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Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR) - UK Business Activity

The Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) is a list of UK businesses maintained by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).It provides a sampling frame for surveys of businesses carried out by the ONS and by other government departments. It is also a key data source for analysis of business activity.

The IDBR covers businesses in all parts of the economy, missing some very small businesses operating without VAT or PAYE schemes (self employed and those with low turnover and without employees) and some non-profit organisations, representing nearly 99 per cent of UK economic activity.

The data comes from the UK Business Activity publication, which is a snapshot of the IDBR as at March 28th of each reporting year.

Statistical units

A group of legal units under common ownership is called an enterprise group.An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units (generally based on VAT or PAYE) which has a certain degree of autonomy within an enterprise group.An individual site (for example factory or shop) in an enterprise is called a local unit.

Observation unit

Reporting units hold the mailing address to which the survey forms are sent. The form can cover the enterprise as a whole, or parts of the enterprise identified by lists of local units.

• Enterprises & Local Units  192kb

Links

ONS have produced an IDBR page on thier website which includes A brief guide to IDBR

IDBR for Local Authorities can be downloaded from the ONS Neighbourhood Statistics Analysis webpage and selecting IDBR analysis to support Local Authorities. Please note that the data are based on the 2007 Standard Industry Classification system, which is not compatible to SIC 2003.

• ONS Analysis and Guidance- Business Topic Profile

Business Register and Employment Survey

The Business Register and Emloyment Survey (BRES) has replaced and integrated two existing ONS business surveys, the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) and Business Register Survey (BRS) and is a sample survey of approximately 80,000 businesses.
The BRES currently provides information on four measures of employment status, as shown in the Table. BRES also provides Industry data using the 2007 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2007) to define industry sectors. The following spreadsheet provides data by ONS broad industry sectors and sections.

• BRES Survey by Industry and Sectors  42kb

• Hampshire County Council
  554,000
  379,400
  174,600
  589,800
  
• North Hampshire*
  159,100
  114,300
  44,800
  168,300
  
• Central Hampshire New Forest*
  230,000
  154,400
  75,600
  246,700
  
• South Hampshire*
  373,100
  248,400
  124,700
  391,600
  
• Basingstoke and Deane
  80,700
  58,400
  22,300
  85,200
  
• East Hampshire
  45,700
  31,100
  14,600
  49,300
  
• Eastleigh
  59,800
  41,400
  18,500
  63,200
  
• Fareham
  46,700
  31,200
  15,500
  49,500
  
• Gosport
  19,800
  13,100
  6,700
  20,900
  
• Hart
  34,100
  23,000
  11,100
  36,700
  
• Havant
  38,700
  25,100
  13,600
  41,200
  
• New Forest
  67,000
  43,200
  23,800
  72,100
  
• Rushmoor
  44,400
  32,900
  11,400
  46,400
  
• Test Valley
  48,200
  34,000
  14,200
  51,900
  
• Winchester
  69,100
  46,100
  23,000
  73,500
  
• Portsmouth
  100,900
  67,100
  33,700
  104,800
  
• Southampton
  107,300
  70,600
  36,700
  111,900
  
• Hampshire Economic Area
  762,200
  517,100
  245,100
  806,600
  
• Enterprise M3 LEP
  738,300
  508,300
  229,900
  788,900
  
• Solent LEP
  650,900
  432,100
  218,800
  689,400
  
• South East
  3,701,300
  2,494,800
  1,206,500
  3,958,600
  
• Great Britain
  26,085,700
  17,670,200
  8,415,600
  27,811,900
  

Source: ONS Business Register and Employment Survey 2011

Notes:

1. These figures exclude farm agriculture (SIC subclass 01000).
2. All figures rounded to the nearest 100
3. BRES is a sampled survey estimating the number of employees/employment, and as such is indicative rather than actual.
4. * North Hampshire = Basingstoke and Deane, Hart and Rushmoor; Central Hampshire New Forest = East Hampshire, New Forest, Test Valley and Winchester; South Hampshire = Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Havant, Portsmouth and Southampton.

Key

Employees: An employee is anyone aged 16 years or over that an organisation directly pays from its payroll(s), in return for carrying outa full-time or part-time job or being on a training scheme. It excludes voluntary workers, self-employed, working owners who are not paid via PAYE.
Full-time employees: those working more than 30 hours per week.
Part-time employees: those working 30 hours or less per week.
Employment = employees + working proprietors. Working Proprietors are sole traders, sole proprietors, partners and directors. This does not apply to registered charities.

Further information

Subject to BRES disclosure protocol it is possible to extract data down to Lower layer Super Output Areas and 5-digit Industry divisions. However, at this level of detail the reliability of the data becomes an issue and will most likely be confidential. As a rule of thumb any BRES data below local authority district level should be used with extreme care. If you require further advice or data please contact the Economy TeamFor High level UK BRES estimates  published on the ONS website please visit the ONS BRES webpage

Business Demography

Business Demography- Age of Business

Office for National Statistics Business Demography Active Enterprises, Births and Deaths data replaces the former BERR VAT Registration data for 2007 onwards. The key difference between the BERR statistics and the new ONS Business Demography publication is the inclusion of PAYE registered units thereby providing a more comprehensive view of business start-up activity. A more detailed description can be found on the Notes tab on the Business Demography file.

The data also includes age of business using four age bands from less than 2yrs old to 10 or more years. Earlier data can be accessed from Neighbourhood Statistics.

• Business Demography - Age of Business  89kb

Major employers

Hampshire Major Employers

The Hampshire Economic Development Office produced revised 2009 figures for the top 100 companies based on sales, and lists of major public and private sector employers in Hampshire. A more comprehensive database of Hampshire area business is available (for a charge) from Hampshire County Council’s Economic Development Office. For further details contact Hampshire County Council Economic Development Office.

• Major Employers Private Sector (2011)  105kb

• Top Companies in Hampshire (2009)  133kb

• Major Employers Public Sector (2009)  66kb

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Previous versions -

• Major Employers Private Sector (2009)  116kb

• Top Companies in Hampshire (2007  41kb)

• Major Employers Public Sector (2007)  21kb