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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

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III. Future plans

Please name themes/problems (maximum 3) wich you plan to tackle in next year.

1. The short title of work planned






• 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


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


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5. Primary goal and use of the register

Survey frames and Business demography


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


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.


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)


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.


The Change to Point of Contact Coding


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)


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.


Location statistical units


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.


Implementation of ABS versions of ANZSIC and SISCA


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


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


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



Business Register for statistical purposes (Unternehmensregister für statistische Zwecke)


Statistics Austria


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)


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Providing a comprehensive, good quality framework for surveys; for grossing-up economic data, for

classifying economic units, providing links between various administrative sources


1995


2013


419.672 economically active legal units (active units total: 458.269 (including non profit, government and

other statistically relevant units)



Implementation of new maintenance application




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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.


Integration of new "source" BR for administrative purposes


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.


Implementation of Enterprise Groups into the BR


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.



Advancement in the implementation of Enterprise Groups


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.


Implementation of the statistical unit Enterprise


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).




business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Different requirements


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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


A new system of how to profile and implement complex enterprises has to be developed.

3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

Republic of Belarus

Reporter:

Nichiporuk Svetlana

Institution:

National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus



Statistical Register


National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus


Statistical Register Department


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To provide the uniform recording of respondents and statistical units to organize and conduct state statistical

surveys.


1999


2001, 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).



Compilation and maintenance of administrative and statistical parts of the Statistical Register




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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.


Introduction of the new version of the Nationwide classification of economic activities based on NACE rev.2 in

the Statistical Register


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.


Modernization of software for the administrative part of the Statistical Register


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.



Continuation of introduction of the new version of the Nationwide classification of economic activities based on

NACE rev.2 in the Statistical Register


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.


Modernization of the administrative part of the Statistical Register


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.



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business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Expansion of information base of the Statistical Register


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


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


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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



DBRIS


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


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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)


DBRIS1: december 1995


DBRIS2: march 2006. Migration towards DBRIS-LUW: first step: june 2015.


Taken from annual inquiry 2013: 843284 entr, 858617 legal units, 968126 local units, 4544 Ent. Groups



Operational management of NACE change proposals


Development of an operational system to dispatch, follow, analyze the work load concerning NACE change

proposals.



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Improve the localization of legal units (Address/Phone/Fax/Website)


Development of an operational system to control and improve the quality of localization data.





Improvement of the delimitation/identification of enterprises Groups and complex enterprises


Continue and consolidate the analysis of Enterprises Groups (MNE and resident). Improve analysis and

exploitation of consolidated accounts.






business register.

1. Main challenge 1

New architecture for DBRIS and Consultation Viewer


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


3. Main challenge 3


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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



Statistical Business Register (SBR)


Agency for Statistic of Bosnia and Herzegovina


The Unit for Business Register and Economic Classifications is a part of Business Statistics Department


4 (together with employees for economic classifications )


The primary goal of the SBR is to be the statiscal frame for statistical surveys produced by Statistics in

Bosnia and Herzegovina


2008



62.529 enterprises (without entrepreneurs/crafts)



SBR 5-years development plan for 2013 - 2017


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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Improving the quality of the SBR


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.


The full implementation of the KD BiH 2010 - national version of NACE Rev. 2 in SBR


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.



Further improving the quality of the SBR


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.


Introducing institutional sector code and base business demography (BD) variables


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.


Preparations for the introduction of enterprise groups


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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business register.

1. Main challenge 1

The system of feedback from statistical surveys (survey side)


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


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


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Country:

Bulgaria

Reporter:

Anastas Troianski

Institution:

National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria



Register of statistical units (RSU)


National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria


"Business registers" department, "Business statistics" directorate


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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


1995


The last main re-engineering of the RSU was in 2005! In the period 2014-2015 is foreseen another huge

update of the register.


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).



Development of questionnaire for collecting data on statistical units of type "Enterprise group" and it's

implementation in IS "Business statistics"




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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".


Active participation in the EGR project


Performing activities on regular annual data exchange in the scope of the EGR on MNEs





Implementation of statistical unit "Enterprise group" in business register (RSE)


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.


Testing new definitions on statistical units


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.


Testing profiling activities on biggest enterprises in Bulgaria


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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.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Implementation of cross–border links of Multinational Enterprise Groups and performing profiling activities.


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


3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

Canada

Reporter:

Gaétan St-Louis

Institution:

Statistics Canada



Business Register


Statistics Canada


Business Register Division under the Statistical Infrastructure Branch


75 employees


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.


1987


2006-2008


5.6 million enterprises



Completing the reconciliation of the Farm Register with the BR


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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Implementation of improved allocation factors


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.


