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

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Data sources

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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

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In EU a corresponding regulation define register contents:

Characteristics

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  • identification properties
  • 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

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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]

See: List of company, tax and statistical business registers

References

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  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.