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YEAR: XLVI.                                                                      ZAGREB, 10 NOVEMBER, 2009                                                          NUMBER: 11.1.1/3.

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

NUMBER AND STRUCTURE OF BUSINESS ENTITIES, SEPTEMBER 2009

 

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 was lower than a half (48.0%).

 

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 22.4% of those entities were 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, each body of local and regional self-government units is registered individually in the Register of the Central Bureau of Statistics, 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.

 

 

1.     BUSINESS ENTITIES, SITUATION AS ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2009

 

Number ofregisteredlegal entities

Number ofactive entities

Share of activelegal entities

 

 

 

 

Total

269 064

129 054

48,0

 

 

 

 

Trade companies

133 422

103 535

77,6

 

 

 

 

Enterprises and co-operatives

79 301

5 944

7,5

 

 

 

 

Institutions, bodies, associations and organisations

56 341

19 575

34,7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entities in crafts and trades and free lances

-

99 473

-

 

1)     Including government bodies and bodies of local and regional self-government units

 

 

2.   STRUCTURE OF BUSINESS ENTITIES, BY ACTIVITY AND ACCORDING TO NKD 2007. SECTIONS, SITUATION AS ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2009

 

Number of legal entities

Active legal entities

Crafts and
trades and free lances
 

Registered

Structure of
registered
legalentities

Active

Structure
of activelegal
entities

Profit

Non-profit
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

269 064

100

129 054

100

109 479

19 575

99 473

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing

5 286

2,0

2 781

2,2

2 778

3

3 316

  B   Mining and quarrying

415

0,2

285

0,2

285

-

121

  C   Manufacturing

22 653

8,4

12 802

9,9

12 798

4

10 982

  D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning
        supply

287

0,1

241

0,2

240

1

5

  E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management
        and remediation activities

834

0,3

606

0,5

600

6

56

  F   Construction

23 542

8,7

14 837

11,5

14 836

1

11 788

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

90 650

33,7

34 483

26,7

34 300

183

15 519

  H   Transportation and storage

8 075

3,0

3 939

3,1

3 906

33

7 429

  I     Accommodation and food service activities

10 826

4,0

6 107

4,7

6 057

50

12 197

  J    Information and communication

6 467

2,4

4 372

3,4

4 348

24

925

  K   Financial and insurance activities

1 782

0,7

988

0,8

986

2

437

  L    Real estate activities

6 154

2,3

5 091

3,9

5 091

-

429

  M   Professional, scientific and technical activities

22 466

8,3

14 739

11,4

14 612

127

8 501

  N   Administrative and support service activities

6 481

2,4

4 026

3,1

4 022

4

1 893

  O   Public administration and defence; compulsory social security

3 530

1,3

1 268

1,0

19

1 249

7 833

  P   Education

3 472

1,3

2 876

2,2

623

2 253

126

  Q   Human health and social work activities

3 658

1,4

2 174

1,7

322

1 852

6 198

  R   Arts, entertainment and recreation

17 538

6,5

5 573

4,3

950

4 623

2 758

  S   Other service activities

34 894

13,0

11 866

9,2

2 706

9 160

8 518

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

-

-

-

-

-

-

80

  U   Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies

54

0,0

-

-

-

-

-

Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

362

 

 

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 33.7% registered and 26.7% active entities; Manufacturing with 8.4% registered and 9.9% active entities; Professional, scientific and technical activities with 8.3% registered and 11.4% active entities, and Other service activities with 13.0% registered and 9.2% active entities.

 

The share of profit entities in the total active business entities was 84.8%. Their structure by economic activities shows that 73.5% of them belong to five activity sections in the following order: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles 31.3%; Professional, scientific and technical activities 13.3%; Manufacturing 11.7%; Construction 13.6% and Transportation and storage 3.6%.

 

The share of non-profit active entities was 15.2%. Less than a half of them are classified into the activity section Other service activities, while the remaining half is distributed between Education (11.5%), Human health and social work activities (9.5%) and Public administration and defence; compulsory social security (6.4%).