Usage of Self-coded NAICS from tax returns


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.



Usage of Self-coded NAICS from tax returns


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.


Development of an integrated Quality Assessment Framework


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.


Develop a Frame Analysis Tool


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.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Maintaining the business profile


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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)


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


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



Directorio de Empresas y Establecimientos (DEE)


Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos


Area de Estadísticas Continuas


9 (project coordinator, 2 intelligence analysts, 5 interviewers and a system engineer)


Having an organized database of companies and establishments resident in the country with their

characteristic variables as location, size, economic activity and identification.


2008


2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013


43.837 companies and 10.775 establishments



Expanding the coverage of Companies and Establishments Directory




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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


To merge the companies and establishments with the export base directory


Collaborative work with the Statistics Division of the United Nations to strengthen the process to identify

caracteristics of firms exporting


Digitalization of companies and establishments


Collaborative work with the map unit to develop a proposal to incorporate geostatistics minimum unit (UGM)

directory



Search for new administrative sources


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


Addendum to the agreement with the Registry of Companies


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




business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Signing of Agreements


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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Change entire directory of ISIC Rev. 4 from ISIC Rev. 4 nationalized

3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

Croatia

Reporter:

Zrinka Pavlović

Institution:

Croatian Bureau of Statistics



Statistical Business Register


Croatian Bureau of Statistics


Statistical Business Register Unit within Statistical Infrastructure Directorate


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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.


2004


2008-2010


199466 enterprises/legal units



Improvement of data and coverage of enterprise groups and local units




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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.


Exchanging of data with EGR


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.


Improvement of data on sector classification of institutional units


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.



Establishing the production of business demography data


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.


Further improvement of the coverage of enterprise groups and updating procedures


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.


Compliance with ESA 2010


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.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Work on development and maintenance of SBR with very scarce resources


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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


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


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Country:

CYPRUS

Reporter:

THOMAS GREGORIOU

Institution:

CYPRUS STATISTICAL SERVICE (CYSTAT)



STATISTICAL BUSINESS REGISTER


CYSTAT


Methodology, Statistical Dissemination, Prices and ICT surveys


3


Sampling Frame for the surveys conducted by CYSTAT.

Production of statistics to be used by external users (Government and Private users).


1986


2008, 2013


361212 Legal Units, 94710 Enterprises, 104986 Local Units, Reference Year 2012



Updating of the Business Register on a monthly basis


Data is collected from the administrative sources and processed on a monthly basis.


Common Legal Units Register with the Central Bank of Cyprus



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We have started the development of a common Legal Units register with the Central Bank of Cyprus.





Common Legal Units Register with the Central Bank of Cyprus


Establish a common Legal Units register with the Central Bank of Cyprus.


More efficient use of administrative sources


Legal Units relationships - Profiling

Complex Enterprises analysis

Sampling Frame for FATS




business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Utilisation of Administrative Sources / Implementation of the new Statistical Units definitions


The effort is to fully utilize the administrative sources in order to succesfully implement the new Statistical

Units definitions.

2. Main challenge 2


3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

Denmark

Reporter:

Vibeke Skov Møller

Institution:

Statistics Denmark



Danish Statistical Business Register (SBR)


Statistics Denmark


Business Register division, Department of Business Statistics


App. 19


The main purpose of the SBR is to make the statistical frame for any business related statistics produced by

Statistics Denmark.


1999


2008, 2011, (2013)


655000 enterprises



Extension of Enterprise Group part of the SBR.


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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Securing quality on number of employees and activitiy codes


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.





Handling complex Enterprise Groups nationally.


A project has been set up for analysising and starting national profiling using a Top-Down method, including

establishing a system for dataconfrontation.


Extend the registration Business Demography


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.


Change the exchange of data with the Administrative Business Register to a WEB solution.


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.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

External changes.


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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3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

Arab Republic of Egypt

Reporter:

Iman Ahmad Ahmad El Hitta

Institution:

Central Agency for Public Mobilization And Statistics (CAPMAS)



Establishments Census.


Central Agency for Public Mobilization And Statistics (CAPMAS).


IT Sector


10 employees


Collecting establishments data to be a basic frame for economic statistics and updating this data continually.


Year 2006


Year 2011


About 2.4 million live establishments



Receiving frame of establishments from the National Authority for Social Insurance.


Using the previous frame to update regular surveys frames.


Design sample for economic census in addition to the frame of regular statistics.



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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.


Data collecting of economic census 2012/2013 (economic census depending on sample) began at November

2013.


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.



Continuing the rest stages of economic census which started at November 2013.


