The EU-wide harmonised concept of structural business statistics (SBS) provides important indicators concerning the structure, activities, employment, investment activities and performance of enterprises at national and regional levels in the breakdown by economic activities in accordance with ÖNACE 2008. Beyond the detailed description of national economic structures, important basic data is also provided for calculating the gross domestic product in the context of the System of National and Regional Accounts, for input-output tables and economic forecasts.
The relevant legal basis at European level is provided by the Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on European business statistics and the new national Structural Business Statistics Regulation, which require conceptional modifications from reference year 2021 onwards. The results for the reference year 2021 were already calculated according to these new requirements. Please note that comparability with previous years' results therefore is limited.