 

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. Besides 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 30 SEPTEMBER 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

129 054

1 042

0,8

105 026

81,4

1 848

1,4

1 561

1,2

19 577

15,2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing

2 781

17

0,6

1 910

68,7

796

28,6

55

2,0

3

0,1

  B   Mining and quarrying

285

8

2,8

255

89,5

7

2,5

15

5,3

-

-

  C   Manufacturing

12 802

137

1,1

12 029

94,0

223

1,7

409

3,2

4

0,0

  D   Electricity, gas, steam and air
        conditioning supply

241

37

15,4

191

79,3

2

0,8

10

4,1

1

0,4

  E   Water supply; sewerage, waste
        management and remediation
        activities

606

201

33,2

374

61,7

11

1,8

14

2,3

6

1,0

 

3.   STRUCTURE OF ACTIVE LEGAL ENTITIES, BY OWNERSHIP TYPES AND NKD 2007. SECTIONS, SITUATION AS ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2009

 (continued)

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  F   Construction

14 837

96

0,6

14 448

97,4

167

1,1

125

0,8

1

0,0

  G   Wholesale and retail trade; repair
        of motorvehicles and motorcycles

34 483

82

0,2

33 629

97,5

216

0,6

373

1,1

183

0,5

  H   Transportation and storage

3 939

64

1,6

3 725

94,6

43

1,1

74

1,9

33

0,8

  I     Accommodation and food service
        activities

6 107

58

0,9

5 759

94,3

95

1,6

144

2,4

51

0,8

  J    Information and communication

4 372

47

1,1

4 222

96,6

16

0,4

63

1,4

24

0,5

  K   Financial and insurance activities

988

19

1,9

844

85,4

104

10,5

19

1,9

2

0,2

  L    Real estate activities

5 091

42

0,8

5 013

98,5

4

0,1

32

0,6

-

-

  M   Professional, scientific and
        technical activities

14 739

133

0,9

14 257

96,7

63

0,4

159

1,1

127

0,9

  N   Administrative and support
        service activities

4 026

29

0,7

3 931

97,6

28

0,7

34

0,8

4

0,1

  O   Public administration and defence;
        compulsory social security

1 268

12

0,9

6

0,5

1

0,1

-

-

1 249

98,5

  P   Education

2 876

5

0,2

610

21,2

3

0,1

5

0,2

2 253

78,3

  Q   Human health and social work
        activities

2 174

-

-

297

13,7

23

1,1

2

0,1

1 852

85,2

  R   Arts, entertainment andrecreation

5 573

29

0,5

904

16,2

7

0,1

9

0,2

4 624

83,0

  S   Other service activities

11 866

26

0,2

2 622

22,1

39

0,3

19

0,2

9 160

77,2

  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 81.4% entities, 0.8% of entities were owned by the state, 1.2% of them were in the mixed ownership and only 1.4% of entities were in co-operative ownership, while the ownership of 15.2% 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 94.6%. Approximately the same share of private ownership existed in the productive activities such as Construction, 97.4%, Manufacturing, 94.0%, and Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 68.7%.

 

4.   NUMBER OF ACTIVE LEGAL ENTITIES, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007. SECTIONS AND BY NUMBER OF PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT,
      SITUATION AS ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2009

 

