1. The Business Register as a tool for multi source analyses
20th International Roundtable on Business Survey Frames 2007 in Germany
Role of the Business Register in a future statistical system
23. October 2007
Roland Sturm
Federal Statistical Office of Germany

2. The New Business Register in the statistical production process
dissemination of results
conception
phase
data collection
data processing
analysis
meta data
business register

3. ? ? ? Present situation of business statistics survey 5 survey 1

4. The new maxim for business statistics
survey 3
survey 4
survey 5
survey 6
survey 2
administrative data 1
administrative data 3
administrative data 2
survey 1

5. Units of the economic process
group of companies
tradesman
shop
holding
company
branch
tax group
establishment
dealer
local unit
enterprise
business
enterprise group
division
firm
taxpayer
There are a lot of terms!
Tasks of statistics: 1. Arranging and defining these terms
2. Statistical adaequation: which unit for which
statistics in which function?

6. Arranging terms holding tradesman local unit shop establishment
Statistical units of the
German
business statistics
Terms in “the world outside”
holding
tradesman
local unit
shop
establishment
business
branch
tax group
enterprise
firm
company
dealer
division
enterprise group
group of companies
taxpayer

7. Units in the Business Register
today: - enterprise
- local unit
in the future:
legal unit
establishment
- enterprise group
- enterprise
- local unit
administrative view
statistical view

8. Units Model of the New Business Register (“URS Neu”)
enterprise group
local unit
economic
unit
establishment
enterprise
legal
agency
control
Tax group
holding

9. Owerview of the data model of New Business Register “URS Neu”
UG ID
Group of companies
UN ID
enterprise
else
f, e or
B10 – belongs to
B07 - ownership
B08 – tax group
Common
enterprise
Complex
enterprise C C C C
RT ID
Legal
agency
B03 -  runs
B01b – further legal unit
WE ID
Economic unit
B09 – control
else
f, e or
else
f, e or C C
Legal Agency, belonging to a group
Legal Agency, independent of a group
Economic unit.of the respons. legal unit
Economic unit. of a further legal unit
B02 -  consists of
else
f, e or
B01a – responsible legal unit
Head of a group
Member of a group
NL ID
establishment
B04 -  consists of
ÖE ID
local
unit

10. The statistical business register as an instrument for data combination5
survey data of the
statistical office
register information about survey participation 2
administrative data in the business register
core of
business register 1 3 4
administrative data already used by the statistical office
register unit
Einzelblatt – zum ausdrucken und einfügen von Textteilen!
statistical business register
data available in the statistical office

11. Data combination of a register unit3
register information about survey participation 2
administrative data in the business register 1
business register
core of
survey data of the
statistical office 4 5
administrative data
Nummern beschriften
- e.g. turnover
- e.g. leasing
- z.B. exports
- e.g. legal form
- e.g. turnover
- e.g. investment
- e.g. VAT
- e.g. tax – ID
- e.g. labour administration employees
- business register ID
- survey ID
- e.g. turnover from survey
e.g. labour administration ID

12. ( … ) accounting data of enterprises data of scientific institutions
register information about survey participation
administrative
data
data of chambers of commerce
core of
business register
survey data of the
statisticel office
data of market research institutes
administrative
data
administrative data in the business register
administrative
data
administrative data already used by the statistical office
local unit
enterprise 2
enterprise 1
data available in the statistical office
statistical business register

13. core of business register
The business register as an instrument for data combination
Survey satellite
core of business register
Administration satellite
survey 1
survey 2
servey 3
survey 4
enterprise
local unit
enterprise gorup
tax BA
IHK
URS ID
enterprise X
ADMIN - ID 1 2 …
local unit Y
enterprise group Z
plant
URS ID farbig
Admin tauschen URS ID – ADMin ID
Kern
Unternemen …

14. Business register Survey Meta data Survey meta data additional …ID
Survey
administrative data ID
Meta data ID
annual tax data
Survey
??????
meta data ID
additional data source
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additional …

15. v = variable
e = enterprise v3 v2 v1
enterprise 1

16. v = variable e = enterprise t = time t3 v3 v2 v1 t2 v3 v2 v1 t1

17. survey 2
survey 1
administrative data 3

18. survey 2
survey 1
administrative data 3

19. survey 2
survey 1
administrative data 3

20. Statistical approach of the new system
Analysis of the information demand
Analysis the “own” data available
acquisition of available data of other sources
combination of these data, imputation
If necessary: Survey to close data gaps
Preparing the statistical information

21. The business register in the statistical production process
Support of the conception phase of statistics
evaluation of sources, adaequation, coherence
Support of the generation of data
sampling design, survey management, (micro-) data combination
Support of the data processing
data editing, harmonising of data, consistency of data
Support of the analysis and presentation
extrapolation, (macro-)combination of statistical results, census

22. The New Business Register in the statistical production process
dissemination of results
conception
phase
data collection
data processing
analysis
meta data
business register

23. Thank you for your attention
Roland Sturm Federal Statistical Office of Germany