The Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) provides counts of VAT and PAYE registered businesses in Northern Ireland. The dataset is broken down by region, business size, and industry sector. It is designated as National Statistics and produced by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment.
Use Cases
- Analyze regional business density based on VAT and PAYE registration data
- Study industry sector composition of the Northern Irish economy based on business counts
- Track changes in business size distribution over time based on registered business numbers
Strengths
- Designated as National Statistics, indicating a high standard of quality assurance
- Provides official counts of VAT and PAYE registered businesses, a key economic indicator
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Source
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (Northern Ireland)
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:26.112519; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Northern Ireland