October - December, 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 1,126,309 5,995 29,198 1,091,116
Sample enterprises 14,454 5,106 3,220 6,128
Response enterprises 11,607 4,478 2,581 4,548
Response rate (%) 80.3 87.7 80.2 74.2
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 194,732 2,218 7,047 185,467
Sample enterprises 4,532 1,959 869 1,704
Response enterprises 3,839 1,764 751 1,324
Response rate (%) 84.7 90.0 86.4 77.7
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 931,577 3,777 22,151 905,649
Sample enterprises 9,922 3,147 2,351 4,424
Response enterprises 7,768 2,714 1,830 3,224
Response rate (%) 78.3 86.2 77.8 72.9
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.