Employed in enterprises
Statistical regions | 2023* | ||||
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Total | Size of enterprises by number of employed | ||||
Up to 9 | 10-49 | 50 - 249 | 250+ | ||
Total | 2 217 960 | 728 540 | 484 772 | 440 589 | 564 059 |
Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria | 859 647 | 314 212 | 199 323 | 171 363 | 174 749 |
Severozapaden | 143 496 | 53 511 | 32 596 | 29 553 | 27 836 |
Severen tsentralen | 194 511 | 67 379 | 44 797 | 44 734 | 37 601 |
Severoiztochen | 246 149 | 89 986 | 61 367 | 49 717 | 45 079 |
Yugoiztochen | 275 491 | 103 336 | 60 563 | 47 359 | 64 233 |
Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria | 1 358 313 | 414 328 | 285 449 | 269 226 | 389 310 |
Yugozapaden | 972 323 | 277 634 | 196 642 | 185 407 | 312 640 |
Yuzhen tsentralen | 385 990 | 136 694 | 88 807 | 83 819 | 76 670 |
*Preliminary data |
Contact | |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
Contact organisation unit | "Annual business statistics" Department |
Contact name | Anelia Viharova |
Contact person function | State expert |
Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
Contact email address | |
Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 129 |
Contact fax number | |
Metadata update | |
Metadata last certified | 20 November 2013 |
Metadata last posted | 20 November 2013 |
Metadata last update | 16 January 2014 |
Statistical presentation | |
Data description | The statistical survey of non-financial enterprises provides information by size of enterprises in terms of employed, by the following economic indicators: number of enterprises, number of persons employed, revenues, expenditure and tangible fixed assets. The annual data of non-financial enterprises are aggregated by sections (the first sign of NACE.BG-2008) The annual data, grouping by size class: the indicators are published on section level (the first sign of NACE.BG-2008) and by size class of employment. Annual regional data: Three indicators are published on a regional level by sections (the first sign of NACE.BG-2008 and NACE.BG-2003) and by statistical regions (NUTS). |
Classification system | · Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG-2008) ? in force since 2008; · Classification of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS). |
Sector coverage | Non-financial enterprises, classified in sections A to S (excluding K) by NACE.BG-2008 from 2008 onwards. |
Statistical concepts and definitions | The main economic indicators, published in this section are:
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Statistical unit | The basic unit of survey is an enterprise. The overall main economic indicators and the data by size class of employment are calculated from the annual data of the enterprises. The enterprise is the smallest organisation unit producing goods or services which makes its own business decisions. The enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations. The enterprise may be an independent legal unit. |
Statistical population | The survey is exhaustive and the statistical population includes all non-financial enterprises classified in sections A to S (excluding K) by NACE.BG-2008 from 2008 onwards. |
Reference area | The data refer to the activities of non-financial enterprises carried out in the country. |
Time coverage | Since 2008. |
Base period | Not applicable. |
Unit of measure | |
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Reference period | |
Calendar year | |
Institutional mandate | |
Legal acts and other agreements | Bulgarian legislation:
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Data sharing | Not applicable. |
Confidentiality | |
Confidentiality - policy | Regulation (EC) ? 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 defines common criteria for protection of confidential data and methods for sending the information to and its use by Eurostat. The Law on Statistics ensures the protection of statistical confidentiality and the use of individual data of enterprises for statistical purposes only. |
Confidentiality - data treatment | The individual (primary) data are confidential according to the Law on Statistics and European legislation. To ensure their protection and inability to be identified, the aggregated indicators are also defined as confidential when: · Criterion A - the indicator is calculated from one or two enterprises; · Criterion B - one enterprise forms 85% or more of the total value of this indicator. |
Release policy | |
Release calendar | The date for publication of statistical information is given in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
User access | Data are published on the NSI website and are available to all users of statistical information. |
Frequency of dissemination | |
Yearly | |
Accessibility and clarity | |
News release | A regular press release on preliminary data for non-financial enterprises with a term of t + 8 months is published. |
Publications |
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On-line database | The data are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Business Statistic;Annual Business Statistics; Other Annual Data; Non-financial Enterprises: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/8228, as in INFOSTAT. |
Micro-data access | Not available. |
Other | Information service on request, according to the Rules for dissemination of statistical products and services of NSI. |
Documentation on methodology | Law for SMEs, national accounting legislation and developed statistical methodology: https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Methodology_NF_Ent_en.pdf |
Quality documentation | Not available |
Quality management | |
Quality assurance | This includes the improvement of the on-line based information system 'Business statistics', which ensures strict arithmetical and logical input control. The additional output control is made when are registered the big differences in the value of given indicator between two consecutive years or in comparison with the results of other statistical surveys in NSI - Short-term statistics, statistics Prodcom, Foreing trade, Labor force. |
Quality assessment | This is made in accordance with the standard criteria for assessing the quality - relevance, accuracy and reliability, timeliness, comparability and coherence. |
Relevance | |
