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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLVI.

ZAGREB, 11 MAY, 2009

NUMBER: 11.1.1/1.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

NUMBER AND STRUCTURE OF BUSINESS ENTITIES, MARCH 2009

 

In the release  entitled the Number and Structure of Business Entities, which has been published quarterly and bilingually since 1999, the contents of data have been changed in such a way that data on registered legal entities from the Register of Business Entities of the Central Bureau of Statistics were supplemented with data from registers and administrative records of other state institutions, such as the Register of Tax Payers, the Fina’s Register of Annual Financial Reports, the Register of Active Insured Persons of the Pension Insurance, etc.

 

 

1.   BUSINESS ENTITIES, SITUATION AS ON 31 MARCH 2009

 

Number of
registered
legal entities

Number of
active entities

Share of active
legal entities

 

 

 

 

Total

264 200

123 856

46,9

 

 

 

 

Trade companies

129 512

99 543

76,9

 

 

 

 

Enterprises and co-operatives

79 631

6 147

7,7

 

 

 

 

Institutions, bodies, associations and organisations

55 057

18 166

33,0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entities in crafts and trades and free lances

-

98 416

-

 

The comparison of the number of legal entities in the Register of the Central Bureau of Statistics and active legal entities in administrative registers shows that the share of legal entities is lower than a half (46.9%).

 

This difference is the smallest in trade companies, as entities of this kind are either harmonised with or newly created according to the Company Law. It should be noted, though, that about 23.1% of those entities are not active.

 

Enterprises and co-operatives are entities having the greatest absolute difference, which relates mostly to entities that failed to submit a request for harmonising with the Company Law. After this procedure has been finished, such entities will be deleted from the Register. The majority of active entities in this category (about 6 000) will be transferred to the category of trade companies, through the harmonisation procedure.

 

Within the category of institutions, bodies, associations and organisations, the difference between two kinds of data is not the consequence of their inactivity as in the two previous categories. The treatment of registration of entities of this kind in the Register of the Central Bureau of Statistics differs from registration procedures in other administrative registers. For example, in the Register of the Central Bureau of Statistics each body of local and regional self-government units is registered individually, while in administrative registers, what is taken into consideration are accounts through which entities run their business.

 

Data on the number of entities in crafts and trades and free lances relate to the number of self-employed entrepreneurs, with or without employees, as well as persons who are engaged in professional activity, according to the Pension Insurance records.

 

2.     STRUCTURE OF BUSINESS ENTITIES, BY ACTIVITY AND ACCORDING TO NKD 2007. SECTIONS, SITUATION AS
      ON 31 MARCH 2009

 

 

Number of legal entities

Active legal entities

Crafts and
trades and free lances
 

Registered

Structure of
registered
legal
entities

Active

Structure
of active
legal
entities

Profit

Non-profit
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

264 200

100

123 856

100

105 690

18 166

98 416

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing

5 144

1,9

2 635

2,1

2 632

3

3 292

  B   Mining and quarrying

404

0,2

274

0,2

274

-

135

  C   Manufacturing

22 249

8,4

12 368

10,0

12 364

4

11 157

  D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning
        supply

253

0,1

207

0,2

206

1

5

  E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management
        and remediation activities

810

0,3

584

0,5

578

6

55

  F   Construction

23 072

8,7

14 345

11,6

14 343

2

12 128

  G   Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor
        vehicles and motorcycles

