1. ESTP – Structural Business Statistics Luxembourg, 12-14 March 2013
Business demography
ESTP – Structural Business Statistics Luxembourg, March 2013

2. Contents Business Demography – definitions and users
Legal Basis for Business Demography
Datasets, characteristics and breakdowns
Additional datasets (still not covered by Annex IX)
Employer business demography
High-growth enterprises
Available documentation
Data
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3. 1. Business Demography - definitions
Observation of enterprise births, deaths, survivals over time
Impact of these “demographic events” on employment
Data answering questions like:
How many enterprises are born every year compared with the total population of active enterprises? (= birth rate)
How many of these enterprises survive for 1…5 years?
How many people are employed in these newly born enterprises (compared with all enterprises)?
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4. 1. Business Demography - users
EU strategies
EU Growth and Jobs Strategy for ‘more and better jobs’ (Structural indicators: Birth rate, Death rate, year survival rate)
EU 2020 “More jobs, improved lives, better society”
OECD-Eurostat “Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme”
Interest by policy makers and researchers at EU and national level
European Research Area (ERA) Indicators
Globalisation indicators – impact of economic globalisation
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5. 2. Legal Basis for Business Demography
Parliament and Council Regulation 295/ on SBS, Annex IX
Commission Regulations: 250/2009 – characteristics and transmission format 251/2009 – series of data
Reference year 2004 onwards
2009: first mandatory data delivery to Eurostat
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6. 2. Legal Basis for Business Demography - future changes
Amendments to Commission Regulations (250 and 251): (concerning business demography)
employer business demography
high growth enterprises (for the EU2020 headline indicator on high growth innovative enterprises)
Users' needs to be addressed in the near future:
infra-annual data (?)
regional breakdown (?)
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7. 3. Datasets, characteristics and breakdowns
Population of active enterprises
Activity
either turnover or employment at any time during the reference period (=calendar year).
“live during period” approach (vs. “point in time”) advantage: coverage of seasonal activities and short-lived enterprises
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8. 3. Datasets, characteristics and breakdowns
Population of active enterprises
Economic activities (NACE Rev. 2)
NACE sections B to N, (P to S provisional)
exclusion of sections A, O and group 64.2
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Public administration and defence
Holdings
exclusion of Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households (NPISH)
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9. 3. Datasets, characteristics and breakdowns
Breakdown by legal form - no survival data in this series SP
Sole proprietor:
personally owned and no limit to personal liability LL
Limited liability company:
private or publicy quoted joint stock companies with limited liability for those owning shares PA
Partnerships and other legal forms:
personally owned limited and unlimited liability partnerships. Included are also other level forms such as cooperatives, associations etc. TT
Total
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10. 3. Datasets, characteristics and breakdowns
Breakdown by employee size class
Code
employees 1 2
1-4 3
5-9 4
10 or more 30
total
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11. 3. Datasets, characteristics and breakdowns
Survival
Refers to the populations of real births of previous years
Survivals up to five years are followed
Two possibilities of survival
1) activity during any time of the reference period 2) survival by take-over: new unit X set up specifically for taking over unit Y (or its production factors).
Measuring growth
Surviving enterprises stay in their initial size classes and NACE activities when observing their survival, even if they outgrow their initial size class or change activity.
