January - March, 2005 (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 1,177,396 6,295 29,481 1,141,620
Sample enterprises 13,594 5,107 3,487 5,000
Response enterprises 10,796 4,513 2,728 3,555
Response rate (%) 79.4 88.4 78.2 71.1
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 210,438 2,369 7,058 201,011
Sample enterprises 4,248 1,923 910 1,415
Response enterprises 3,520 1,765 745 1,010
Response rate (%) 82.9 91.8 81.9 71.4
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 966,958 3,926 22,423 940,609
Sample enterprises 9,346 3,184 2,577 3,585
Response enterprises 7,276 2,748 1,983 2,545
Response rate (%) 77.9 86.3 76.9 71.0
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.