90 102

34,1

33 785

27,3

33 603

182

15 487

  H   Transportation and storage

7 948

3,0

3 804

3,1

3 771

33

7 516

  I     Accommodation and food service activities

10 509

4,0

5 774

4,7

5 723

51

11 449

  J    Information and communication

6 228

2,4

4 130

3,3

4 106

24

903

  K   Financial and insurance activities

1 774

0,7

979

0,8

977

2

434

  L    Real estate activities

5 955

2,3

4 893

4,0

4 893

-

454

  M   Professional, scientific and technical activities

21 922

8,3

14 194

11,5

14 068

126

8 467

  N   Administrative and support service activities

6 265

2,4

3 811

3,1

3 807

4

1 677

  O   Public administration and defence; compulsory
        social security

3 559

1,3

1 233

1,0

19

1 214

7 193

  P   Education

3 429

1,3

2 825

2,3

602

2 223

112

  Q   Human health and social work activities

3 589

1,4

2 104

1,7

284

1 820

6 220

  R   Arts, entertainment and recreation

17 133

6,5

5 158

4,2

899

4 259

2 768

  S   Other service activities

33 801

12,8

10 753

8,7

2 541

8 212

8 473

  T   Activities of households as employers;
        undifferentiated goods and services producing
         activities of households for own use

-

-

-

-

-

-

89

  U   Activities of extraterritorial organisations and
        bodies

54

0,0

-

-

-

-

-

Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

402

 

 

Data on the structure of business entities by economic activities show that more than three quarters of both registered and active entities belong to the following four activity sections: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles with 34.1% registered and 27.3% active entities; Manufacturing with 8.4% registered and 10.0% active entities; Professional, scientific and technical activities with 8.3% registered and 11.5% active entities, and Other service activities with 12.8% registered and 8.7% active entities.

 

The share of profit entities in the total active business entities was 85.3%. Their structure by economic activities shows that 75.8% of them belong to five activity sections in the following order: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles 31.8%; Professional, scientific and technical activities 13.3%; Manufacturing 11.7%; Construction 13.6% and Transportation and storage 5.4%.

 

The share of non-profit active entities was 14.7%. Less than a half of them are classified into the activity section Other service activities, while the remaining half is distributed between Education (12.2%), Human health and social work activities (10.0%) and Public administration and defence; compulsory social security (6.7%).

 

The structure of entities in crafts and trades and free lances by economic activities is much more balanced than the structure of legal entities. Although Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles is again the most frequent crafts and free lances activity section , its share is nevertheless slightly lower than a third. Beside trade, four other activities cover two thirds of the total number of entities.

 

3.   STRUCTURE OF ACTIVE LEGAL ENTITIES, BY OWNERSHIP TYPES AND NKD 2007. SECTIONS, SITUATION AS ON
      31 MARCH 2009

 

Total

Ownership types

State ownership

Private ownership

Co-operative
ownership

Mixed ownership

No ownership

The number
of legal entities

Share
in total

The number
of legal entities

Share
in total

The number
of legal entities

Share
in total

The number
of legal entities

Share
in total

The number
of legal entities

Share
in total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

123 856

1 032

0,8

101 393

81,9

1 715

1,4

1 548

1,2

18 168

14,7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing

2 635

17

0,6

1 824

69,2

737

28,0

54

2,0

3

0,1

  B   Mining and quarrying

274

8

2,9

244

89,1

7

2,6

15

5,5

-

-

  C   Manufacturing

12 368

138

1,1

11 616

93,9

202

1,6

408

3,3

4

0,0

  D   Electricity, gas, steam and air
        conditioning supply

207

36

17,4

159

76,8

2

1,0

9

4,3

1

0,5

  E   Water supply; sewerage, waste
        management and remediation
        activities

584

198

33,9

357

61,1

10

1,7

13

2,2

6

1,0

  F   Construction

14 345

96

0,7

13 966

97,4

159

1,1

122

0,9

2

0,0

  G   Wholesale and retail trade; repair
        of motorvehicles and
        motorcycles

33 785

82

0,2

32 950

97,5

200

0,6

371

1,1

182

0,5

  H   Transportation and storage

3 804

64

1,7

3 594

94,5

38

1,0

75

2,0

33

0,9

  I     Accommodation and food service
        activities

5 774

57

1,0

5 436

94,1

85

1,5

144

2,5

52

0,9

  J    Information and communication

4 130

47

1,1

3 980

96,4

14

0,3

65

1,6

24

0,6

  K   Financial and insurance activities

979

20

2,0

828

84,6

110

11,2

19

1,9

2

0,2

  L    Real estate activities

4 893

42

0,9

4 822

98,5

3

0,1

26

0,5

-

-

  M   Professional, scientific and
        technical activities

14 194

132

0,9

13 722

96,7

55

0,4

159

1,1

126

0,9

  N   Administrative and support
        service activities

3 811

29

0,8

3 716

97,5

28

0,7

34

0,9

4

0,1

  O   Public administration and
        defence; compulsory social
        security

