January-March, 2026 (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 885,222 5,464 28,730 851,028
Sample enterprises 14,254 4,317 4,095 5,842
Response enterprises 11,077 3,689 3,028 4,360
Response rate (%) 77.7 85.5 73.9 74.6
Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 141,432 1,746 6,061 133,625
Sample enterprises 4,239 1,420 1,015 1,804
Response enterprises 3,505 1,255 853 1,397
Response rate (%) 82.7 88.4 84.0 77.4
Non-Manufacturing Estimate Enterprises 743,790 3,718 22,669 717,403
Sample enterprises 10,015 2,897 3,080 4,038
Response enterprises 7,572 2,434 2,175 2,963
Response rate (%) 75.6 84.0 70.6 73.4
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.