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12. 3. Datasets, characteristics and breakdowns
Main variables in data collection
Enterprise births
Enterprise deaths
Survival of newly born enterprises
Related employment
Employees
Persons employed
Employment and survival:
In birth year, all births
In birth year, only survivors
In survival year  Measurement of employment growth
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13. 3. Datasets, characteristics and breakdowns
SERIES (Annex IX): 9A: data collection broken down by NACE activity and legal form 9B: data collection broken down by NACE activity and employee size class 9C: estimated death data broken down by NACE activity and legal form 9D: estimated death data broken down by NACE activity and employee size class
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14. 4. Additional datasets Business Demography limited to employers
Employer birth and death
Covering cases where non-employers become employers and vice-versa
“entry by growth” as special case of employer birth
“exit by decline” as special case of employer death
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15. 4. Additional datasets
SERIES (Employer Business Demography): 9E: data collection on employer enterprises broken down by NACE activity and legal form 9F: data collection on employer enterprises broken down by NACE activity and employee size class 9G: estimated death data on employer enterprises broken down by NACE activity and legal form 9H: estimated death data on employer enterprises broken down by NACE activity and employee size class
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16. 4. Additional datasets High growth enterprises and “gazelles”
20% or more average annualised growth over 3 years
Measurement of growth based on employment or turnover
Gazelles: up to 5 years old (i.e. 4 or 5 years old)
Medium growth enterprises and young medium growth enterprises
10% or more average annualised growth over 3 years
Young medium growth enterprises: up to 5 years old
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17. 4. Additional datasets
SERIES (High Growth Enterprises): 9N: data collection on high growth enterprises broken down by NACE activity
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18. 4. Additional datasets
: - pilot timely data collections on high growth enterprises and related employment (development work on indicator)
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19. 5. Available documentation
Eurostat-OECD Manual on Business Demography Statistics (
Compatible with BR Recommendations Manual of Eurostat
Detailed description of concepts
Suggestions on producing results on demographic events
Business Demography Glossary (annex to Manual)
Based on BR glossary and concepts of Structural Business Statistics
Annual data request to Member States (including transmission format)
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20. Where to find more information?
dedicated sub-site (directly) or
from Eurostat website
Tab “Statistics”
Themes: “Industry, Trade and Services”
Dedicated section: “Structural Business Statistics”
Special topics: “Business Demography”
All data and publications free of charge
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21. Enterprise birth and death rates (Annex IX),
Enterprise birth and death rates (Annex IX), Business Economy, 2009 (%) (1)
(1) Death rates - preliminary ; EE: Source: Eurostat
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22. enterprise births and persons employed in newly born enterprises
Structure of
enterprise births and persons employed in newly born enterprises
by size class, (Annex IX) Business Economy, 2009
(1) EE, CY: confidential size class data on employment in births.
Source: Eurostat
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23. Enterprises Employment
Changes among enterprises born in 2002 and surviving to 2007, Business Economy (2002=100)
Enterprises Employment
Source: Eurostat
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24. Enterprises Employment
Changes among enterprises born in 2002 and surviving to 2007, Business Economy (2002=100)
Enterprises Employment
Source: Eurostat
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25. Enterprises Employment
Changes among enterprises born in 2002 and surviving to 2007, Business Economy (2002=100)
Enterprises Employment
Source: Eurostat
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26. Enterprises Employment
Changes among enterprises born in 2002 and surviving to 2007, Business Economy (2002=100)
Enterprises Employment
Source: Eurostat
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27. Enterprises Employment
Changes among enterprises born in 2002 and surviving to 2007, Business Economy (2002=100)
Enterprises Employment
Source: Eurostat
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28. Birth rates (Annex IX and EBD), Business Economy, 2009 (%)
Note. FR, SE: 2008 Source: Eurostat
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29. Birth rates (EBD) and its "entry by growth" share,
Birth rates (EBD) and its "entry by growth" share, Business Economy, 2009 (%)
Note. FR, SE: 2006 Source: Eurostat
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30. Share of HGE in the population of employer enterprises, NFBE, 2010 (%)
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31. Share of HGE employment in total employment
Share of HGE employment in total employment of employer enterprises, NFBE, 2010 (%)
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32. Share of HGE employment in total employment of employer enterprises, NFBE, 2008-2011 (%)
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33. Average size of employer enterprise, NFBE, 2010 (number of employees)
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34. Average size of high growth enterprise, NFBE, 2010
Average size of high growth enterprise, NFBE, (number of employees)
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35. Thank you for your attention ☺
Any questions?
Aleksandra Stawińska
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