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Short Term Statistics, Business Statistics.
Søren Dalbro
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Quarterly Business Demography (QBD)

The statistics are made by all EU countries as well as EFTA and candidate countries. There is a difference in the countries' access to information and the delimitation we have made in Denmark will only be able to be implemented by a few countries.

In addition to these statistics, there are the statistics Business Demography, which also shed light on the annual approach in companies. This statistic uses many more background variables and overall will always have a lower number of new businesses.

Comparability - geographical

The statistic on New enterprises is compiled according to Eurostats common guidelines and is therefore comparable to similar statistics from the other EU-countries. The statistics can be found on Eurostat's database on sort term statistics.

The statistics are made by all EU countries as well as EFTA and candidate countries. There is a difference in the countries' access to information and the delimitation we have made in Denmark will only be able to be implemented by a few countries.

Comparability over time

The statistics on New enterprises is fully comparable over the covered period (since 2015).

Coherence - cross domain

In addition to these statistics, there are the statistics Business Demography, which also shed light on the annual approach in companies. This statistic uses many more background variables and overall will always have a lower number of new businesses. The statistics cannot be compared with the Business Demographics, where new company registrations are cleared for takeovers from other enterprises.

Coherence - internal

Not relevant for theses statistics.