January - March, 2008 (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 1,160,164 6,170 28,991 1,125,003
Sample enterprises 14,095 5,122 3,345 5,628
Response enterprises 11,127 4,418 2,588 4,121
Response rate (%) 78.9 86.3 77.4 73.2
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 202,424 2,291 7,018 193,115
Sample enterprises 4,227 1,939 898 1,390
Response enterprises 3,494 1,723 737 1,034
Response rate (%) 82.7 88.9 82.1 74.4
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 957,740 3,879 21,973 931,888
Sample enterprises 9,868 3,183 2,447 4,238
Response enterprises 7,633 2,695 1,851 3,087
Response rate (%) 77.4 84.7 75.6 72.8
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.