July - September, 2004 (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 1,177,554 6,400 29,521 1,141,633
Sample enterprises 13,736 5,211 3,511 5,014
Response enterprises 10,968 4,562 2,728 3,678
Response rate (%) 79.8 87.5 77.7 73.4
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 210,469 2,399 7,063 201,007
Sample enterprises 4,270 1,951 909 1,410
Response enterprises 3,538 1,757 744 1,037
Response rate (%) 82.9 90.1 81.8 73.5
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 967,085 4,001 22,458 940,626
Sample enterprises 9,466 3,260 2,602 3,604
Response enterprises 7,430 2,805 1,984 2,641
Response rate (%) 78.5 86.0 76.2 73.3
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.