TIC Entreprises : Information and Communication Technologies Survey - businesses section - 2021
Sector coverage
Businesses of the following sectors of NACE rev.2 divisions:
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manufacturing (section C)
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electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (section D)
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water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (section E)
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construction (section F)
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wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (section G)
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transportation and storage (section H)
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accommodation and food service activities (section I)
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information and communication (section J)
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real estate activities (section L)
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professional, scientific and technical activities (section M)
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administrative and support service activities (section N)
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repair of computers and communication equipment (group 951)
Statistical unit
Legal unit enterprise
Statistical population
To get closer with concepts used in the European survey, since the survey ICT 2011, the size of the questioned units is not any more measured in number of employees, but in number of occupied persons: the non-salaried persons are included in staff. The survey ICT concerns the companies of at least 10 occupied persons, - what includes in particular the units using 9 employees and whose manager is not salaried - the previous survey on those of at least 10 employees. One of the consequences of this modification on the results is an increase of the influence of the smallest companies.
Since the ICT 2011 survey, the scope has covered businesses with ten employees or more belonging to the following sectors of NACE rev. 2: manufacturing industry (section C), production and distribution of electricity, gas, steam and conditioned air (section D), production and distribution of water, sewerage, waste management and cleanup (section E), the building industry (section F), trade, repair of automobiles and motorcycles (section G), transport and warehousing (section H), accommodation and catering (section I), information and communication (section J), real-estate activities (section L), specialist scientific and technical activities (sectionM), administrative service and support activities (section N), repair of computers and communications equipment (group 95.1).
Since the ICT 2011 survey, the scope doesn't covered financial and insurance societies. The following sectors are excluded :
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other monetary intermediations and other distributions of credit (classes 64.19 and 64.92),
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insurance and re-insurance (groups 65.1 and 65.2),
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auxiliary financial service activities, excluding insurance, pension funds and financial market administration (classes 66.12 and 66.19).
Reference area
France
The reference period is mainly 2021 except for the characteristics referring to the previous accounting year (turnover, websales).
The differences of ICT by years surveys can be compared. Nevertheless, it may happen that the wording of a question is slightly modified. The evolution of adjustment methods may affect certain developments at the margin.
As for comparisons with ICT surveys in enterprises with less than 10 persons employed, in addition to the differences in scope, the user should also pay attention to the time difference with the chosen ICT vintage, depending on the modules of the questionnaire he is interested in.
Sample size
12500
Data collection documents
- Explanatory notice 2021 for the survey on information and communication technologies in business (ICT) (pdf, fr)
- 2021 ICT ENT questionnaire (pdf, en)