Total

Number of persons in employment

0

1 – 9

10 – 49

50 – 249

250 – 499

500 and more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

129 054

60 973

52 991

11 276

3 190

352

272

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing

2 781

1 520

975

227

49

4

6

  B   Mining and quarrying

285

132

81

51

17

2

2

  C   Manufacturing

12 802

4 459

5 647

1 820

677

119

80

  D   Electricity, gas, steam and air
        conditioning supply

241

179

24

18

14

2

4

  E   Water supply; sewerage, waste
        management and remediation activities

606

173

164

165

94

10

-

  F   Construction

14 837

7 147

5 880

1 469

290

36

15

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

34 483

13 360

17 664

2 991

396

37

35

  H   Transportation and storage

3 939

1 442

2 051

326

87

16

17

  I     Accommodation and food service
        activities

6 107

3 138

2 318

509

114

21

7

  J    Information and communication

4 372

1 981

1 954

375

49

6

7

  K   Financial and insurance activities

988

326

509

94

34

7

18

  L    Real estate activities

5 091

4 105

899

79

7

-

1

  M   Professional, scientific and technical activities

14 739

6 123

7 672

822

111

6

5

  N   Administrative and support service activities

4 026

2 273

1 405

246

76

15

11

  O   Public administration and defence;
        compulsory social security

1 268

325

372

397

135

21

18

  P   Education

2 876

417

719

911

814

11

4

  Q   Human health and social work activities

2 174

887

728

339

159

28

33

  R   Arts, entertainment and recreation

5 573

4 147

1 132

234

43

9

8

  S   Other service activities

11 866

8 839

2 797

203

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 47.2% belonged to entities without persons in employment, followed by 41.1% entities employing 1 – 9 persons, 8.7% entities employing
10 – 49 persons, 2.5% 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 ones. 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 21.2%). Moreover, there were 33.8% of large entities recorded in this activity.

 

5.   TRADE COMPANIES, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007. SECTIONS AND BY LEGAL ORGANISATIONAL FORMS AND ACTIVITY,     SITUATION ASON 30 SEPTEMBER 2009

 

Legal organisational forms

Total

Joint stock
companies

Limited liability
companies

Limited
partnerships

Public trade
companies

trgovaca pojedinaca
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

133 422

103 535

1 707

1 388

130 341

101 215

102

77

597

415

509

322

166

118

A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing

2 471

1 922

65

49

2 397

1 869

3

2

6

2

-

-

-

-

B   Mining and quarrying

339

276

15

14

322

260

-

-

-

-

2

2

-

-

C   Manufacturing

14 995

12 019

549

443

14 356

11 517

3

1

13

5

69

49

5

4

D   Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning
      supply

276

238

6

5

268

232

1

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

E   Water supply; sewerage, waste management
      and remediation activities

709

581

13

10

688

566

-

-

-

-

8

5

-

-

F   Construction

18 095

14 363

175

129

17 610

14 028

12

10

131

91

166

104

1

1

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

45 356

32 281

243

177

44 949

32 009

16

9

28

12

116

72

4

2

H   Transportation and storage

4 810

3 688

76

66

4 704

3 600

-

-

9

7

20

14

1

1

I     Accommodation and food service activities

7 872

5 857

166

150

7 690

5 700

-

-

6

2

8

4

2

1

J    Information and communication

5 068

4 196

61

50

4 976

4 124

4

4

8

6

18

11

1

1

K   Financial and insurance activities

1 101

862

125

111

939

717

1

1

1

1

2

-

33

32

L    Real estate activities

6 026

5 078

25

23

5 975

5 033

9

8

8

7

7

5

2

2

M   Professional, scientific and technical
      activities

16 153

13 878

135

121

15 540

13 426

32

21

370

266

76

44

-

-

N   Administrative and support service activities

4 854

3 908

22

17

4 789

3 851

19

19

12

12

12

9

-

-

O   Public administration and defence;
      compulsory social security

20

18

2

2

12

10

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

6

P   Education

702

592

3

3

697

587

-

-

1

1

1

1

-

-

Q   Human health and social work activities

330

299

1

1

329

298

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

R   Arts, entertainment and recreation

1 193

915

16

10

1 176

904

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

S   Other service activities

3 052

2 564

9

7

2 924

2 484

1

1

4

3

3

1

111

68

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

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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 97.7% of registered and 97.8% 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 30 SEPTEMBER 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

56 341

34,7

53 100

2 884

357

 

 

 

 

 

 

  A   Agriculture, forestry and fishing

5

60,0

5

-

-

  B   Mining and quarrying

-

-

-

-

-

  C   Manufacturing

55

7,3

6

-

49

  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

59

1,7

1

-

58

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

209

87,6

192

-

17

  H   Transportation and storage

41

80,5

35

-

6

  I     Accommodation and food service activities

58

86,2

54

-

4

  J    Information and communication

67

35,8

52

-

15

  K   Financial and insurance activities

4

50,0

4

-

-

  L    Real estate activities

-

-

-

-

-

  M   Professional, scientific and technical
        activities

173

73,4

140

-

33

  N   Administrative and support service
        activities

6

66,7

4

-

2

  O   Public administration and defence;
        compulsory social security

3 508

35,6

621

2 884

3

  P   Education

2 452

91,9

2 309

-

143

  Q   Human health and social work activities

3 279

56,5

3 254

-

25

  R   Arts, entertainment and recreation

15 834

29,2

15 834

-

-

  S   Other service activities

30 528

30,0

30 528

-

-

  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

-

54

-

-

 

 

The structure of registered non-profit legal entities by legal forms shows that associations, institutions, co-operations, funds, etc. had the share of 94.2%, state government bodies and bodies of local and regional self-government units had the share of 5.1% and the remaining 0.6% were not harmonised entities.

