Bi-monthly business outlook survey on wholesaling 2019
Traitement statistique
Frequency of data collection
Bimonthly
Data collection
Data collection is by post and via the internet over a period that extends from the end of the month preceding the survey month to the survey publication date, i.e. 4 business days before the end of the current month.
Data collection period
The collection period runs from the end of the month preceding the reference month of the survey to the date of publication of the results (between the 20th and 25th of the reference month).
Collection mode
- By post mail
- By Internet
Survey unit
- Legal unit
- Enterprise
Sampling method
The survey covers 3,000 companies.
All companies with more than 200 employees are questioned, and all those with a turnover of more than a certain threshold, depending on their sub-sector of activity.
Sample size
3,000 units.
Data collection documents
The survey is conducted every two months but not all questions are asked every month.
In practice, two models of questionnaires were created to take into account these
specificities:
- the first questionnaire corresponds to the months of January and July;
- the second one is sent in March, May, September and November.
- January and July Questionnaire (pdf, fr, 87 Ko, 10/10/0006)
- March, May, September and November Questionnaire (pdf, fr, 85 Ko, 10/10/0006)