. The perpetual
challenge is in finding resources to work on the BR and in providing support to the user community.
2. Main challenge 2
Timely response and "non-standard" filing
Description of the challenge
The overall quality of the BR is largely tied to the COS which, in turn, is dependent on response from large
multi-unit companies. Typically, the processing cycle of the COS is 8-9 months and this is mainly due to the
fact that many of the larger companies do not report until several months after the initial mailout. Further,
many of these companies choose to provide their data is a "non-standard" way-- e.g., spreadsheets in a
proprietary format. Significant amounts of staff time are spent just getting these non-standard files into the
processing pipeline.
3. Main challenge 3
Aging technical platform?
Description of the challenge
Interactive research and updating tools are vital to the successful maintenance of the BR. Virtually all of the
existing tools were originally developed using Oracle Forms. While they have served the BR well through
three Economic Census cycles, there is increasing concern about the viability of Oracle Forms even in the
near term. Given the enormous amount of code that exists and its importance in the daily work of BR
analysts this is something that commands attention. The challenge will be in deciding what platform, if any,
will succeed Oracle Forms and then in developing a transition strategy that does not disrupt ongoing BR
production work.
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