January - March, 2009 (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 1,146,083 6,030 30,006 1,110,047
Sample enterprises 14,125 5,025 3,377 5,723
Response enterprises 11,191 4,357 2,630 4,204
Response rate (%) 79.2 86.7 77.9 73.5
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 198,852 2,251 7,158 189,443
Sample enterprises 4,288 1,927 893 1,468
Response enterprises 3,593 1,730 757 1,106
Response rate (%) 83.8 89.8 84.8 75.3
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 947,231 3,779 22,848 920,604
Sample enterprises 9,837 3,098 2,484 4,255
Response enterprises 7,598 2,627 1,873 3,098
Response rate (%) 77.2 84.8 75.4 72.8
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.