Business units and non-profit organisations

A business unit is a profit-oriented or function-oriented entity set up as the organisational framework of management, which produces goods or provides services to market participants and the society. Data on business units and non-profit organisations are available from registers or after processing statistical and tax data. Register data and business demographic data make it possible to analyse the structure of registered organisations and active enterprises, respectively, by number, activity, headcount and revenue, and to identify new and closed enterprises. Economic indicators for enterprises and non-profit organisations provide information on performance and activity characteristics. The purpose of foreign affiliates statistics (FATS) is to measure which countries control the economy of the different countries, and in which industries and to what extent they do so.

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Enterprise formation mood is past the worst

8.8 thousand new enterprises were formed in May 2020, though 31% less compared to a year earlier, already more compared to the April low (5.5 thousand) caused by the corona virus epidemic. The decisive part of the growth compared to the previous month was made up by private entrepreneurs. 7.0 thousand entrepreneurs and 1.8 thousand business partnerships were newly registered in May, 64% more of the former and 54% more of the latter compared to one month earlier.

Number of registered business units, 2019

The end of 2019 saw almost 2 million HCSO registered businesses in Hungary, an increase in number, including more entrepreneurs and fewer business partnerships. Most businesses continued to operate in agriculture, trade, transportation, accommodation, scientific, technical, administrative, and real estate activities. A disproportionately large number of businesses were headquartered in Budapest compared to the size of its population.

Dissemination of European Statistics after Brexit in statistical publications

On 1 February 2020, a withdrawal agreement entered into force between the European Union and the United Kingdom (Brexit). Reducing the EU to 27 member states significantly changes aggregated (average, total, etc.) EU data. However, due to the different purposes of use, consideration should be given to the simultaneous communication of old and new aggregates, and the back-calculation of time series for the new composition is also an issue to be addressed. Taking all this into account, it is necessary to restructure the publication of EU statistics.

Most important characteristics of the nonprofit sector, 2018

In 2018, the number of nonprofit organizations increased year-on-year by 340 to a total of 61,491, one-third of them were foundations and two-thirds were corporate nonprofit organisations. In terms of key factors, the image of the sector has remained unchanged for years: it contains many classic NGOs and far fewer but high-income nonprofit enterprises. Following a range-bound period at the beginning of the decade, the ratio of total revenue of non-profit organizations to total GDP has increased over the last three years.

Business demography, 2017

The number of active enterprises increased by 5.0% in 2017. The key to growth was in the hands of private entrepreneurs, who, after more than ten years, once again gain a majority over business partnerships. Most of the real new businesses that started in 2017 started out as micro-businesses and most often started in science and technology, construction or trade, vehicle repair. Among enterprises formed in 2012, business partnerships, and enterprises operating in Western Transdanubia showed the highest survival rates in 2017.