- Type of survey: continuous on an annual basis.
- Population scope: companies whose main activity is included in Sections B to E of CNAE-2009.
- Geographical scope: the entire national territory
- Reference period: the calendar year, which, with some exceptions, coincides with the accounting year of the company.
- Sample size: 37,937 units (50% with direct collection and 50% with administrative data).
- Type of sampling: stratified sampling of companies, by main activity, size and Autonomous Community where the company¿s headquarters is located.
- Collection method: completion of the online questionnaire by the informant (IRIA system) and use of administrative sources.
- Standardised Methodological Report
- File in the Inventory of Statistical Operations: 30048
Methodology documents, questionnaires, classifications...
- Structural Business Statistics:
- Methodology: From the year 2018 / Period 2016-2017 / Year 2015
- Measure of the effect of 2016 methodological changes
- Questionnaires: For legal entities / For natural persons
- Methodology Industrial Companies Survey (valid until 2014): (based in CNAE-2009) / (based in CNAE-1993)
- National Classification of Economic Activities CNAE-2009 / CNAE-93