Continuing the fieldwork and data processing of economic census 2012/2013.


Starting census mapping for year 2016.


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.


A project to link the data of some establishments on GIS (will be finished at 2015).


Collecting data on schools, hospitals, post offices, and facilities in the government sector and loading them

on the geographic database.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

There isn't unified registration in Egypt


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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


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


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)



Business Register for Statistical Purposes


Statistics Estonia


Data Processing and Registers Department


7


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


1994


2002, 2011-…


142250 Enterprises



Development of the population register of the System of Statistical Registers




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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.


Piloting the profiling of large and complex multinational enterprise groups in Estonia


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.





Further development of the System of Statistical Registers


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.


Compiling of the frame methodology for financial population


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.


Participation in Eurostat projects on the themes of profiling and the new definition of enterprise


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.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

New organizational structure in the office since October 2013


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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


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


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



RIAD ("Register of Institutions and Affiliates Database')


European Central Bank


Directorate General Statistics (DG-S)


~1.5 FTE


- 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' ).


1998


2013 (May)


~67,000



Develop and deploy a significantly enhanced version of RIAD



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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.


Implementation of a completely re-designed data model


An important innovation was the introduction of ownership/control relationships to allow (among others) the

identification of group structures between (large) financial corporations.


Enhanced data quality management


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.



Maintain and publish a list of European Holding Companies (HC) and Head offices (HO)


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.


Closer link with Eurostat's 'EuroGroups Register' (EGR)


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.


Inclusion of European insurance corporations


A forthcoming step of the project is to also include European insurance corporations.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Legal obstacles to exchange information between (supra-national) registers


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


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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


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



EuroGrops Register (EGR)


Eurostat, Unit G1 (Business Statistics - coordination and registers)


Unit G1 is part of Directorate G (Global Business Statistics)


8


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.


2008


2013


TO BE CONFIRMED (FRAME STILL UNDER PRODUCTION)



Developmend of EuroGroups Register version 2.0




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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.


EGR Identification Service


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.





EuroGroup Register version 2.0


EGR Identification Service


EGR identification service


Open the EGR IS to MS for statistical production.


EGR interactive Module


Design an interactive module to allow the updating and the validation of EGR data by MS from remote

access.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Use of EGR for statistical production


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


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


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



Business Register


Statistics Finland


Data Collection Division


30


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


1968


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.


611 000 enterprises (legal units), 668 000 Local kind of activity units, 6600 Enterprise Groups



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




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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.


The work with large enterprises and Enterprise Groups


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.


The new organisation of Statistics Finland


Statistics Finland adapted new process oriented organisation model at the beginning of 2013. Business

Register is located in Data Collection division.



Implementation of enterprise unit


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.


Implementation of kind-of-activity unit


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.




business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Implementation of the new system developed in Revision Project of the Business Register and the Business

Statistics


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


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


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Country:

France

Reporter:

Pierrette Schuhl, Henri Mariotte

Institution:

INSEE



SIRUS


INSEE


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)


3 for SIRUS, but also 250 to update the administrative BR SIRENE, with which SIRUS is very largely

interlinked.


• 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)


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)


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.


4 460 000 enterprises (including 100 profiled enterprises), 4 970 000 legal units, 6 430 000 local units



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Define in SIRUS the concept of statistical inactivity


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.


Define all business survey frames for French services in charge of business statistical processes


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.


Pursue recording in SIRUS the surveyed enterprise response burden for almost 200 business surveys


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.


Calculate the enterprise category for each unit


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.



Define and introduce in SIRUS the indicators to determine business statistics scope


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.


Connect SIRUS to the European Group Register


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.


Use the information on response burden for the negative coordination of samples


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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.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

To put on SIRUS as the heart of business statistics


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


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


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Country:

Georgia

Reporter:

Gogita Todradze

Institution:

National Statistics Office of Georgia (GEOSTAT)



Entire State Register of Enterprises and Organizations of Georgia


Business Statistics Division, National Statistics Office of Georgia (GEOSTAT)


Business Register Subdivision under Business Statistics Division


7 persons


Coverage all entities (legal and phisical persons) registered in country and assigning of unique identification

number for each entity


1995 year


2006, 2012 years


approximately 120 000 entities



Modern structure and software for business register




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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).


Automatized and improved procedures for update of business register


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.


Improved quality of business register


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.



Active cooperation with administrative data providers and improve quality of administrative sources


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.


