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Annual Business Survey: a data cube slice

Financial and employment data by broad industry by year. Annual Business Survey (ABS) provides data mainly on the Production (including Manufacturing), Construction and Service Sectors in Scotland. The statistics are best suited to the analysis of individual industries rather than the economy as a whole.

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Dimensions
Dimension
Value
Indicator (Abs)
  1. Approximate Gross Value Added at Basic Prices
  2. Gross Value Added Per Head
  3. Gross Wages & Salaries
  4. Gross Wages & Salaries Per Head
  5. Number Of Business Units
  6. Purchases of Goods & Services
  7. Total Employees
  8. Total Employment
  9. Total Labour Costs
  10. Total Labour Costs Per Head
  11. Total Output at Basic Prices
  12. Total Turnover
Industry Sector (Sic 07)
  1. Accommodation and Food Services (Section I)
  2. Administrative and Support Services (Section N)
  3. All (Sections A to S (as covered by ABS))
  4. Arts, Entertainment and Recreation (Section R)
  5. Construction (Section F)
  6. Education, Health & Social Work (Sections PQ (part))
  7. Information and Communication (Section J)
  8. Manufacturing (Section C)
  9. Non-Manufacturing Production (Sections A(part)BDE)
  10. Other Service Activities (Section S)
  11. Professional, Scientific & Technical (Section M)
  12. Real Estate Activities (Section L)
  13. Transport and Storage (Section H)
  14. Wholesale, Retail and Repairs (Section G)
Measure Type
  1. Count
  2. Ratio
Reference Period
  1. 2008
  2. 2009
  3. 2010
  4. 2011
  5. 2012
  6. 2013
  7. 2014
  8. 2015
  9. 2016
  10. 2017
  11. 2018
  12. 2019
Reference Area
(showing types of area available in these data)
  1. Countries
  2. Council Areas
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License
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Issued
17/03/2017
Modified
08/06/2022
Next update due
October 2022
Description

Scottish Annual Business Statistics (SABS), which is largely sourced to the Annual Business Survey, provides data mainly on the Production (including Manufacturing), Construction and Service Sectors in Scotland. The main sectors not covered are the financial sector & parts of agriculture and the public sector. Data are classified according to industry group and geographical area. All figures are at current prices.

Variables include employment, employees, turnover, purchases of goods & services, approximate gross value added (GVA), gross wages & salaries, labour costs, total output and number of business units. GVA per head, gross wages & salaries per head and labour costs per head are also available.

Details
Confidentiality Policy

Any starred cell contains confidential data. This is data which has been withheld from publication in order that no information relating to an individual business is disclosed. Caution should therefore be exercised if summary data is calculated; it may include suppressed cells in which case it will not be a true representation of industry or area totals.
Quality Management

Please visit this methodology document for details.
Accuracy and Reliability

For information on quality measures, please visit this methodology document
Coherence and Comparability

Data can be compared between different industries, local authority areas and to look at trends over time. For comparisons with other UK regions, please visit Office for National Statistics website. However, only 2008-18 figures will match between ONS and SABS outputs. In 2019, for main variables, SABS totals differ from ONS figures. For explanation on this, please visit this methodology document
Accessibility and Clarity

For other Tables, commentary and more methodology please visit SABS website
Relevance

The Annual Business Survey, from which the statistics are largely derived, covers approximately two thirds of the economy. The main sectors not covered are the financial sector & parts of agriculture and the public sector. These statistics are therefore best suited to the analysis of individual industries rather than the economy as a whole. Industries (for this published data, this is defined in terms of Sections) are compiled using Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 07) codes. A SIC code is allocated to a business site according to its main activity.
Timeliness and Punctuality

It is the aim to publish Scottish Annual Business Statistics as soon as possible after the release of the Office for National Statistics' regional results. This normally means SABS figures are available approximately 18 months after the end of the calendar year to which they relate. However, there was a delay in SABS 2019 release due to the impact that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had on the Annual Business Survey response. For full explanation, please visit this methodology document
Revisions

Data is compiled from an annual survey. Please note that when a new year's Annual Business Survey (ABS) data is released, the previous year's data is revised at the same time.
URI

This slice of multidimensional data is not a Linked Data resource in the database: it's a virtual resource (i.e. you can't query it by SPARQL). But does have a permanent unique URL which can be bookmarked.

http://statistics.gov.scot/slice?dataset=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fdata%2Fannual-business-survey&http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Flinked-data%2Fsdmx%2F2009%2Fdimension%23refPeriod=http%3A%2F%2Freference.data.gov.uk%2Fid%2Fyear%2F2010
Dimensions Linked Data

A linked data-orientated view of dimensions and values

Dimension Locked Value
Reference Period
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refPeriod
 2010
http://reference.data.gov.uk/id/year/2010
Indicator (Abs)
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/indicator(abs)
 (not locked to a value)
Industry Sector (Sic 07)
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/industrySector(sic07)
 (not locked to a value)
Reference Area
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refArea
 (not locked to a value)
Measure Type
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#measureType
 (not locked to a value)