January - March, 2012 (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 1,083,871 6,216 29,483 1,048,172
Sample enterprises 15,250 5,326 3,798 6,126
Response enterprises 12,017 4,611 2,924 4,482
Response rate (%) 78.8 86.6 77.0 73.2
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 185,968 2,188 6,837 176,943
Sample enterprises 4,378 1,882 908 1,588
Response enterprises 3,653 1,688 776 1,189
Response rate (%) 83.4 89.7 85.5 74.9
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 897,903 4,028 22,646 871,229
Sample enterprises 10,872 3,444 2,890 4,538
Response enterprises 8,364 2,923 2,148 3,293
Response rate (%) 76.9 84.9 74.3 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.