The measurement of response burden began in 2001. Since then, Statistics Austria has successfully reduced the time Austrian enterprises spend completing questionnaires by 14.5 %, despite the addition of new surveys over the years. In 2024, 49 921 companies - out of approximately 520 900 - were required to respond to one or more surveys conducted by Statistics Austria, a decrease of 1,765 compared to the previous year. Small businesses are largely exempt from reporting obligations due to cut-off thresholds, so the response burden is mainly concentrated among larger enterprises. Of all companies with reporting requirements, 58.1 % had to respond to only one survey, 25.2 % to two, and 16.6 % to three or more. In total, Austrian companies spent 735 922 hours completing Statistics Austria questionnaires in 2024, which is about 1.6 % lower than in 2023.