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Statistical business register

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A statistical business register (SBR) plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at a national statistics office.

Contents

A company register has a different purpose: protection, accountability and control of legal entities.

Data sources

Countries use whatever data sources they seem relevant. E.g. they often integrate a company register in one form or another.

Type of business units

In EU a corresponding regulation define register contents:

  • all enterprises carrying on economic activities contributing to the gross domestic product (GDP), and their local units
  • the legal units of which those enterprises consist
  • enterprise groups

    • Characteristics

  • identification properties
  • identification number
  • name
  • address
  • contact info
  • VAT number
  • dates of creation/liquidation
  • legal form
  • links to other registries
  • links to other organizations or structural units
  • control
  • ownership
  • employees

    • Business registries in the world

    United Nations Economic Commission for Europe provides Guidelines on Statistical Business Registers which describes the roles of the statistical business register.

    European Commission provides a legal framework for business registers for statistical purposes.

  • Germany: Business Register System

    • References

    Statistical business register Wikipedia
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