July - September, 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 1,146,530 6,124 30,106 1,110,300
Sample enterprises 14,560 5,118 3,470 5,972
Response enterprises 11,554 4,474 2,700 4,380
Response rate (%) 79.4 87.4 77.8 73.3
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 198,939 2,273 7,171 189,495
Sample enterprises 4,365 1,948 900 1,517
Response enterprises 3,678 1,770 763 1,145
Response rate (%) 84.3 90.9 84.8 75.5
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 947,591 3,851 22,935 920,805
Sample enterprises 10,195 3,170 2,570 4,455
Response enterprises 7,876 2,704 1,937 3,235
Response rate (%) 77.3 85.3 75.4 72.6
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.