1 233

12

1,0

6

0,5

1

0,1

-

-

1 214

98,5

  P   Education

2 825

5

0,2

589

20,8

3

0,1

5

0,2

2 223

78,7

  Q   Human health and social work
        activities

2 104

-

-

262

12,5

20

1,0

2

0,1

1 820

86,5

  R   Arts, entertainment and
        recreation

5 158

28

0,5

856

16,6

5

0,1

9

0,2

4 260

82,6

  S   Other service activities

10 753

21

0,2

2 466

22,9

36

0,3

18

0,2

8 212

76,4

  T   Activities of households as
        employers; undifferentiated
        goods and services producing
        activities of households for
        own use

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  U   Activities of extraterritorial
        organisations and bodies

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

The structure of active legal entities by ownership types shows that the private ownership predominated with 81.8% entities, 0.8% of entities were owned by the state, 1.3% of them were in the mixed ownership and only 1.4% of entities were in co-operative ownership, while the ownership of 14.7% legal entities was not monitored.

 

The ownership structure by activities shows that privately owned entities were predominant in services, e.g. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles had the share of 97.5%, Real estate activities of 98.5% and Transportation and storage of 94.5%. Approximately the same share of private ownership existed in the productive activities such as Construction, 97.4%, Manufacturing, 93.9%, and Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 69.2%.

 

4.   NUMBER OF ACTIVE LEGAL ENTITIES, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007. SECTIONS AND BY NUMBER OF PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT,
      SITUATION AS ON 31 MARCH 2009

 

Total

Number of persons in employment

0

1 – 9

10 – 49

50 – 249

250 – 499

500 and more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

123 856

55 528

53 134

11 360

3 206

355

273

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing

2 635

1 367

981

227

50

4

6

  B   Mining and quarrying

274

123

78

52

17

2

2

  C   Manufacturing

12 368

4 088

5 627

1 785

671

118

79

  D   Electricity, gas, steam and air
        conditioning supply

207

145

24

18

14

2

4

  E   Water supply; sewerage, waste
        management and remediation activities

584

153

165

164

92

10

-

  F   Construction

14 345

6 664

5 876

1 467

288

35

15

  G   Wholesale and retail trade; repai
        r of motor vehicles and motorcycles

33 785

12 514

17 759

3 033

405

38

36

  H   Transportation and storage

3 804

1 298

2 058

326

89

16

17

  I     Accommodation and food service
        activities

5 774

2 810

2 309

511

115

22

7

  J    Information and communication

4 130

1 758

1 934

376

49

6

7

  K   Financial and insurance activities

979

309

515

95

34

7

19

  L    Real estate activities

4 893

3 914

895

76

7

-

1

  M   Professional, scientific and technical activities

14 194

5 573

7 672

826

112

6

5

  N   Administrative and support service activities

3 811

2 064

1 400

245

76

15

11

  O   Public administration and defence;
        compulsory social security

1 233

119

462

464

147

23

18

  P   Education

2 825

363

721

912

814

11

4

  Q   Human health and social work activities

2 104

814

727

342

159

29

33

  R   Arts, entertainment and recreation

5 158

3 730

1 134

234

43

9

8

  S   Other service activities

10 753

7 722

2 797

207

24

2

1

  T   Activities of households as employers;
        undifferentiated goods and services producing activities
         of households for own use

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  U   Activities of extraterritorial organisations and
        bodies

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

By examining the structure of active legal entities according to the number of persons in paid employment, it should be noted that the highest share of 44.8% belonged to entities without persons in employment, followed by 42.9% entities employing 1 – 9 persons, 9.2% entities employing
10 – 49 persons, 2.6% medium-sized entities employing 50 – 249 persons, while entities employing more than 250 persons had the share of only 0.5%.

