January - March, 2010 (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 1,126,156 5,965 29,164 1,091,027
Sample enterprises 14,309 5,077 3,194 6,038
Response enterprises 11,408 4,405 2,521 4,482
Response rate (%) 79.7 86.8 78.9 74.2
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 194,702 2,210 7,040 185,452
Sample enterprises 4,505 1,952 865 1,688
Response enterprises 3,781 1,746 731 1,304
Response rate (%) 83.9 89.4 84.5 77.3
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 931,454 3,755 22,124 905,575
Sample enterprises 9,804 3,125 2,329 4,350
Response enterprises 7,627 2,659 1,790 3,178
Response rate (%) 77.8 85.1 76.9 73.1
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.