Statistical business register

A statistical business register (SBR) plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at a national statistics office.[1]

A company register has a different purpose: protection, accountability and control of legal entities.

Register contents

Data sources

Countries use whatever data sources they seem relevant. E.g. they often integrate a company register in one form or another.

Type of business units

In EU a corresponding regulation define register contents:

  • all enterprises carrying on economic activities contributing to the gross domestic product (GDP), and their local units
  • the legal units of which those enterprises consist
  • enterprise groups

Characteristics
  • identification properties
    • identification number
    • name
    • address
    • contact info
    • VAT number
  • dates of creation/liquidation
  • main activity
  • operational status
  • legal form
  • links to other registries
  • links to other organizations or structural units
  • control
  • ownership
  • employees

Business registries in the world

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe provides Guidelines on Statistical Business Registers which describes the roles of the statistical business register.[2]

European Commission provides a legal framework for business registers for statistical purposes.[3]

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gollark: It probably wouldn't have done me much good to have taken it seriously earlier, inasmuch as I'm not in a position to do anything about it/convince anyone else to, and the worst of the supply chain disruption everyone was hyping up was me having to have somewhat different pasta for a few days.
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References
  1. Ritzen, Jean. "Statistical Business Register: Content, place and role in Economic Statistics" (PDF). Statistics Netherlands.
  2. "Guidelines on Statistical Business Registers". Guidelines on Statistical Business Registers. UNECE.
  3. "Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93". European Commission.
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