Improve quality of business register based on surveys and investigations


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.




business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Quality of data


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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


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


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



Unternehmensregister-System 95 (URS 95)


Federal Statistical Office of Germany and the 14 statistical offices of the Laender (federal states)


Federal Statistical Office of Germany - Division E1:

Business Register, Classifications, Earnings, Cross Sector Business Statistics


app. 200 (altogether in the Federal Statistical Office and in the 14 statistical offices of the Laender)


Infrastructure for business statistics, data combination and statistical evaluation


1995


planned 2014


3.751.582 legal units and 3.979.387 local units



Sector classification




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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.


Development and testing of profiling methods


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.





Migration to new data base


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.


Strategy to implement profiling of enterprises and enterprise groups


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.




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1. Main challenge 1

Set up a profiling procedure


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


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


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Country:

GREECE

Reporter:

Theano Tyfoxylou

Institution:

Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)





Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)


Organization, Methodology and International Relations Division


3


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.


1995


-


about 1,000,000 enterpises



Technical reorganization of the register data base




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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.


EGR


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.





Use of new administrative data


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.


EGR


Development of a system and standardization of data processing, maintaining and validating procedures to

produce the final frames for the EGR.




business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Exhaustive use of administrative sources for all business statistics


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


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3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

Hungary

Reporter:

Mr Miklós Juhász

Institution:

Hungarian Central Statistical Office



Hungarian Business Register


Hungarian Central Statistical Office


Business Statistic Department


10


It serves as the basis of data collections, data processing and data dissemination


1978


1998


941709 enterprises/legal units



Piloting the profiling of large and complex multinational enterprise groups in Hungary tender




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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.


Administrative data utilization project


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.


Enterprise groups maintenance


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.



Development of the Address Register System in Business Register


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.


Development & harmonization of the administrative data transmission systems


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.


Development of the identification system of foreign legal units


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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business register.

1. Main challenge 1

The national Legal Form Code (LFC) system


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


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


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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



National Business Register


NAD, CSO, MoS&PI, Govt. of India


Overal responsibility of NAD, CSO, MoS&PI, Govt. of India in collaboration with States/UTs.


There are approximately 600 employees/officials spread across States/UTs engaged in preparation of

National Business Register.


To provide a reliable, adequate and up to date sampling frame for various economic surveys.


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.


N/A


There are approximately 21,137,470 active units across the 28 States and 7 UTs of India



Development of methodology for BR and training to field staff




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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.


Listing of Enterprises


(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.


Computerization of Records


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.



Development of Buisness Registration Centre


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.


Development of web-page for update of buisness register


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.


Better National Accounting and effective policy formulation


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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.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Preparation of National Buisness Register having more than million enterprises by March, 2015


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


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)


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)



Central Business Register


Central Statistics Office


Structural Business Statistics and Business Register


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Main goal of the register is to provide an accurate and up to date sampling frame for all business survey

areas.


1993


1998, 2002, 2009


260,672 enterprises



Improved links between BR and survey areas.




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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.


New IT project for business register.


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.


Expansion of Business Demography release.


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.



Inclusion of institutional sector on the BR


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.


BR projects


Future projects are planned to increase BR and survey area interactions. All survey areas are being looked at

in terms of BR requirements.


Profiling and the BR


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.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

To make the BR a fit and reliable tool for all survey areas.


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


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


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)



The ASIA system (in Italian, Archivio Statistico delle Imprese Attive)


The National Institute of Statistics (Istat)


Business Register Section, in Censuses and Statistical Registers Directorate, in Censuses, Administrative

and Statistical Registers Department


33 (8 researchers, 25 clerical staff)


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


1996


2006, 2012


about 4.9 million of active enterprises



Public sector - Increase the compliance to the EU requirements




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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


The Business Portal


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.


Dissemination of Census data - the I.stat Data Warehouse


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.



Main project for a new BR System


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.


The new Farm Register


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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business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Participation to the new ESSnet “ESBR“


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


3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

JAPAN

Reporter:

Isao Takabe

Institution:

Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications



Establishment Frame Database (EFD)


Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications


Economic Structure Statistics Division, Statistical Survey Department


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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.


2002


2008, 2012


6,070,000 local units (establishments), 1,730,000 enterprises（companies)



Starting operation of the new Business Register System


We started operation of the new system in 2013 and various data (including administrative records) have been stored.



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Starting the provision of the Annual Frame Information


Annual Frame Information based on the new Business Register was produced for the first time in 2013. We will produce it regularly.





Conducting the Economic Census for Business Frame


We will conduct the Economic Census for Business Frame in 2014. Its results will be used as fundamental information for the Business Register.






business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Studies on profiling methods


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


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


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)



Establishments frame


DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS (DoS)


As a Section of Directorate of Economic Surveys


4 Employees


Maintenance and updating the framework installations


5 Years


Census in 1999, 2006, 2011




Start working in the construction of national records by administrative records section


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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The preparation of the work plan and operational procedures


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.


