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Annual Business Survey in Great Britain Indexed

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Summary

Data from businesses' end-year accounts, including turnover, wages and salaries, purchases of goods and services, stocks and capital expenditure.

Description

The Annual Business Survey (ABS) is the main structural business survey conducted by Office for National Statistics (ONS). Prior to 2009, the ABS was known as the Annual Business Inquiry part 2 (ABI/2) with data going back to 1995. The ABS publishes information from businesses representing the UK non-financial business economy (about two-thirds of the UK economy). The variables covered include turnover, purchases, employment costs, capital expenditure and stocks. The ABS publishes variable data down to four-digit class level of Standard Industrial Classification 2007: SIC 2007 at the national level and two-digit Division at the International Territorial Level region level. This data is indexed to the Business Index Legal Unit from the reference data management framework.

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About this data

Data creator
Office for National Statistics
Temporal coverage
01 January 2008 to 31 December 2020
Frequency
Annual
Dataset theme
Business and economy
Restrictions for access
Access for all accredited researchers
Project approval
Projects must be accredited
Search keywords
Business Economy Employment GVA Industry Turnover

Metadata

Metadata

Dataset themeMain category for the topic of the resource
Business and economy
Dataset resource typeThe type of the dataset resource
Survey
Geographic coverageThe geographic area covered by the dataset
Great Britain
Temporal coverageThe timeframes covered by these data
01 January 2008 to 31 December 2020
FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
Annual
Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset
Local Authority
Data creatorThe name of the organisation that produced or published this resource
Office for National Statistics
Data contributorsThe name(s) of any organisation(s), other than the data supplier or provider, that have data which are included in this dataset resource
Licensing statusThe license used for making this resource available and defining how it can be used
Restricted
Disclosure controlThe standard or bespoke disclosure control rules that apply to this dataset
Standard disclosure rules apply
Restrictions for accessRestrictions for users and researchers accessing data in Google Cloud Platform
Access for all accredited researchers
Research outputsThe approval route researchers must take for their outputs to be published
Research outputs must be approved by the data owner
Project approvalThe project approvals needed for this resource
Projects must be accredited
Research disclaimerThe disclaimer required to be published with the outputs for this dataset
No requirements
AcronymAny other names or acronyms used to refer to the data
ABS
ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
Annual Business Survey (ABS)