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Business demography: enterprise birth and death

Business demography is a core element of the OECD’s Structural and Demographic Business Statistics database. Data are produced according to <a href="https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/eurostat-oecd-manual-on-business-demography-statistics_9789264041882-en">Eurostat-OECD Manual on Business Demography Statistics</a>. The data in this dataset are broken down by employment size class and by economic activity according to International Standard Industrial Classification, Revision 4 (<a href="https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/unsdclassifications">ISIC Rev. 4</a>).<p>This dataset presents birth and death statistics from business demography dataset covering all enterprises - both employers and non-employers.</p> <p>The mapping table between old OECD.Stat and new OECD Data Explorer codes is available <a href="https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/BD/BD_new_old_mapping.xlsx">here</a>.</p><p>Users are encouraged to send their questions and observations regarding this database to <a href="mailto:STAT.Contact@oecd.org">STAT.Contact@oecd.org</a></p><p><b><i>Related datasets:</i></b><p><a href="https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?tm=timely%20indicators&pg=0&snb=686&df%5Bds%5D=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df%5Bid%5D=DSD_TIE%2540DF_TIE&df%5Bag%5D=OECD.SDD.TPS&df%5Bvs%5D=1.1">Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics</a>,<p><a href="https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?tm=sdbs&pg=0&snb=35&df%5Bds%5D=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df%5Bid%5D=DSD_SDBSBSC_ISIC4%2540DF_SDBS_ISIC4&df%5Bag%5D=OECD.SDD.TPS&df%5Bvs%5D=1.0">Structural Business Statistics by Size Class</a>.

oecd-sdmx:DSD_SDBSBD_ISIC4@DF_BD_B_D

Business demography: enterprise birth and death

OECD.SDD.TPS

Publisher
OECD.SDD.TPS
Source
OECD Data Explorer (oecd-sdmx)
Status
Active
Formats
SDMX-JSON
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (Data) · open
Standard
SDMX 2.1
Countries
36 countries and areas — see list below
Dataset id
oecd-sdmx:DSD_SDBSBD_ISIC4@DF_BD_B_D
Last verified
2026-09-27

Geographic coverage

Business demography: enterprise birth and death carries observations for 36 countries and areas:

Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Switzerland · Cyprus · Czechia · Germany · Denmark · Spain · Estonia · Finland · France · United Kingdom · Greece · Croatia · Hungary · Ireland · Iceland · Italy · Korea · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Latvia · North Macedonia · Malta · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Serbia · Slovak Republic · Slovenia · Sweden · Türkiye