 

It should be noted that, according to economic activities, the structure of medium-sized and large entities was more uniform than that of small entities. The largest part of small entities belonged to the Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles. The share of entities in this activity was rapidly decreasing in relation to the size of entities. Medium-sized entities were mostly represented in Manufacturing (the share of 20.9%). Moreover, there were 33.2% of large entities recorded in this activity.

 

5.   TRADE COMPANIES, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007. SECTIONS AND BY LEGAL ORGANISATIONAL FORMS AND ACTIVITY,
      SITUATION AS ON 31 MARCH 2009

 

Legal organisational forms

Total

Joint stock
companies

Limited liability
companies

Limited
partnerships

Public trade
companies

Main subsidaries
of foreign trade
companies or
individual traders

Other legal forms

 

Registered

Active

Registered

Active

Registered

Active

Registered

Active

Registered

Active

Registered

Active

Registered

Active

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

129 512

99 543

1 714

1 394

126 463

97 258

98

73

591

409

492

304

154

105

A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing

2 383

1 832

65

49

2 309

1 779

3

2

6

2

-

-

-

-

B   Mining and quarrying

328

265

16

15

310

248

-

-

-

-

2

2

-

-

C   Manufacturing

14 535

11 552

556

448

13 892

11 048

3

1

13

5

66

46

5

4

D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning
      supply

242

204

6

5

234

198

1

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management
      and remediation activities

686

560

13

10

665

545

-

-

-

-

8

5

-

-

F   Construction

17 584

13 848

178

132

17 101

13 515

12

10

131

91

161

99

1

1

G   Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor
      vehicles and motorcycles

44 616

31 470

243

177

44 216

31 206

13

6

28

12

112

67

4

2

H   Transportation and storage

4 662

3 539

76

66

4 557

3 452

-

-

9

7

19

13

1

1

I     Accommodation and food service activities

7 554

5 530

164

149

7 374

5 374

-

-

6

2

8

4

2

1

J    Information and communication

4 817

3 945

60

49

4 728

3 876

4

4

7

5

17

10

1

1

K   Financial and insurance activities

1 086

846

127

113

927

704

1

1

1

1

2

-

28

27

L    Real estate activities

5 828

4 881

22

20

5 782

4 841

7

6

8

7

7

5

2

2

M   Professional, scientific and technical
      activities

15 546

13 278

136

122

14 939

12 832

32

21

365

261

74

42

-

-

N   Administrative and support service activities

4 631

3 686

21

16

4 567

3 630

20

20

12

12

11

8

-

-

O   Public administration and defence;
      compulsory social security

20

18

2

2

12

10

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

6

P   Education

677

568

3

3

672

563

-

-

1

1

1

1

-

-

Q   Human health and social work activities

295

264

1

1

294

263

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

R   Arts, entertainment and recreation

1 143

864

16

10

1 126

853

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

S   Other service activities

2 879

2 393

9

7

2 758

2 321

1

1

4

3

3

1

104

60

T   Activities of households as employers;      undifferentiated goods – and services –
      producing activities of households for own use

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

U     U              Activities of extraterritorial organisations and
              bodies

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

Limited liability companies were markedly predominant in the structure of trade companies by legal organisational forms, with the share of 97.6% of registered and 97.7% of active companies. Joint stock companies followed, with the share of 1.3% of both registered and active companies. Other legal forms of trade companies had the share of the remaining 1.0%.

