October - December, 2011 (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 1,083,981 6,247 29,508 1,048,226
Sample enterprises 15,354 5,357 3,817 6,180
Response enterprises 12,128 4,677 2,957 4,494
Response rate (%) 79.0 87.3 77.5 72.7
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 185,991 2,194 6,839 176,958
Sample enterprises 4,400 1,888 909 1,603
Response enterprises 3,681 1,704 779 1,198
Response rate (%) 83.7 90.3 85.7 74.7
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 897,990 4,053 22,669 871,268
Sample enterprises 10,954 3,469 2,908 4,577
Response enterprises 8,447 2,973 2,178 3,296
Response rate (%) 77.1 85.7 74.9 72.0
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.