Review the action plan in the light of the experiences of developed countries


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.



Procedures and approvals required for the action plan


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.


The preparatory phase of the work plan


Currently we're going to start field work (field survey).




business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Updating Establishments frame


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


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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3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

Kazakhstan

Reporter:

Institution:

Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics





Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics


Statistical Business Register is supported by Registers and publications department of the Agency of the

Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics


7 persons on central office + about 40 persons in regional divisions


A tool for conducting statistical surveys;

Source of information for statistical analysis of statistical units and their demographics


1997


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)


Legal unit (active):

legal entities and structural subdivisions of legal entities - 116 826

individual entrepreneurs - 896 810

Statistical units (active) - 1,205,384




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Integration with the information system of the Tax Authority (obtaining information on individual entrepreneurs

in electronic form on-line)


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.


from 1 January 2013, transition to a single identification number for legal entities-Business Identification

Number, for individuals - Personal Identification Number






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


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






business register.

1. Main challenge 1

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2. Main challenge 2


3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

Republic of Korea

Reporter:

Jinsuk Cha (Deputy Director of Economic Statistics Planning Division)

Institution:

KOSTAT(STATISTICS KOREA)



Establishments Population DB baesd on Census on Establishments


Economic Census Division


Division


about 22 staffs


To serve sample frames for economic statisitics


1994


2012


about 3.60 millions establishments



Use of Administrative Data


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.




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Change from survey to administrative data


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.






business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Discrepancies between the survey data and the administrative data


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


3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

Lithuania

Reporter:

Dalia Mačiuitienė, Deputy head Economic entities register division

Institution:

Statistics Lithuania



Economic entities register


Statistics Lithuania


Economic entities register division


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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.


The end of1997


2001


90797 legal units



The statistical profile business register was developed in continous


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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Data about enterprise groups was placed in the grafic user interface


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.


Regional data on Business demography on voluntary basis


Regional data on business demography on voluntary basis was prepared and sent to Eurostat.



Quality of enterprise groups


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.


To participate in work of one of the projects (Grants) offered by Eurostat


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.




business register.

1. Main challenge 1

To implement new statistical units in Business register


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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3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

Luxembourg

Reporter:

Mike Hartmann

Institution:

Statec



"Répertoire des entreprises"


Statec


BR is part of the Business Statistics Department


5.5 employees (FTE), head of BR included (March 2014)


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).


1995


2003, 2007, 2014


54 177 enterprises



Enterprise Groups




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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.


EuroGroup Register (EGR 2.0)


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).


Business demography


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).



Enterprise Groups


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.


EuroGroup Register


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.


BR database


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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business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Human resources


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


Due to the challenges mentioned before, the implementation of FRIBS could be very difficult.

3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

Republic of Macedonia

Reporter:

Mirjana Bosnjak and Liljana Vlajik

Institution:

State Statistical Office



Statistical Business Register (SBR)


State Statistical Office


Department for Statistical Business Register and Economic Classification is a part of Sector for Business

Statistics, Agricultural Statistics and Statistics on Environment


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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.


2007



71290





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Setting up of enterprise groups


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.


SBR Survey for Local Units


In order to improve the quality data of local units in the SBR, Survey for local units was undertaken.





Enterprise groups


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.


SBR Survey for Local Units


Processing and analysis of data obtained from the local units survey in order to update local units data in

SBR.




business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Improving the quality of SBR data


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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


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


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Country:

MALAYSIA

Reporter:

SITI HASLINDA MOHD DIN

Institution:

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA



Malaysia Statistical Business Register


Department of Statistics Malaysia


Methodology and Research Division,


Eighteen (18) employees


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.


1993


2010


1,156,202 active establishments



Strengthening business register through administrative data




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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.


Strengthening the frame through Survey Management System


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.


Applying geospatial data as source to update the frame


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.



Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM) embedded in the development and maintenance of

statistical registers.


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


To enhance the use of administrative data sources in ensuring the completeness, timely and reliable register


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.


To establish Business Demography Statistics


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.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Delay in updating register

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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


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


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Country:

Mexico

Reporter:

Institution:

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTATISTICA Y GEOGRAFIA



DIRECTORIO ESTADISTICO NACIONAL DE UNIDADES ECONOMICA (DENUE) (NATONAL

STATISTICAL DIRECTORY OF ECONOMIC UNITS)


INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTATISTICA Y GEOGRAFIA (INEGI) (NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

STATISTICS AND GEOGRAPHY)


DIRECCION GENERAL DE ESTATISTICAS ECONOMICAS (GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMIC

STATISTICS)


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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).


