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Content & coverage | Core data | How to obtain this publication & database
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The OECD Structural and Demographic Business Statistics database (SDBS) is an essential tool for providing information on the industrial structure of OECD economies. It provides a wealth of information at a very detailed sectoral level including: turnover, value-added, production, operating surplus, employment, labour costs and investment to name but a few. The breakdown by industrial sector, including services, is supplemented by a further breakdown into size classes, further enhancing the analytical capabilities of the database. It therefore lends itself to answering the following types of policy questions:
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Which sectors have experienced positive/negative growth in recent years? What contribution do small businesses make to economic activity? How does the structure of businesses vary across OECD countries? Which industrial sectors have the highest labour productivity? How does labour productivity vary by business size? Are small and medium enterprises (SMEs) more or less profitable per employee than large businesses? Which sectors invest most?
The size class dimension is a more recent addition to the OECD’s structural business statistics database and is included for the first time in the publication. Also new is the inclusion of data on business demography statistics such as business birth, death and survival rates; which, in combination with the size class dimension, provides an invaluable tool to inform policy areas such as entrepreneurship.
The OECD Structural and Demographic Business Statistics publication, 2006 edition, which replaces the earlier "Structural Statistics for Industry and Services" publication, provides a summary of the information available in the database. For illustration it typically shows a few key economic variables at the International Standard of Industrial Classification, Revision 3 (ISIC) 2-digit level, for some sectors. The database itself holds information at the 4-digit level and covers more sectors. Also included in this publication is a ‘reader’s guide’ explaining how the database can be used and compared to other datasets such as the national accounts.
The PDF file which can be downloaded here for free is an extract of the full version.
Database content and coverage
The SDBS database comprises:
Structural Statistics for Industry and Services (SSIS)
The SSIS database contains information relating to the economic activity, including employment, of industries at a very detailed level (International Standard of Industrial Classifications, Revision 3, 4-digit level). Variables include: turnover, value-added, investment, wages and salaries, employees and number of enterprises to name but a few. Monetary variables are typically, although not always, presented in millions of national currency, and employment variables in numbers of persons employed; hours worked are typically expressed in thousands, and number of enterprises/establishments in units.
Years covered: 1995 onward
Countries covered: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Business Statistics by Size Class (BSC)
The BSC database contains information relating to the economic activity, including employment, of industries at a very detailed level (International Standard of Industrial Classifications, Revision 3, 4-digit level) and broken down by employment size classes. Variables include: turnover, value-added, investment, wages and salaries, employees and number of enterprises to name but a few. Monetary variables are typically, although not always, presented in millions of national currency, and employment variables in numbers of persons employed; hours worked are typically expressed in thousands and number of enterprises/establishments in units.
Years covered: 1995 onward
Countries covered: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Business Demography (BD)
The BD database contains information relating to business births (often referred to as business entries); business deaths (often referred to as business exits) and business survival rates. These variables are expressed as ratios, and, so, percentages, when multiplied by 100.
Years covered: 1995 onward
Countries covered: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Core data
Number of establishments and enterprises in OECD member countries
The core-data set contains only a sample of the data available in the SDBS database. It shows data at the 2-digit level of the ISIC Rev 3 Classification, for the number of establishments and the number of enterprises, by size class and total, for OECD member countries, from 1995 onwards. Details on how the full dataset can be obtained are given below. Source: OECD Structural and Demographic Business Statistics (SDBS)
Business demography statistics
The OECD's Business Demography database contains information on variables such as birth rates (business entries), death rates (business exits) survival rates, or High-Growth enterprises rate for most OECD countries. Indicators are broken down by industry using the International Standard of Industrial Classification (ISIC Revision 3) and, for some of them, by employment size-class.
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How to obtain this publication and database
Readers can access the OECD Structural and Demographic Business Statistics (SDBS) database and publication choosing from the following options:
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Subscribers and readers at subscribing institutions can access the online database via SourceOECD, our online library now.
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Non-subscribers can purchase the PDF e-book and/or paper copy via our Online bookshop.
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