October-December, 2025 (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.

Response rate of enterprises by industry,sector
  All Enterprises Large Enterprises Medium-sized Enterprises Small Enterprises
All industries Estimate Enterprises 885,308 5,483 28,748 851,077
Sample enterprises 14,337 4,336 4,112 5,889
Response enterprises 11,175 3,733 3,022 4,420
Response rate (%) 77.9 86.1 73.5 75.1
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 141,453 1,753 6,063 133,637
Sample enterprises 4,260 1,427 1,018 1,815
Response enterprises 3,551 1,265 848 1,438
Response rate (%) 83.4 88.6 83.3 79.2
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 743,855 3,730 22,685 717,440
Sample enterprises 10,077 2,909 3,094 4,074
Response enterprises 7,624 2,468 2,174 2,982
Response rate (%) 75.7 84.8 70.3 73.2
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.