 

Considering their activity, there were 34.7% active ones. Their structure by activities shows that they were entities belonging to four activity sections: Other service activities, with as much as 54.2% registered, and out of them only 30.0% active entities, Public administration and defence; compulsory social security, with 6.2% registered, and out of them 35.6% 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 (91.9%).

 

7.   STRUCTURE OF BUSINESS ENTITIES, BY COUNTIES, SITUATION AS ON 30 SEPTEMBER 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

269 064

133 422

103 535

79 301

5 944

56 341

99 473

County of Zagreb

16 499

7 743

6 210

5 766

538

2 990

6 415

County of Krapina-Zagorje

4 867

1 878

1 506

1 390

141

1 599

2 851

County of Sisak-Moslavina

6 630

1 946

1 569

2 098

236

2 586

2 538

County of Karlovac

5 660

2 350

1 905

1 407

122

1 903

2 466

County of Varaždin

7 629

3 668

2 941

1 805

108

2 156

3 192

County of Koprivnica-Križevci

4 621

1 953

1 423

1 249

263

1 419

1 661

County of Bjelovar-Bilogora

5 179

2 298

1 630

1 138

147

1 743

1 796

County of Primorje-Gorski kotar

22 699

12 460

9 523

6 068

390

4 171

10 396

County of Lika-Senj

2 160

823

646

448

50

889

1 213

County of Virovitica-Podravina

2 933

1 116

862

586

96

1 231

1 245

County of Požega-Slavonia

2 884

883

688

944

75

1 057

1 211

County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina

5 632

2 272

1 621

1 583

106

1 777

2 990

County of Zadar

8 387

3 809

3 061

2 635

248

1 943

5 500

County of Osijek-Baranja

10 178

5 312

4 069

732

170

4 134

4 759

County of Šibenik-Knin

6 071

2 608

2 029

1 972

156

1 491

2 895

County of Vukovar-Sirmium

4 711

2 120

1 529

428

126

2 163

2 987

County of Split-Dalmatia

32 802

14 991

11 613

12 607

371

5 204

12 404

County of Istria

20 702

12 061

9 661

5 513

260

3 128

8 555

County of Dubrovnik-Neretva

6 756

3 970

3 369

658

115

2 128

3 719

County of Međimurje

5 910

2 993

2 475

1 574

282

1 343

1 765

City of Zagreb

86 154

46 168

35 205

28 700

1 944

11 286

18 915

 

 

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 (legal entities) were situated in the City of Zagreb. The City of Zagreb, however, had significantly lower share in entities in crafts and free lances (19.0%). The County of Split-Dalmatia followed, with the share of 12.2% of legal entities and 12.5% 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 the 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 11.2% of active and 11.2% of registered entities.

 

 

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

 

2008.

2009.

 

I. - III.

IV. – VI.

VII. – IX.

X. - XII.

I. - III.

IV. – VI.

VII. – IX.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creating

3 783

3 499

2 997

3 240

2 977

2 859

2 594

Trade companies

2 935

2 637

2 333

2 379

2 028

2 011

1 741

Other

848

862

664

861

949

848

853

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deleting

850

281

649

646

2 679

398

310

Enterprises

35

6

106

10

53

6

4

Trade companies

794

158

503

425

2 562

293

87

Other

21

117

40

211

64

99

219

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harmonising according to Company Law

397

162

366

303

1 579

387

98

 

 

Data on changes of registered entities are divided into three groups: creations, deletions and harmonisations. 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 lawon 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     80.79% 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 1.07%, and

-    other entities, such as associations, societies and foundations, which are registered in the Register according to specific laws, with a share of      18.14%.

 

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 September 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