Census of industry and services

The aim of the 9th census is to depict in a dynamic way the current situation for businesses, non-profit organisations and institutions.

The survey features innovative questions and new survey techniques, and will involve a sample of 260,000 among large corporate groups and  small and medium-sized businesses, over 470,000 non-profit organisations, and public institutions.

The first questionnaires were sent out to businesses and non-profit organizations on 03rd September, and this will continue until the 14th September. From 10th September, companies and non-profit organizations can start to complete the questionnaire, with the option to fill it in online from 3pm that day. The deadline for completing all the surveys has been set as 20th December 2012; the data will be published on Istat’s website sometime during the second half of 2013 in a dedicated Data Warehouse, as already trialed for the agricultural census. The answers to the questionnaires should give a snapshot of the situation as of 31st December 2011, the census’ date of reference.

• Press kit (in Italian only)

Press Releases in English

• Organisations Census Underway
• The Census of Non-Profit Institutions: the sector’s contribution to the development and social cohesion of the Nation
• Enterprises Under the Microscope: from the census, new data in order to compete
• Public Institutions in tune with the times: for them the Census is exclusively online

Multimedia documents

• Photo gallery on flickr
• Video on youtube