Longitudinal Inter-Departmental Business Register, 2007-2017: Secure Access

<div>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Longitudinal Inter-Departmental Business Register, 2007-2017: Secure Access</span> has been created by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy using extracts of the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR). The IDBR is a comprehensive list of UK businesses used by government for statistical purposes. The IDBR provides the main sampling frame for surveys of businesses carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and other government departments. It is also an important data source for analyses of business activities. The IDBR covers 2.6 million businesses in all sectors of the UK economy, other than very small businesses (those without employees and with turnover below the tax threshold) and some non-profit making organisations. The two main sources of input are the Value Added Tax (VAT) system from HMRC (Customs) and Pay As You Earn (PAYE) from HMRC (Revenue). Additional input comes from Companies House, Dun and Bradstreet and other business surveys.<br><br>The Longitudinal IDBR contains an extracted 'employees' dataset and an extracted 'turnover' dataset which can both be used to look at growth patterns. Further information about how the datasets have been created are available in the Documentation.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-style: italic;">Linking to other business studies</span></div><div>These data contain IDBR reference numbers. These are anonymous but unique reference numbers assigned to business organisations. Their inclusion allows researchers to combine different business survey sources together. Researchers may consider applying for other business data to assist their research.</div>