User needs | The main users of data are: · International organisations; · Interested state institutions under signed agreements; · Research institutes, universities, economic analysts and students; · Private non-governmental organisations, agencies, associations, media, etc.; · Directorates and departments in the NSI. |
User satisfaction | There has been no study of user satisfaction, but no cases of outstanding requests for information are registered. |
Completeness | Full compliance with the Bulgarian legislation. |
Accuracy and reliability | |
Overall accuracy | The Information of the calculation of economic indicators is based on the annual accounts of non-financial enterprises, as full coherence of the input data is provided. |
Sampling error | The survey of non-financial enterprises is exhaustive and there are no sampling errors. |
Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
Timeliness and punctuality | |
Timeliness | The deadline for the publication of data on national level is t+11 months for the final data, where t is the reference year. |
Punctuality | The deadline under item 15.1 is strictly followed. |
Coherence and comparability | |
Comparability - geographical | For the country data are comparable. |
Comparability - over time | The data series are fully comparable for the period 2008 - the last reference year. |
Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
Coherence - internal | Not applicable. |
Cost and burden | |
NSI of Bulgaria is making extraordinary efforts to reduce the respondents' burden. An example is the signed agreement called "Single Entry Point" between NSI and the National Revenue Agency for a single providing of the annual reports and using the data from both institutions. Developed by NSI on-line based information system "Business Statistics" and ensured methodological and technical assistance to respondents during the reporting campaign are highly appreciated by respondents and help to reduce their workload. | |
Data revision | |
Data revision - policy | The National policy, as well as Eurostat's, allows the revision of already published data if there are serious reasons. |
Data revision - practice | The revised data replace the already published data as soon as possible after the revision is made. |
Statistical processing | |
Source data | The main data sources for calculating the economic indicators are: · Annual Reports of the non-financial enterprises, compiling balance sheets; · Annual Reports of the non-financial enterprises, non-compiling balance sheets. |
Frequency of data collection | Yearly. |
Data collection | Exhaustively for all non-financial enterprises. |
Data validation | Data validation is made by additional logical input control and comparison between the output data and the results of the previous year and other surveys, carried out by NSI. |
Data compilation | The survey is exhaustive and further data evaluation is not made. |
Adjustment | Not applicable. |
Comment |
Activity of Non Financial Enterprises for 2023 (preliminary data)
Annual reports on their activity for 2023 were submitted at the National Statistical Institute (NSI) by 461 819 non-financial enterprises, which was 2.7% more compared to 2022. The number of persons employed in full-time equivalent in the non-financial enterprises was 2 217 960 or 1.4% more than the previous year. The non-financial enterprises generated 288 962 million BGN of the value of output at current prices and reported a positive financial result of 35 809 million BGN (the data are preliminary).
At the NSI 48 906 enterprises in the sector ‘Agri...
Activity of Non Financial Enterprises for 2022 (preliminary data)
Annual reports on their activity for 2022 were submitted at the National Statistical Institute (NSI) by 448 409 non-financial enterprises, which was 8.6% more compared to 2021. The number of persons employed in full-time equivalent in the non-financial enterprises was 2 220 091 or 4.3% more than the previous year. The non-financial enterprises generated 277 910 million BGN of the value of output at current prices and reported a positive financial result of 39 803 million BGN (the data are preliminary).
At the NSI 46 090 enterprises in the sector ‘Agri...
Activity of Non Financial Enterprises for 2021 (preliminary data)
412 119 were the non-financial enterprises in Bulgaria that submitted an annual report on their activity for 2021 at the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which was only 0.1% more compared to 2020. Their number of persons employed calculated in full-time equivalent (FTE) was 2 129 746 or by 1.8% more than the previous year (the data are preliminary).
The largest share of economically active non-financial enterprises in 2021 were in the service and trade sector (81.6%), which formed 62.4% of all persons employed. The share of non-financial enterprises in the ‘Industry’, ‘Constr...
Activity of Non Financial Enterprises for 2020 (preliminary data)
According to preliminary data annual reports on their activity for 2020 were submitted at the National Statistical Institute by 410 785 non-financial enterprises and the number of persons, employed in them, was 2 092 062. These enterprises generated 189 813 million BGN of production value and reported a positive financial result of 19 499 million BGN.
...Activity of Non Financial Enterprises for 2019 (preliminary data)
According to preliminary data annual reports on their activity for 2019 were submitted at the National Statistical Institute by 418 616 non-financial enterprises and the number of persons, employed in them, was 2 211 342. These enterprises generated 194 504 million BGN of production value and reported a positive financial result of 19 259 million BGN.
...Activity of Non Financial Enterprises for 2018 (preliminary data)
According to preliminary data annual reports on their activity for 2018 were submitted at the National Statistical Institute by 413 162 non-financial enterprises and the number of persons, employed in them, was 2 207 549. These enterprises generated 180 626 million BGN of production value and reported a positive financial result of 17 035 million BGN.
...Activity of Non Financial Enterprises for 2017 (preliminary data)
According to preliminary data annual reports on their activity for 2017 were submitted at the National Statistical Institute by 405 933 non-financial enterprises and the number of persons, employed in them, was 2 235 217. These enterprises generated 168 050 million BGN of production value and reported a positive financial result of 16 729 million BGN.
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