The main aim of structural business statistics is to show the structure of the business sector with regard to economic data. Data are presented for the total business sector by economic activities and by size class of enterprises. Statistics comprise all enterprises that produce goods or services for the market in Albania, for all legal forms (there are not included financial, agricultural and fishing activities). Population consists of all enterprises that according to statistical register were active in December of the reference year. Classification of enterprises is done according to Classification of Economic Activities, NACE Rev.2. Data are collected for calendar year. The fiscal year always corresponds to the calendar year. Enterprises are classified on size classes by number of employed (measured as employed on a full-time basis). Enterprises with 1-9 employed are surveyed by sample survey. Enterprises with 10 and more employed are surveyed exhaustively. The data are collected directly from enterprises. For more information related to the methodology used, please refer to the following link: http://www.instat.gov.al/en/themes/industry-trade-and-services/structural-business-statistics/
Structural business statistics are published according to the European Commission regulations:
- Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 for “Implementation of NACE Rev.2 in Structural Business Statistics”;
- European Regulation 2019/2152 on European business statistics (EBS regulation);
- Implementing Regulation 2020/1197 laying down technical specifications and arrangements (general implementing act).
Results of Structural Business Statistics are published for the first time according to NACE Rev.2. For more information, please refer to the following link: http://www.instat.gov.al/en/documentation/classifications/
Economic Activities
| NVE Rev.2 | Economic Activities covered by SBS | |
Section | Description | |
Goods | |
A | Agriculture, hunting and fishing Mining and quarrying | - | |
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B | Manufacturing | ✔ | |
C | Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | ✔ | |
D | Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | ✔ | |
E | Construction | ✔ | |
F | Agriculture, hunting and fishing | ✔ | |
Services | |
G | Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | ✔ | |
I | Accommodation and food service activities | ✔ | |
H | Transport and storage | ✔ | |
J | Information and communication | ✔ | |
K | Financial and insurance activities | - | |
L | Real estate activities | ✔ | |
M | Professional, scientific and technical activities | ✔ | |
N | Administrative and support services activities | ✔ | |
O | Public and defence administration; compulsory social security | - | |
P | Education | ✔ | |
Q | Human health and social work activities | ✔ | |
R | Art, entertainment and recreation | ✔ | |
S | Other service activities | ✔ | |
T | Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use | - | |
U | Extraterritorial organizations and bodies | - | |
* Other Services (excluding S94)
Statistics on small and medium enterprises situation (SMEs), based on the results of Structural Survey of Enterprise, are published for users.
Based on Law No. 43/2022 “For development of small and medium enterprises” the enterprises are classified as: micro, small and medium enterprises.
- MSMEs employ fewer than 250 people and have a turnover or a total annual balance sheet not exceeding ALL 250 million.
- Micro-enterprise – comprising of less than 10 employees and a turnover or a total annual balance not exceeding ALL 10 million.
- Small enterprise – comprising of less than 50 employees and a turnover or a total annual balance not exceeding ALL 50 million.
- Medium enterprise – comprising of 50 – 249 employees and a turnover or a total annual balance from ALL 50 million – 250 million.
For statistical purposes, in this publication, the classification of enterprises by size is done according to the number of employed, as follows:
- micro enterprises: enterprises with 1 to 9 employed.
- small enterprises: enterprises with 10 to 49 employed.
- medium enterprises: enterprises with 50 to 249 employed
Definitions of basic variables
An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units that is an organizational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision - making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities.
Turnover comprises the totals amount invoiced by the observation unit during the reference period, and this corresponds to market sales of goods or services supplied to third parties.
Employed is defined as the total number of persons who work in the observation unit including proprietors, employees and unpaid family workers.
Investments during the reference period includes the goods, whether bought from third parties or produced for own use, having a useful life of more than one year including non-produced tangible goods such as land.
Macroeconomic indicators
The production is an activity exercised under the control and responsibility of an institutional unit (enterprise), which combines the sources of labor forces, capital and raw materials to produce goods and perform services.
Intermediate consumption represents the value of products or services transformed or totally consumed during the production process. The uses of fixed assets in work are not taken in consideration.
Value added at basic prices is calculated as difference between production value and intermediate consumption.
