Survey Name:

Annual Services Inquiry

Survey purpose:

To provide grossed estimates of the principal trading aggregates for all enterprises in the retail, wholesale, transport and storage, accommodation and food, information and communication, real estate, professional, technical administrative and other selected services sectors.

Legislative Basis National:

S.I. No. 268 of 2022 - Statistics (Structural Business Inquiry) Order 2022

Legislative Basis European:

Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament concerning Business Statistics

Periodicity:

Annual

Statistical Population:

All Enterprises wholly or primarily engaged in distribution and services

Sampling Frame:

Business Register

Reference Area:

State and Region

Time Coverage:

1991 - 2019

Base Period:

Not Applicable

Sector Coverage:

All enterprises whose activity is coded to NACE Rev 2 45 - 96 excl 64 - 66

Survey Size:

17,462

Principal Variables:

Turnover, Stocks, Capital Assets, Personnel Costs, Value Added Tax, Purchases, Employment, Location, Exports, Imports.

Principal External Users:

National Accounts, Eurostat, Government, Economists, Business consultants, Researchers

Contact Organisation:

Central Statistics Office

Business Area:

Business Statistics

Contact Person:

Stephanie Kelleher

Contact Person Function:

Statistician

Other Business Area Specialists:

Deirdre O'Connor

Contact email:

Business_Stats@cso.ie

Contact phone number:

(+353) 21 453 5000