EBCCG : - 2019
Data description
The opinion of wholesalers on their recent activity and business prospects is tracked by monitoring the volume of sales and related variables, such as stocks, order intentions, deliveries, general future trends in activity, changes in workforce and prices.
Wholesalers also provide their opinion on their cash flow situation and payment deadlines.
Mostly, the questions are qualitative, with three choices. The results are balances of opinion calculated as the difference between the percentage of <<up (+)>> and the percentage of <<down (-)>>.
Sector coverage
The bi-monthly business outlook survey on wholesaling is conducted on all wholesalers, with the exception of certain sub-sectors: wholesale intermediaries, wholesale tobacco trade (whether manufactured or not), wholesale trade of waste and scrap, non-specialised wholesale trade.
More precisely, the survey covers the sectors defined by the following codes of the French classification of activities (NAF Rev. 2): 46.2, 46.3 (excl. 4635Z), 46.4, 46.5, 46.6, 46.7 (excl. 4677Z).
Statistical unit
The unit interviewed is the global enterprise or the legal unit.
Reference area
France métropolitaine
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)
- March, May, September and November Questionnaire (pdf, fr)
- Business Tendency Surveys – All Sectors (pdf, en)
- Bi-monthly business outlook survey on wholesaling (pdf, en)