EMCS : Monthly Outlook Survey in Services - 2023
Data description
The main themes addressed are :
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activity: business managers are asked about developments in the sector as a whole, as well as the demand addressed to them, the cash flow situation, the stock level or the factors limiting their activity;
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employment: business managers are asked about recent and upcoming staff numbers in their company. They are also asked about their recruitment difficulties and the barriers to hiring ;
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investment: business managers are asked about the development of their recent and future investments, the factors driving their decision to invest and the destination of the latter;
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prices ;
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market prices, the foreign competitive position, acquisitions and transport capacity ;
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the easiness to predict the future development of the business situation.
Most of the survey questions are qualitative and have three modalities. The results are presented in the form of opinion balances, corresponding to the differences between the percentage of "increasing" (+) and the percentage of "decreasing" (-) responses.
Sector coverage
The survey covers almost all of the following sectors: accommodation and catering; information and communication; real estate activities; specialised, scientific and technical activities; administrative and support activities; other service activities; road goods haulage and courier services.
More precisely, the survey covers the sectors defined by the French Nomenclature of Activities (NAF Rev. 2) codes: 49.41, 52.29A, 53.2, 55.1, 55.2, 56.1, 56.21Z, 56.3, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 68 (except 68.32B), 69, 70 (except 70.10Z), 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 (except 81.30Z), 82, 95, 96.
Statistical unit
The unit surveyed is the enterprise (legal unit or profiled enterprise).
Reference area
France métropolitaine
Until 2007, the survey was carried out each month except in August. Since 2008 it has been carried out every month.
Sample size
4,500 units
Data collection documents
The survey is conducted every month but not all questions are asked every month. Some questions are only asked to enterprises in road haulage of goods.
The survey questionnaires consists of a common core of monthly questions to which are added, depending on the month, some quarterly, biannual or annual questions.
- Questionnaire for the monthly business survey in services - 01/2023 - January 2023 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly business survey in services - 02/2023 - February 2023 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly business survey in services - 03/2023 - March 2023 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly business survey in services - 04/2023 - April 2023 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly business survey in services - 05/2023 - May 2023 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly business survey in services - 06/2023 - June 2023 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly business survey in services - 07/2023 - July 2023 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly business survey in services - 08/2023 - August 2023 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly business survey in services - 09/2023 - September 2023 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly business survey in services - 10/2023 - October 2023 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly business survey in services - 11/2023 - November 2023 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly business survey in services - 12/2023 - December 2023 (pdf, fr)
Joint harmonised European Union programme of business and consumer surveys.
- Indicateur de climat des affaires et de retournement conjoncturel – Tous secteurs (pdf, fr)
- Méthodologie de l'enquête mensuelle de conjoncture dans les services 2019 (pdf, fr)
- Business and consumer surveys (en)