 

6.   REGISTERED NON-PROFIT LEGAL ENTITIES, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007. SECTIONS AND BY ACTIVITY AND LEGAL
      ORGANISATIONAL FORMS, SITUATION AS ON 31 MARCH 2009

 

Total
registered
legal
entities

Share of
active legal
entities

Groups of legal constitutional formation

Associations, institutions,
economic co-operations,
funds, legislation,
foundations, political parties, public
organisations, civil
associations and other
organisations

State
government bodies
and bodies of local
and regional
self-government
units

Not harmonised
enterprises,
institutions,
co-operatives and
public bodies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

55 057

33,0

51 588

3 065

404

 

 

 

 

 

 

  A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing

5

60,0

5

-

-

  B   Mining and quarrying

-

-

-

-

-

  C   Manufacturing

64

6,3

6

-

58

  D   Electricity, gas, steam and air
        conditioning supply

2

50,0

1

-

1

  E   Water supply; sewerage, waste
        management and remediation activities

7

85,7

6

-

1

  F   Construction

68

2,9

1

-

67

  G   Wholesale and retail trade; repai r of
        motorvehicles and motorcycles

209

87,1

191

-

18

  H   Transportation and storage

41

80,5

35

-

6

  I     Accommodation and food service activities

60

85,0

55

-

5

  J    Information and communication

68

35,3

52

-

16

  K   Financial and insurance activities

4

50,0

4

-

 

  L    Real estate activities

-

-

-

-

-

  M   Professional, scientific and technical
        activities

175

72,0

139

-

36

  N   Administrative and support service
        activities

6

66,7

4

-

2

  O   Public administration and defence;
        compulsory social security

3 537

34,3

468

3 065

4

  P   Education

2 430

91,5

2 266

-

164

  Q   Human health and social work activities

3 248

56,0

3 222

-

26

  R   Arts, entertainment and recreation

15 479

27,5

15 479

-

-

  S   Other service activities

29 600

27,7

29 600

-

-

  T   Activities of households as employers;
        undifferentiated goods and services
        producing activities of households for
        own use

-

-

-

-

-

  U   Activities of extraterritorial organisations                     and bodies

54

0,0

54

-

-

 

 

The structure of registered non-profit legal entities by legal forms shows that associations, institutions, co-operations, funds, etc. had the share of 93.7%, state government bodies and bodies of local and regional self-government units had the share of 5.6% and the remaining 0.7% were not harmonised entities.

 

Considering their activity, there were 33.0% active ones. Their structure by activities shows that they were entities belonging to four activity sections: Other service activities, with as much as 53.8% registered, and out of them only 27.7% active entities, Public administration and defence; compulsory social security, with 6.4% registered, and out of them 34.3% active entities, Human health and social work activities, with the similar share of registered and active entities, and Education, with only 4.4% of registered, but with the largest share of active entities (91.5%).

 

7.   STRUCTURE OF BUSINESS ENTITIES, BY COUNTIES, SITUATION AS ON 31 MARCH 2009

 