2010



4 410 198




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Presentation of the 10/2013 Interactive DENUE


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.


Results of the 2012 analysis on the demography of the establishments


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





Updating DENUE at 100%


Updating DENUE at 100% with data collected by the 2014 Economic Censues and submitting DENUE's

totally updated version in December 2014.


From a directory to a register


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.


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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


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


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


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Country:

Mongolia

Reporter:

D.Oyunbileg

Institution:

National Statistical Office of Mongolia



Statistical Unit of Mongolia (Business Register of Mongolia)


National Statistical Office


Macro Economic Statistics Department


4 staff members in NSO, and 30 staff members in local branches


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.


Since 1998


2006, 2013


54.9 thousand legal units



Create a new system for statistical units




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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.


Conduct of the Establishment Census


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.


Improve BR quality


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.



Develop guideline for Mongolia BR


Develop guideline for BR based on international manual. It will usefull for new staff of BR and other outside

users.


Create a system for automatic updating BR from main administrative sources


Develop application program for updating BR based on administrative data (State registration office, Tax

office etc.)


BR will include herder households and individual bussiness person


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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business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Unavailable an information system among state organizations


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


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


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)



General Business register


Statistics Netherlands (SN)-department of Business Registers (within the Division "Economic and Business

Statistics and National Accounts")


Centralised within the Division "Economic and Business Statistics and National Accounts" (EBN)


40 (excluding 5 very large enterprise group's profilers)


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.


1974


1992, 2006, 2009, 2014


1.4 mln Ent



Integration of the New Trade register in the BR system




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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.


Unit database


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.


Participation ESSnets


Statistics Netherlands was strongly involved in BR related ESSnets, the ESSnet EGR and the ESSnet

Profiling large and complex Enterprise Groups.



Unit environment


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).


Sampling module


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.


Participation ESBRs VIP Project


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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business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Extension of the BR into a unit environment


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


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


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



Statistics New Zealand Business Frame (new Business Register being launched in May 2014)


Statistics New Zealand


Industry and Labour Statistics Group (Operations Group after March 2014 as part of an organisation wide

restructure)


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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.


1996


From 2012 development of a replacement system called the Business Register


470,000 enterprises



Business Register redevelopment




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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.







Implementation of a new institutional sector classification


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).


Adoption of the New Zealand Business Number


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.




business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Implementation of the new Business Register


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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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


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



The Central Register of Establishments and Enterprises


Statistics Norway


Division for Statistical Populations


27 (19 working with BR)


Form a full coverage and documented register with high quality that represents a common population for

enterprises and establishments inside Statistics Norway


1965


1995, 1999


470 000 Enterprises and 500 000 LKAU



Implementing quality indicators for the BR




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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.


Facilitate co-ordination of samples


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.


Responsibilty of collecting administrative data


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.



Full co-ordination of samples


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.


Testing profiling


Statistics Norway will apply for the grant action regarding profiling of multinational enterprise groups.




business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Meeting the new demands of globalization


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


3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

Oman

Reporter:

Khalid Said Almudhaffar

Institution:

National Centre for Statistics and Information



Business Register


National Centre for Statistics and Information


Economic Surveys Department


2


update and maintain the business frame


2003


2013


117000



Reclassifying the economic activities using ISIC4


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.




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Identification of the non-active establishments in the business register


The non-active establishments have been identified and removed from business register





Establishing a task force for Business Register Development


A task force has been established to determine and solve all the challenges facing when building a new

business register.






business register.

1. Main challenge 1

High rate of birth and death of establishments


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


The field work shows that many establishments are classified in the wrong activities.

3. Main challenge 3

Delay of updating the data


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



STATISTICAL BUSINESS REGISTER - SBR


CSO OF POLAND


METHODOLOGY, STANDARDS & REGISTERS DEPARTMENT


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SAMPLING FRAME FOR STATISTICAL SURVEYS


2001


02, 04, 07, 09, 10, 11, 13


legal units - 3 056 812; local units 3 576 360



The use of administrative data sources in SBR


Improving the matching of units between SBR and administrative systems.


Improving the quality of data in SBR



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Adaptation the Business Register to the new version of EuroGroups register.





Methodological work to improve the quality of the data


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.




Adaptation the Business Register to the new version of EuroGroups register.


Developing of SBR


Implementation of juridical changes to SBR.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1



Elaborating of the processes for updating and developing IT tools.

