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[this is a data cube dataset] A data cube dataset in folders : Scottish Government, Business, Enterprise and Energy

Business Stocks and Sites

Number and rate (per 10,000 adults) of VAT/PAYE registered stocks and sites operating in Scotland.

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Dimensions
Dimension
Value
Business Estimates
  1. Sites
  2. Stocks
Industry Sector (Sic 07)
  1. Accommodation and Food Services (Section I)
  2. Administrative and Support Services (Section N)
  3. All (Sections A to S)
  4. Arts, Entertainment and Recreation (Section R)
  5. Construction (Section F)
  6. Education, Health & Social Work (Sections PQ)
  7. Financial and Insurance (Section K)
  8. Information and Communication (Section J)
  9. Manufacturing (Section C)
  10. Non-Manufacturing Production (Sections ABDE)
  11. Other Service Activities (Section S)
  12. Professional, Scientific & Technical (Section M)
  13. Real Estate Activities (Section L)
  14. Transport and Storage (Section H)
  15. Wholesale, Retail and Repairs (Section G)
Measure Type
  1. Count
  2. Ratio
Number Of Employees
  1. All employees
  2. 0 employee
  3. 1-9 employees
  4. 10-49 employees
  5. 50-249 employees
  6. 250+ employees
Reference Period
  1. 2000
  2. 2001
  3. 2002
  4. 2003
  5. 2004
  6. 2005
  7. 2006
  8. 2007
  9. 2008
  10. 2009
  11. 2010
  12. 2011
  13. 2012
  14. 2013
  15. 2014
  16. 2015
  17. 2016
  18. 2017
Reference Area
(showing types of area available in these data)
  1. Countries
  2. Council Areas
  3. 2011 Intermediate Zones
  4. 2001 Intermediate Zones
  5. Localities
  6. Travel to Work Areas
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About the Dataset
Contact
Publisher
Scottish Government
Creator
Scottish Government
In folders
License
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Issued
22/05/2018
Modified
06/06/2022
Next update due
June 2022
Description

Estimates about the number of VAT/PAYE registered stocks and sites operating in Scotland, broken down by various groupings including industry sector, business size, local authority area, intermediate zone areas, and locality are produced by Scottish Government within the Businesses in Scotland publication.

Statistics from the Businesses in Scotland publication are used to provide insight into the characteristics of Scotland’s business stock, and how Scotland’s business stock has changed over time.

An enterprise (business stock) can be defined as the smallest combination of legal units (generally based on VAT and/or PAYE records) that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. Note an enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations.

A local unit (business site) is an enterprise or part thereof (e.g. a workshop, factory, warehouse, office, mine or depot) situated in a geographically identified place.

More detailed information can be found on the Businesses in Scotland website.

The population estimates used to form the rates are sourced from the Mid-Year Population Estimates, published by the National Records of Scotland. The term “per 10,000 adults” is defined as people aged 16 or over resident in Scotland.

Details
Confidentiality Policy

Not applicable.
Quality Management

For information on quality management, please see Businesses in Scotland – Methodology.
Accuracy and Reliability

For information on quality measures, please see Businesses in Scotland – Methodology.
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, business stock estimates for the UK and all regions of the UK (including Scotland) are published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). A key difference between the UK series for Scotland and the Businesses in Scotland publication estimates is that Businesses in Scotland data includes all enterprises that operate in Scotland regardless of where the business is based. There are other differences between the publications, and these are explained in the following on-line information notes: Description of UK business data sources.
Accessibility and Clarity

For other tables, commentary and more methodology please see the Businesses in Scotland – Methodology website.
Relevance

Businesses in Scotland data is produced from an extract taken from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) recording the position of units at March of the reference year.
Timeliness and Punctuality

It is the aim to publish statistics on business stocks, and sites for Scotland, Scottish Local Authority Areas, and other geographical dimensions as soon as possible after the release of the Scottish Government’s Businesses in Scotland publication, which is published each year in early November.
Revisions

In general, the figures for registered enterprises should be final and should not be revised in future, since they are based on a snapshot in time from the IDBR which cannot change. However sometimes, when quality assuring the data for the latest year, errors in terms of the industry classification applied to businesses may come to light in which case we may correct the erroneous business classifications in previous years.

