British Columbia Business Counts by Industry and Sub-Provincial Geography

Annual business location counts in British Columbia, available from 2026-06-03. The dataset details counts by business size and industry, classified using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Geographic delimitations include Regional Districts, Economic Regions, Census Metropolitan Areas, Census Agglomerations, and Census Subdivisions.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional economic concentration based on business counts by sub-provincial geography
• Track industry sector growth trends based on NAICS classification categories
• Compare business size distribution across different municipalities and non-incorporated areas
• Model local economic development based on annual business count data

Strengths

• Data is available annually, providing a time series for analysis
• Geographic delimitations include multiple sub-provincial levels (RD, DR, CMA, CA, Census Subdivision)
• Industry classification follows the standardized North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Freshness should be verified; last metadata update was 2026-06-03

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia

Time Range

Annual

Freshness

Data is available annually; last metadata update was 2026-06-03.

Geography

British Columbia, Canada