2. Main challenge 2


3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

Portugal

Reporter:

Mrs Isabel Farinha

Institution:

Statistics Portugal (INE)



Business Register (Ficheiro de Unidades Estatísticas)


Information Infrastructure Unit


Methodology and Information Systems Department


8 people


Support data collection system and management system of population and samples - population frame


1988


1999, 2008 and 2013


1,6 million legal units



SECOM - Common framework to support SBS and national accounts




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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.


Integration of National Groups with the Business Register


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.


Integration of Inward FATS with EGR population


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.



Georeferencing Legal Units and Local Units


The georeference of the Legal Units and Local Units is under discussion in order to include this feature into

the Business Register






business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Implementation of the concept of Enterprise unit, under discussion


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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


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


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Country:

Romania

Reporter:

Liviu Ghilencea

Institution:

National Statistical Institute of Romania



Business Register - REGIS


National Statistical Institute of Romania


Directorate of Methodology, Classifications, Business Register


11 FTE + 1/2 FTE at county level


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);


1993


2004


approx. 900,000 units (market and non-market units)



Inclusion of the statistical entity regarding the enterprises groups


For the above mentioned work we did the following steps: - methodology for using administrative source; -

develop a methodology for EGR data transmition to Eurostat




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Development of a methodology for the profiling of enterprises







business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Implementation of FRIBS


Development of a methodology for delineation of enterprises taking into account the operational rules from

FRIBS

2. Main challenge 2


3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

The Russian Federation

Reporter:

Institution:

Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat)



Rosstat statistical register


Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat)


Statistical Register Division of the Department for Statistical Surveys and Monitoring of Rosstat


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Development of methodological guidance and manuals for the purposes of maintaining and applying the

Rosstat statistical register in the system of state statistics


1992


1994


4 million organizations and 3.5 million individual entrepreneurs



Improving the methodology of forming business demography indicators in accordance with the international

standards.




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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.


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).


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).





Business demography


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.


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.


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.



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.


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.


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


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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



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


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The main goal of the register is to be a common framework for all economic statistics, harmonized with

European Statistical System standards.


2005


2009, 2010


480320 enterprises



Detection and inclusion of the new administrative sources




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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.


Introducing new statistical unit: Enterprise Group


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.


Survey on the local units of the enterprises


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.



Design of the Institutional sector code


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


BR as a sole source of survey population for business statistics in the SORS


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.


Quality management and reporting


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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business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Reluctant cooperation of the surveys


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


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


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Country:

Slovak Republic

Reporter:

Marta Mravcová

Institution:

Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic



Register of Organizations


Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic


Section of methodology and registers/Department of Registers and Classifications


19 employees directly in the central office department + 7 regional employees


Coordination of statistical surveys, consolidation of administrative data, production of statistics on business

demography and organization structure of economy


1972


1996-1999; 2010-2013


636 962 enterprises, 860 722 local units, 2 711 enterprise groups



Re-engineering and improvement of the IT system of administration of the business register and its including

into the new IT environment




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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.


Integration at physical and logical level of the national enterprise groups register and the business register into

the same data model.


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.





Development of the national single register.


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.






business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Implementation of new methodology on profiling based on enterprise groups into the practice


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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3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

Slovenia

Reporter:

Aleksandra Lesnjek

Institution:

Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia





Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia


Business Statistics - Structural Business Statistics and Business Register Unit


15 employees in the whole unit, of those 5 working in BR


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.


2003/2004


Started in 2011


162.000 enterprises in 2012



Preparing partial data basis




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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.


Using feedbacks from surveys


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.


Setting up of the business demography data base


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.



Setting up an integrated S_PRS data base


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.


Continuity of statistical units


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).


Implementation of yearly S_PRS data base


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.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Introduction of statistical identifier SIR


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


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


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Country:

SPAIN

Reporter:

Valentin Llorente Garcia

Institution:

Instituto Nacional de Estadistica - INE



Directorio Central de Empresas (DIRCE)


Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE)


Methodology Directorate


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Sampling frame for surveys addessed to enterprises.


1993


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)


At the end of 2012 DIRCE had 3146570 active units.



Contribution to create and maintain an European register of multinational groups.


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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Testing and piloting experiences in profiling.


Several tasks implementing profiling techniques both as leader (intensive and light profiling) and partner

country.


International projects disseminating outputs coming from Business Register.


Contribution of data for OECD DynEmp Project. Participation in Eurostat Regional Business Demography

Project.



Identification of the foreign legal units stored in our national Busines Register.


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.


Description of our national statistical Business Register using GSBPM.


Building up of the capacity for using GSBPM to document our national statistical Business Register

processes. Description of those processes by using GSBPM.




business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Progressing in the adoption of international standards.


Progressive use of international standars both for data exchange and procedures description.