Revisions to previously published population estimates are generally planned, although there can be occasions when they are unplanned, and are the result of either improvements in statistical methods or the availability of additional data. Corrections are unplanned and may occur when errors in either the statistical data or methodology are found after release of the data. For the list of all population estimates that have recently been revised or corrected, please visit the National Records of Scotland’s Revisions and Corrections.
URI

This is a linked data resource: it has a permanent unique uri at which both humans and machines can find it on the Internet, and which can be used an identifier in queries on our SPARQL endpoint.

http://statistics.gov.scot/data/business-stocks-and-sites
Dimensions Linked Data

A linked data-orientated view of dimensions and values

Dimension Locked Value
Business Estimates
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/businessEstimates
 (not locked to a value)
Industry Sector (Sic 07)
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/industrySector(sic07)
 (not locked to a value)
Number Of Employees
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/numberOfEmployees
 (not locked to a value)
Reference Area
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refArea
 (not locked to a value)
Reference Period
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refPeriod
 (not locked to a value)
Measure Type
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#measureType
 (not locked to a value)
Graphs

Linked Data is stored in graphs. We keep dataset contents (the data) separately from the metadata, to make it easier for you to find exactly what you need.

The data in this dataset are stored in the graph: http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/business-stocks-and-sites

The data structure definition for this data cube dataset is stored in the same graph as the data: http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/business-stocks-and-sites

All other metadata about this dataset are stored in the graph: http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/business-stocks-and-sites/metadata

Linked Data Resources

A breakdown by type of the 711,372 resources in this dataset's data graph.