Total registered
legal entities

Trade companies

Enterprises and
co-operatives

Registered institutions,
bodies, associations and
organisations

Entities in crafts and
trades and
free lances

Registered

Active

Registered

Active

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Croatia

264 200

129 512

99 543

79 631

6 147

55 057

98 416

County of Zagreb

16 165

7 427

5 901

5 818

587

2 920

6 520

County of Krapina-Zagorje

4 781

1 822

1 453

1 392

141

1 567

2 893

County of Sisak-Moslavina

6 534

1 878

1 500

2 102

239

2 554

2 583

County of Karlovac

5 546

2 279

1 832

1 396

111

1 871

2 509

County of Varaždin

7 482

3 569

2 841

1 804

107

2 109

3 258

County of Koprivnica-Križevci

4 598

1 919

1 366

1 282

249

1 397

1 704

County of Bjelovar-Bilogora

5 080

2 234

1 564

1 126

135

1 720

1 847

County of Primorje-Gorski kotar

22 297

12 117

9 167

6 120

425

4 060

10 085

County of Lika-Senj

2 128

802

624

446

48

880

1 187

County of Virovitica-Podravina

2 865

1 078

822

579

89

1 208

1 284

County of Požega-Slavonia

2 829

856

660

941

71

1 032

1 211

County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina

5 500

2 178

1 530

1 581

103

1 741

3 033

County of Zadar

8 208

3 651

2 904

2 644

255

1 913

5 095

County of Osijek-Baranja

9 981

5 200

3 956

727

159

4 054

4 804

County of Šibenik-Knin

5 972

2 546

1 960

1 970

154

1 456

2 688

County of Vukovar-Sirmium

4 591

2 045

1 451

426

122

2 120

2 995

County of Split-Dalmatia

32 213

14 545

11 165

12 617

372

5 051

11 886

County of Istria

20 409

11 786

9 363

5 540

270

3 083

8 342

County of Dubrovnik-Neretva

6 596

3 861

3 260

660

117

2 075

3 449

County of Međimurje

5 813

2 903

2 382

1 592

299

1 318

1 811

City of Zagreb

84 612

44 816

33 842

28 868

2 094

10 928

19 232

 

 

Data on territorial distribution of business entities at the county level   show that slightly less than one third of the total number of registered business entities were situated in the City of Zagreb. The City of Zagreb, however, had significantly lower share in entities in crafts and free lances (19.5%). The County of Split-Dalmatia followed, with the share of 12.2% of legal entities and 12.1% of natural persons.

 

Other three counties had their share larger than 5% of registered legal entities: the County of Primorje-Gorski Kotar, 8.4%, the County of Istria, 7.7%, and the County of Zagreb, 6.1%. The number of natural persons came in the same order.

 

The territorial structure of active trade companies, enterprises and co-operatives was yet different, as compared to the structure of registered ones. Hence, the City of Zagreb had the share of 34.6% of registered, and 34.0% of active entities, while the share of the second largest county, the County of Split-Dalmatia, was the same in both active and registered entities (11.2%).

 

8.     CREATING, DELETING AND HARMONISING OF REGISTERED LEGAL ENTITIES, 2008 AND 2009

 

2008.

2009.

 

I. - III.

IV. – VI.

VII. – IX.

X. - XII.

I. tromjesečje

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creating

3 783

3 499

2 997

3 240

2 977

Trade companies

2 935

2 637

2 333

2 379

2 028

Other

848

862

664

861

949

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deleting

850

281

649

646

2 679

Enterprises

35

6

106

10

53

Trade companies

794

158

503

425

2 562

Other

21

117

40

211

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harmonising according to the
Company Law

397

162

366

303

1 579

 

 

 

Data on changes of registered entities are divided into three groups: creating, deleting and harmonising. They show that the number of creations increased, while the number of deletions and harmonisations stagnated in the respective period.

 

The share of trade companies in the number of newly created entities in the given period was approximately two thirds.

 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

Sources and methods of data collection

 

Based on the Act on the National Classification of Activities (NN, No. 98/94), the Decision on the National Classification of Activities − NKD 2007. (NN, Nos. 58/07 and 72/07) and the Regulation on the Classification of Business Entities according to the National Classification of Activities − NKD 2007. (NN, No. 80/07), the Central Bureau of Statistics keeps the Register of Business Entities. The Register comprises legal entities, state govermment bodies, and bodies of local and regional self-goverment units as well as parts of these entities, which means that natural persons that are engaged in activities according to regulations are not, for now, included in the Register.

 

By registration, each business entity is assigned a seven-digit registration number, while its constituent parts, beside that number, are assigned also an additional four-digit ordinal number.

 

Moreover, each business entity and its part are assigned an activity code according to the NKD 2007.

 

The NKD 2007. is based on the European classification of economic activities − NACE, Rev. 2 – that is obligatory for the EU Member States.

 

Registered business entities are classified according to their prevailing activities in such a way that the subclass of the main activity is defined, according to the NKD 2007. When a business entity is, by a decision on registration with the competent authority or by law, appointed a higher class, the first classification by the NKD 2007. is made upon the proposal of the business entity. Every subsequent classification of the business entity resulting in the change of the main activity is made in the following cases:

1)   upon the request of the business entity and

2)   upon official duty, based on the change of the decision on registration with the competent authory or change in the law, or   based on       statistical survey results, respectively.