2. Main challenge 2

Adaptation to new definitions of statistical units.


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



Business Register System (Public and Statistical Business Register)


Statistics Sweden


Economic Statistics Department


21


Survey frame and commission based activities


1975


1998-2000


1128950 enterprises



Organisation


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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Development poject regarding a new business register system


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.





Implementing version 1.0 of the new Business Register System


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.


Review of current methods for checking


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.


Continue to develop and implement the new business register system


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.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

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Revive and strengthen cooperation with users of the statistical business register


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


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


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Country:

Switzerland

Reporter:

Tomasini Fabio

Institution:

Swiss Federal Statistical Office



Business and enterprise register (BER) - Registre des entreprises et des établissements REE


Swiss Federal Statistical Office


The register unit is part of the register division of our office.


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The register is used for statistical purposes as well as for pubic interest tasks.


1982


2001- 2014


711.188



Introduction of new employment data


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.




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Profiling light survey


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.


Data in the agricultural sector


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.



Automatic loading procedure


The load of statistical data should take maximum advantage of automatic procedures. There is a need to

provide timely data for all users.


Re-engineering of the BR


An important re-engineering project of our BR will start this year and should last at least 3 years.


Maintenance of the public sector


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.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Re-engineering of the BR


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


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


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



Tunisian National Business Register


Tunisian National Institute of Statistics


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


Sampling and statistics database


1996


Update each year (1996 to 2012)


634290 enterprises (13/12/2012) uncluding independents (one person units)



Business Register statistics publication (version 2013)




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)


Private firm dynamics and job creation in Tunisia


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


Establishments Survey


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)



Establishments Register


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


Statistical analysis of new administrative variables (turnover and wages)


Developing a statistical methodology to detect the outliers

Correction of outliers

Estimation of missing values


Fiscal accounts declaration


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


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Anonymisation of individual data


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


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


Country:

TURKEY

Reporter:

AKÇAY, Dr. Levent - Head of Register Systems Department

Institution:

Turkish Statistical Institute



Statistical Business Registers (BR) of Turkey


Turkish Statistical Institute


Register Systems Department - Business Registers Group


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Having statistical units and variables according to international norms for survey frames and analysis.

Keeping track of units' life cycle and enabling international comparisons.


2005


2012


3529541



Improvement of Business Registers




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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.


Enterprise Groups(EGs)


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.


Business Demography(BD)


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.



Improvement of Business Registers


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.


Enterprise Groups


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.


Business Demography


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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business register.

1. Main challenge 1

New System of Ministry of Finance (MoF)


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


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


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Country:

United Kingdom

Reporter:

Andrew Allen

Institution:

Office for National Statistics (ONS)



Inter-departmental Business Register


Office for National Statistics


Within Business Support Division


75


Survey frame for ONS and other government department surveys


1994


1994


2.2m enterprises



Review of the IDBR sampling system


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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EU projects: ESSnet Profiling and Consistency


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.


Manage changes to Administrative data from revenue department


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.



Recoding of Geography system


To comply withy new ONS guidelines on geography coding , the IDBR georeferencing identifiers are being

recoded to a universal 9 digit coding system without embedded intelligence.


Replace ACTR with Gcode


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.


ESA 10 changes to the IDBR


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.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Replace UK Business register publication


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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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


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



U.S. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) Business Register


U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics


Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics


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The QCEW business register is used as a sampling frame, for research, benchmarking surveys on

employment, and data sharing.


1990


1990, 2003


9.2 million establishments



Data sharing between the BLS and Census Bureau


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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Annual Business Employment Dynamics measures by firm age and firm size


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.


Non-Profits


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.


Adding new vairables to the business register


BLS will be adding new variables to the business register such as codes for hurricanes, non profit indicators,

and new contact information.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Budget Constraints


Recent budget cuts have curtailed a small portion of the program which may delay development of some

projects.

2. Main challenge 2


3. Main challenge 3


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Country:

USA

Reporter:

Brandy L. Yarbrough, Assistant Division Chief, Business Register Operations

Institution:

U.S. Census Bureau



Business Register (BR)


U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Planning & Coordination Division


The register is supported and maintained by multiple branches and divisions organized along functional lines,


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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.


1974


2002


~ 8 million employer establishments and ~22.5 million non-employer businesses



2012 Economic Census update




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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.


Leveraging data sharing


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.


Improving the Company Organization Survey sample


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.



Expanded use of tax data


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.


Continue leveraging data sharing


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.


Emphasizing electronic data collection for the Company Organization Survey


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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.


business register.

1. Main challenge 1

Size and complexity


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


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?


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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