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Abstract
Survey Number 1467
Survey Title Quarterly Survey on SME Trends (Small and Micro Businesses), 2021.7-9
Depositor Japan Finance Corporation Research Institute
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https://doi.org/10.34500/SSJDA.1467

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Summary This survey is part of a nationwide survey of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with less than 20 employees conducted quarterly by Japan Finance Corporation. It is a successor to the Japan Finance Corporation Research Institute's "Quarterly Survey on Small Enterprise Trends."

The survey is conducted every quarter by selecting a sample of JFC client firms based on the industry composition of business establishments nationwide. The data presented here are the actual results for the July-September period of 2021 and the forecast for the October-December period of 2021. The survey is intended to provide a detailed understanding of the business conditions of small businesses by industry sector and to serve as a reference for JFC operations as well as for a wide range of external parties.

In addition to the fixed survey items on business trends, the survey includes special items (this time on “employment” and “wages”), the content of which changes each time the survey is conducted.
Data Type quantitative research: micro data
Universe Japan Finance Corporation clients with less than 20 employees [Manufacturing (less than 20 employees), wholesale (less than 10 employees), retail (less than 10 employees), restaurants/lodging (less than 10 employees), services (less than 20 employees), information and communications (less than 20 employees), construction (less than 20 employees), transportation (less than 20 employees) (less than 20), construction (less than 20), transportation (less than 20)]

*Note: Based on the revision of the Japan Standard Industrial Classification, "Restaurants" was changed to "Restaurants and Accommodation," and "Information and Communication" was newly added in the April-June 2004 survey, resulting in eight industry categories.
*Note: Starting with the January-March 2008 survey, the number of employees of target companies is defined as less than 20.
Unit of Observation Organization
Sample Size Number of valid responses: 7,466 firms (response rate 74.7%)
Date of Collection Mid-September 2021
Time Period
Spatial Unit All over Japan except Okinawa prefecture
Sampling Procedure JICR determines the sample size, and the sample is selected by JFC branches, taking into account the number of business establishments in the "Survey of Establishments and Enterprises" by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the actual number of loans made by Japan Finance Corporation per year.
Mode of Data Collection JFC Research Institute will collect the questionnaires by mailing them to the surveyed companies and analyze them after subcontracting the tabulation.
Investigator
Japan Finance Corporation Research Institute
DOI https://doi.org/10.34500/SSJDA.1467
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Related Publications (by the Investigator) Please refer to the abstract in Japanese.
Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis)
Documentation Questionnaire 】 【 Tables
Major Survey Items Face items: industry, number of employees


(1) Net sales (year-on-year change for the current year, year-on-year change forecast for the next year)
(2) Orders received (year-on-year change for the current year, year-on-year change forecast for the next year)
(3) Profitability level (actual results for the current period and forecast for the next period)
(4) Cash flow (actual for the current period vs. previous period, forecast for the next period vs. current period)
(5) Borrowing (compared to the previous year)
(6) Sales price trends (year-on-year changes for the current period, year-on-year changes forecast for the next period)
(7) Purchase price trends (year-on-year change for the current period, year-on-year change forecast for the next period)
(8) Capital investment (status of implementation in the current period, planned implementation in the next period)
(9) Business problems
(10) Business judgment (actual results for the current period, forecast for the next period)


(11) Employment (number of employees, year-on-year change, whether the number of employees is appropriate, future policy on the number of employees, impact of labor shortage, future response to labor shortage)
(12) Wages (year-on-year change in employee salary level, background of increase)
Date of Release 2023/03/28
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