October - December, 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 1,177,513 6,340 29,505 1,141,668
Sample enterprises 13,706 5,152 3,506 5,048
Response enterprises 10,963 4,575 2,759 3,629
Response rate (%) 80.0 88.8 78.7 71.9
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 210,463 2,379 7,063 201,021
Sample enterprises 4,270 1,934 912 1,424
Response enterprises 3,553 1,774 757 1,022
Response rate (%) 83.2 91.7 83.0 71.8
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 967,050 3,961 22,442 940,647
Sample enterprises 9,436 3,218 2,594 3,624
Response enterprises 7,410 2,801 2,002 2,607
Response rate (%) 78.5 87.0 77.2 71.9
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.