October - December, 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 1,171,779 6,237 29,088 1,136,454
Sample enterprises 14,446 5,164 3,486 5,796
Response enterprises 11,436 4,573 2,695 4,168
Response rate (%) 79.2 88.6 77.3 71.9
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 205,814 2,314 7,091 196,409
Sample enterprises 4,327 1,959 896 1,472
Response enterprises 3,609 1,791 757 1,061
Response rate (%) 83.4 91.4 84.5 72.1
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 965,965 3,923 21,997 940,045
Sample enterprises 10,119 3,205 2,590 4,324
Response enterprises 7,827 2,782 1,938 3,107
Response rate (%) 77.3 86.8 74.8 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.