The United Nations Statistics Division, in collaboration with the United Nations Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics (UNCEBTS), the Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, is hosting an online platform for receiving responses for the Country Progress Report on Statistical Business Registers.
2024 Country Progress Report
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe organized the biennial meeting of the Group of Experts on Business Registers on 16 - 18 October 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. Information on the meeting, is available at:
A special session was organised at this meeting to present the outcome of the 2024 Country Progress Reports on statistical business registers. The session focused on the progress and challenges experienced by countries in their work with the business register in 2024.
- Results of the 2024 Country Progress Report are available here.
Past CPR Responses
UNSD is working on compiling the past CPR responses and organizing in a user-friendly manner. Below is a list of the available CPR responses, organized by the year and event.
Expert Groups on Statistical Business Registers
As part of the established practice on international coordination, there are two separate groups that usually organize meetings on the development of business registers in alternative years:
Topics
Events and Workshops
- Global Assessment on Statistical Business Registers 2025
- Global Assessment on the Use of Unique Identifiers for Businesses
- Regional course on Statistical Business Registers (Japan, March 2024)
- Regional Workshop on Statistical Business Registers and Industrial Classifications (Jordan, June 2024)
