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Improving the Coverage of the Standard Business Survey Population
The coverage of the ONS Standard Business Survey Population has been extended to include a population of solely PAYE based businesses.
Summary of ONS’s business population and demographic statistics publications
This is a summary of the key features of the ONS publications about the UK business population.
It explains how they relate to each other and identifies differences in coverage, to enable users to make an informed choice about which publication they should use.
Further information about Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) sources, structure and updating for publications
Detail on how the IDBR is updated and guidance on which publication is more appropriate to use.