0 Number of enterprises in current strata (realised sample)
1 Number of enterprises in current strata (realised sample) not rounded
2 Enterprises that are part of an enterprise group
3 Enterprise is not part of a group
4 Missing information for given variable
5 Enterprises head office in the EU
6 Enterprises head office the USA
7 Enterprises head office in Japan
8 Enterprises head office the Candidate Countries
9 Enterprises head office in EFTA
a Enterprises that are part of an enterprise group and have a foreign head office
b Number of enterprise that were established between 1998-2000
c Number of enterprise that were not established between 1998-2000
d Missing information for given variable
e Number of enterprises where turnover increased by 10%
f Number of enterprises where turnover did not increase by 10%
g Missing information for given variable
h Number of enterprises where turnover decreased by 10%
i Number of enterprises where turnover did not decrease by 10%
j Missing information for given variable
k Number of enterprises where national market most significant market
l Number of enterprises where local/neighb. market most significant market
m Number of enterprises where local market most significant market
n Number of enterprises where international market most significant market
o Missing information for given variable
Classification of economic activities - NACE Rev.1.1
0 Total - all NACE activities
1 Industry (except construction)
2 Mining and quarrying
3 Manufacturing
4 Electricity, gas and water supply
5 Services (except public administration and community services; activities of households and extra-territorial organizations)
6 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods
7 Transport, storage and communication
8 Financial intermediation
9 Real estate, renting and business activities
Size classes in number of employees
0 Total
1 From 10 to 49 employees
2 From 10 to 249 employees
3 From 50 to 249 employees
4 250 employees or more
Unit of measure
0 Number
1 Rate
Breakdown by type of innovator
0 Total enterprises
1 Product and/or process innovative enterprises, regardless of organisational or marketing innovation (including enterprises with abandoned/suspended or on-going innovation activities)
2 Novel innovators, product and/or process
3 Product innovative enterprises only
4 Process innovative enterprises only
5 Product and process innovative enterprises only
6 Enterprises with abandoned/suspended and on-going innovation activities only
7 Non-innovative enterprises
Geopolitical entity (reporting)
0 Belgium
1 Bulgaria
2 Czechia
3 Denmark
4 Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG)
General information about the enterprises
methods, notes and classification
Methods 
Variables