Economical indicator for structural business statistics
0 Population of active enterprises in t - number
1 Births of enterprises in t - number
2 Deaths of enterprises in t - number
3 Persons employed in the population of active enterprises in t - number
4 Employees in the population of active enterprises in t - number
5 Persons employed in the population of births in t - number
6 Employees in the population of births in t - number
7 Persons employed in the population of deaths in t - number
8 Employees in the population of deaths in t - number
9 Net business population growth - percentage
a Business churn: birth rate + death rate - percentage
b Birth rate: number of enterprise births in the reference period (t) divided by the number of enterprises active in t - percentage
c Density of birth rate: number of enterprise births in the reference period (t) divided by the population (in 10,000) in t - percentage
d Density of birth rate (narrow version): number of enterprise births in the reference period (t) divided by the population aged 20-59 (in 10,000) in t - percentage
e Death rate: number of enterprise deaths in the reference period (t) divided by the number of enterprises active in t - percentage
f Employment share of enterprise births: number of persons employed in the reference period (t) among enterprises newly born in t divided by the number of persons employed in t among the stock of enterprises active in t - percentage
g Average size of newly born enterprises: number of persons employed in the reference period (t) among enterprises newly born in t divided by the number of enterprises newly born in t - number
h New enterprise paid employment rate: number of employees in the reference period (t) among enterprises newly born in t divided by the number of persons employed in t among enterprises newly born in t - percentage
i Employment share of enterprise deaths: number of persons employed in the reference period (t) among enterprise deaths divided by the number of persons employed in t among the stock of active enterprises in t - percentage
j Average employment in enterprise deaths: number of persons employed in the reference period (t) among enterprise deaths in t divided by the number of enterprise deaths in t - number
Legal form
0 Total
1 Sole proprietorship
2 Limited liability enterprise
3 Partnership, co-operatives, associations, etc.
Classification of economic activities - NACE Rev.1.1
00 Industry and services (except management activities of holding companies; public administration and community services; activities of households and extra-territorial organizations)
01 Industry (except construction)
02 Mining and quarrying; electricity, gas and water supply
03 Mining and quarrying
04 Mining and quarrying of energy producing materials
05 Mining and quarrying except of energy producing materials
06 Manufacturing
07 Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco
08 Manufacture of textiles and textile products
09 Manufacture of leather and leather products
0a Manufacture of wood and wood products
0b Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products; publishing and printing
0c Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel
0d Manufacture of chemicals, chemical products and man-made fibres
0e Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
0f Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
0g Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products
0h Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
0i Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment
0j Manufacture of transport equipment
0k Manufacturing n.e.c.
0l Electricity, gas and water supply
0m Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply
0n Collection, purification and distribution of water
0o Construction
0p Construction
0q Services (except management activities of holding companies; public administration and community services; activities of households and extra-territorial organizations)
0r Knowledge-intensive business services related to 'Business Demography' statistics (K72, K74.1 to K74.4, K74.81 and K74.83)
0s Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods
0t Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; retail sale of automotive fuel
0u Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
0v Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles; repair of personal and household goods
0w Retail sale in non-specialized stores
0x Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialized stores
0y Non-food retail sale in specialised stores
0z Retail sale not in stores
10 Repair of personal and household goods
11 Hotels and restaurants
12 Hotels and restaurants
13 Hotels; camping sites and other provision of short-stay accommodation
14 Restaurants; bars; canteens and catering
15 Transport, storage and communication
16 Land transport; transport via pipelines
17 Water transport
18 Air transport
19 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies
1a Post and telecommunications
1b Post and courier activities
1c Telecommunications
1d Financial intermediation
1e Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding
1f Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security
1g Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation
1h Real estate (except management activities of holding companies)
1i Real estate activities
1j Real estate activities with own property
1k Development and selling of real estate
1l Buying and selling of own real estate
1m Letting of own property
1n Real estate activities on a fee or contract basis
1o Real estate agencies
1p Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
1q Renting of machinery and equipment without operator and of personal and household goods
1r Renting of automobiles
1s Renting of other transport equipment
1t Renting of other land transport equipment
1u Renting of water transport equipment
1v Renting of air transport equipment
1w Renting of other machinery and equipment
1x Renting of agricultural machinery and equipment
1y Renting of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
1z Renting of office machinery and equipment, including computers
20 Renting of other machinery and equipment n.e.c.
21 Renting of personal and household goods n.e.c.
22 Computer and related activities
23 Hardware consultancy
24 Software consultancy and supply
25 Publishing of software
26 Other software consultancy and supply
27 Data processing
28 Database activities
29 Maintenance and repair of office, accounting and computing machinery
2a Other computer related activities
2b Research and development
2c Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
2d Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities
2e Other business activities (except management activities of holding companies)
2f Professional services (K74.11 to K74.14, K74.2 to K74.4, K74.81, K74.85)
2g Operational services (K74.5 to K74.7, K74.82, K74.86, K74.87)
2h Legal activities; accounting, book-keeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy; market research and public opinion polling; business and management consultancy activities
2i Legal activities
2j Accounting, book-keeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
2k Market research and public opinion polling
2l Business and management consultancy activities
2m Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy
2n Technical testing and analysis
2o Advertising
2p Labour recruitment and provision of personnel
2q Investigation and security activities
2r Industrial cleaning
2s Miscellaneous business activities n.e.c.
2t Photographic activities
2u Packaging activities
2v Secretarial and translation activities
2w Call centre activities
2x Other business activities n.e.c.
2y Education; Health; Other service activities
2z Education; health; other service activities (except activities of membership organization n.e.c.)
30 Education
31 Education
32 Health and social work
33 Health and social work
34 Other community, social and personal service activities
35 Other community, social, personal service activities (except activities of membership organization n.e.c.)
36 Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities
37 Activities of membership organization n.e.c.
38 Recreational, cultural and sporting activities
39 Other service activities
3a ICT sector (ICT manufacturing and ICT services)
3b ICT manufacturing (DL30, DL31.3, DL32, DL33.2 and DL33.3)
Business demography by legal form (until 2007, NACE Rev. 1.1)
methods, notes and classification
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