January - March, 2006 (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 1,178,244 6,140 28,942 1,143,162
Sample enterprises 14,301 5,076 3,407 5,818
Response enterprises 11,300 4,497 2,772 4,031
Response rate (%) 79.0 88.6 81.4 69.3
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 208,737 2,303 7,085 199,349
Sample enterprises 4,308 1,955 898 1,455
Response enterprises 3,538 1,783 754 1,001
Response rate (%) 82.1 91.2 84.0 68.8
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 969,507 3,837 21,857 943,813
Sample enterprises 9,993 3,121 2,509 4,363
Response enterprises 7,762 2,714 2,018 3,030
Response rate (%) 77.7 87.0 80.4 69.4
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.