October - December, 2005 (details):Business Outlook Survey

Response Rate

    The area of this survey is business enterprises that establish their headquarters or principal offices in Japan and have capital stock 10 million yen or more.

Item All Enterprises Large Enterprises Medium-sized Enterprises Small Enterprises
All industries Estimate Enterprises 1,178,844 6,195 29,416 1,143,233
Sample enterprises 14,574 5,133 3,540 5,901
Response enterprises 11,494 4,575 2,815 4,104
Response rate (%) 78.9 89.1 79.5 69.5
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 208,809 2,309 7,133 199,367
Sample enterprises 4,343 1,962 907 1,474
Response enterprises 3,594 1,806 757 1,031
Response rate (%) 82.8 92.0 83.5 69.9
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 970,035 3,886 22,283 943,866
Sample enterprises 10,231 3,171 2,633 4,427
Response enterprises 7,900 2,769 2,058 3,073
Response rate (%) 77.2 87.3 78.2 69.4
note:
  • Large enterprises are corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or over
  • Medium-sized enterprises are corporations with capital of 100 million yen to 1 billion yen
  • Small enterprises are corporations with capital of 10 to 100 million yen

Contact

For further details
Please contact the Department of Business Statistics, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office.