Business Structure Database UK Indexed
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Summary
The Business Structure Databaseis an annual extract of the Inter-departmental Business Register, a database of business organisations used throughout Government.
Description
The Business Structure Database (BSD) is an annual extract of the Inter-departmental Business Register (IDBR), a database of business organisations used throughout Government. Organisations that are registered for VAT or pay at least one member of staff through the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax system, will appear on this register. It is one of the largest sources of data about business organisations in the UK. The BSD snapshot contains limited information (i.e. employment, industrial classification, turnover), but offers researchers a very large set of observations to work with. The inclusion of demographic variables, including company start-up date and wind-down, also provides insights into business cycles.
About this data
- Data creator
- Office for National Statistics
- Temporal coverage
- 01 March 2022 to 01 March 2026
- Frequency of collection
- Annual
- Dataset resource theme
- Business and economy
- Restrictions for access
- Access for all accredited researchers
- Project approval
- Projects must be accredited
- Search keywords
- Employment BSD IDBR Industry Turnover
Metadata
Metadata
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Dataset resource themeMain category of the topic of this resource.
- Business and economy
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Dataset resource typeThe type of the dataset resource.
- Survey
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Geographic coverageThe geographic area covered by the dataset.
- UK
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Temporal coverage The time frames covered by these data.
- 01 March 2022 to 01 March 2026
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Frequency of collectionThe frequency at which the Dataset Resource is collected i.e. published or updated.
- Annual
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Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset.
- Postcode
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Data creatorThe name of the organisation that produced or published this resource.
- Office for National Statistics
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Licensing statusThe license used for making this resource available and defining how it can be used.
- Restricted
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Disclosure controlThe standard or bespoke disclosure control rules that apply to this dataset.
- Standard disclosure rules apply
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Restrictions for accessRestrictions for users and researchers accessing data in Google Cloud Platform.
- Access for all accredited researchers
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Research outputsThe approval route researchers must take for their outputs to be published.
- No requirements
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Project approvalThe project approvals needed for this resource.
- Projects must be accredited
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Research disclaimerThe disclaimer required to be published with the outputs for this dataset.
- No requirements
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AcronymAny other names or acronyms used to refer to the data.
- BSD
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IDS Business Catalogue identifierThe identifier for this dataset resource.
- 0.0202
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ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated.
- Business Structure Database