The activity of the constituent parts of a business entity is established by the decision on registration with the competent authority or by the law
on establishment of the activity of the business entity they make part of.

 

Registration change and withdrawal of business entities and their constituent parts are daily updated in the Register. The sources for the Register of Business Entities are as follows:

1)   Registers kept by:

      - trade courts

      -  ministries (e.g. the Ministry of Justice,
         the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare)

      -  offices of state administration in counties
      -  other registration bodies

2)   Laws, decisions and other legal documents published in Narodne novine.

 

Registered entities are structured according to the legal basis as follows:

     trade companies, enterprises, co-operatives and institutions are registered in the Register upon the decision of registration bodies (trade      courts), making 80.90% of registered entities in the Register

-    state government bodies and bodies of local and regional self-government units registered in the Register according to the law, with a      share of 1.16%, and

-    other entities, such as associations, societies and foundations, which are registered in the Register according to specific laws, with a share of 17.94%.

Difficulties in updating of significant proportion of units in the register are the consequence of long-term transition periods during which register bodies were harmonising entities according to the new law regulations. That postponed the procedure of deleting entities which have not submitted the request for harmonisation with the new regulations.

 

A lack in the coverage of the Register is related to legal entities that carry out activities of crafts and free lance.

 

In order to make available data as useful as possible, the Register data were entities linked, using this seven-digit registration number as a key, with administrative databases. In this way, the usefulness of data in this Release was improved.

 

Definitions

 

Business entities are legal entities and natural persons that are engaged in activities according to regulations as well as state government bodies and bodies of local and regional self-government units.

 

Registered legal entities are units that are registered in The Register of Business Entities kept by the Central Bureau of Statistics. These are: trade companies, enterprises, institutions, co-operatives, associations, political parties and other non-harmonised units which held a legal subjectivity status according to previous laws, as well as state government bodies and bodies of local and regional self goverment bodies.

 

Active legal entities are units that are registered in the Register of Business Entities, as listed in the previous definition, for which the active or non-active status was determined upon data from the register of tax payers (annual tax return for 2007) and data from the Fina’s Register of Annual Financial Reports (annual financial report for 2007). In order to update those data, all changes of registered units have been added to matching data (creating, deleting and updating) over the period from January 2008 to March 2009, according to procedures of keeping the Register of Business Entities.

 

Natural persons are units that carry out activities in line with regulations, and those are crafts and trades and different kinds of free lances. Data on these units are given according to the records of active insured persons in the Pension Fund.

 

Main activity is an activity established according to the largest share in the total value added in the case of business entities that make profit through production, trade, or rendering of services on the market or by the largest share in the number of persons in employment according to the payroll and gross paid-off salaries in the case of business entities that do not make profit through production, trade and rendering of services on the market.

 

Registration number is a permanent identification characteristic of each particular business entity that is used in all statistical surveys and is compulsory in the data exchange with courts, state govermment bodies local and regional self-govermment bodies as well as with legal entities with public authorities. It is determined by the allocation of the control number according to module 11.

 

Legal organisational form is the characteristic of registered units determined by law upon which the unit was created (e.g. joint-stock companies, limited liability companies, etc. according to the Company Law).

 

Kind of ownership is the characteristic of units entered into the Register of Business Entities which indicates the ownership structure of the unit.

 

Number of persons in employment is the feature used for indicating the size and structure of business entities. It is derived from the Fina’s annual financial reports. In order to update this feature, as indicated in tables, data have been harmonised with regular monthly statistical survey that covers employment.

 

 

Abbreviations

 

e.g.               for example (from Latin: exempli gratia)

etc.               and so on (from Latin: et cetera)

EU                European Union

Fina             Financial Agency

NKD 2007.   National Classification of Activities, 2007 version

NN                Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of
                     Croatia

 

Symbols

 

-        no occurrence

0,0    value not zero but less than 0.05 of the unit of measure used