Resource type Number of resources
Collection 2
Component specification 12
Data set 1
Data structure definition 1
Observation 711,356
All metadata
In Graph http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/business-stocks-and-sites/metadata
Accessibility and Clarity http://statistics.gov.scot/def/statistical-quality/accessibility-and-clarity
For other tables, commentary and more methodology please see the [Businesses in Scotland – Methodology](http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business/Corporate/Methodology) website. xsd:string
Accuracy and Reliability http://statistics.gov.scot/def/statistical-quality/accuracy-and-reliability
For information on quality measures, please see [Businesses in Scotland – Methodology](http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business/Corporate/Methodology). xsd:string
Comment rdfs:comment http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment
Number and rate (per 10,000 adults) of VAT/PAYE registered stocks and sites operating in Scotland. xsd:string
Comparability and Coherence http://statistics.gov.scot/def/statistical-quality/comparability-and-coherence
Data can be compared between different industries, local authority areas and to look at trends over time. For comparisons with other UK regions, business stock estimates for the UK and all regions of the UK (including Scotland) are published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). A key difference between the UK series for Scotland and the Businesses in Scotland publication estimates is that Businesses in Scotland data includes all enterprises that operate in Scotland regardless of where the business is based. There are other differences between the publications, and these are explained in the following on-line information notes: [Description of UK business data sources](http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business/Corporate/ukbusiness). xsd:string
Confidentiality http://statistics.gov.scot/def/statistical-quality/confidentiality
Not applicable. xsd:string
Contact email http://publishmydata.com/def/dataset#contactEmail
mailto:industrystatistics@gov.scot
Creator dcterms:creator http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator
Scottish Government http://statistics.gov.scot/id/organisation/scottish-government
Date Issued dcterms:issued http://purl.org/dc/terms/issued
May 22, 2018 09:23 xsd:dateTime
Date Modified dcterms:modified http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified
June 06, 2022 11:14 xsd:dateTime
Description dcterms:description http://purl.org/dc/terms/description
Estimates about the number of VAT/PAYE registered stocks and sites operating in Scotland, broken down by various groupings including industry sector, business size, local authority area, intermediate zone areas, and locality are produced by Scottish Government within the Businesses in Scotland publication. Statistics from the Businesses in Scotland publication are used to provide insight into the characteristics of Scotland’s business stock, and how Scotland’s business stock has changed over time. An enterprise (business stock) can be defined as the smallest combination of legal units (generally based on VAT and/or PAYE records) that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. Note an enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations. A local unit (business site) is an enterprise or part thereof (e.g. a workshop, factory, warehouse, office, mine or depot) situated in a geographically identified place. More detailed information can be found on the [Businesses in Scotland](http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business/Corporate) website. The population estimates used to form the rates are sourced from the [Mid-Year Population Estimates](https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/mid-year-population-estimates), published by the National Records of Scotland. The term “per 10,000 adults” is defined as people aged 16 or over resident in Scotland. xsd:string
Graph http://publishmydata.com/def/dataset#graph
http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/business-stocks-and-sites
Has a SPARQL endpoint at void:sparqlEndpoint http://rdfs.org/ns/void#sparqlEndpoint
http://statistics.gov.scot/sparql
http://publishmydata.com/def/dataset#nextUpdateDue http://publishmydata.com/def/dataset#nextUpdateDue
June 2022 xsd:string
In folder http://publishmydata.com/def/ontology/folder/inFolder
Scottish Government http://statistics.gov.scot/def/concept/folders/organisations/scottish-government
Business, Enterprise and Energy http://statistics.gov.scot/def/concept/folders/themes/business-enterprise-and-energy
Label rdfs:label http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Business Stocks and Sites xsd:string
License dcterms:license http://purl.org/dc/terms/license
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Publisher dcterms:publisher http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher
Scottish Government http://statistics.gov.scot/id/organisation/scottish-government
Quality Management http://statistics.gov.scot/def/statistical-quality/quality-management
For information on quality management, please see [Businesses in Scotland – Methodology](http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business/Corporate/Methodology). xsd:string
References dcterms:references http://purl.org/dc/terms/references
http://statistics.gov.scot/help http://statistics.gov.scot/help
Relevance http://statistics.gov.scot/def/statistical-quality/relevance
Businesses in Scotland data is produced from an extract taken from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) recording the position of units at March of the reference year. xsd:string
Revisions http://statistics.gov.scot/def/statistical-quality/revisions
In general, the figures for registered enterprises should be final and should not be revised in future, since they are based on a snapshot in time from the IDBR which cannot change. However sometimes, when quality assuring the data for the latest year, errors in terms of the industry classification applied to businesses may come to light in which case we may correct the erroneous business classifications in previous years. Revisions to previously published population estimates are generally planned, although there can be occasions when they are unplanned, and are the result of either improvements in statistical methods or the availability of additional data. Corrections are unplanned and may occur when errors in either the statistical data or methodology are found after release of the data. For the list of all population estimates that have recently been revised or corrected, please visit the National Records of Scotland’s [Revisions and Corrections](https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/about-our-statistics/revisions-and-corrections). xsd:string
Theme dcat:theme http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#theme
Scottish Government http://statistics.gov.scot/def/concept/folders/organisations/scottish-government
Business, Enterprise and Energy http://statistics.gov.scot/def/concept/folders/themes/business-enterprise-and-energy
Timeliness and Punctuality http://statistics.gov.scot/def/statistical-quality/timeliness-and-punctuality
It is the aim to publish statistics on business stocks, and sites for Scotland, Scottish Local Authority Areas, and other geographical dimensions as soon as possible after the release of the Scottish Government’s Businesses in Scotland publication, which is published each year in early November. xsd:string
Title dcterms:title http://purl.org/dc/terms/title
Business Stocks and Sites xsd:string
Type rdf:type http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
Data set http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#DataSet
Dataset http://publishmydata.com/def/dataset#Dataset
http://publishmydata.com/def/dataset#LinkedDataset
In Graph http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/business-stocks-and-sites
Structure qb:structure http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#structure
http://statistics.gov.scot/data/structure/business-stocks-and-sites http://statistics.gov.scot/data/structure/business-stocks-and-sites
Type rdf:type http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
Data set http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#DataSet
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