The Business Identity Code (Business ID) is a code given to businesses and corporations by the authorities and replaces the previously used Trade Register number, the Foundation Register number and the organisation number. The Business Identity Code consists of seven digits, a dash and a control mark, i.e. has the format 1234567-8. The code identifies the business but it is not possible to conclude from it whether the business has actually been registered. This must be checked separately from the registration authorities or the Business Information System website (www.ytj.fi).
The name of the enterprise is in the same form as in the joint business information system of the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland and the Tax Administration at: www.ytj.fi.
The postal address is the address to which post to the enterprise or enterprise-type unit should be sent. The postal address is formed of the street address (name and number of the street/road) or the P.O. Box address and the postal code and the post office.
The municipality of domicile of the enterprise is the domicile defined by the National Board of Patents and Registration and the Tax Administration. For legal persons the domicile is specified in the memoranda of association and the municipality entered in the Trade, Foundation or Association Register that must be located in Finland. The domicile of natural persons is indicated in the Population Information System.
The sub-regional unit which the enterprise's municipality of
domicile belongs to.
Further information about regional classifications is available
from the publication Municipalities and Regional Divisions Based on
Municipalities 2009 (Helsinki: Statistics Finland, 2009) or from
the website of Statistics Finland's Classification Services at
stat.fi/luokitukset.
The region and province which the enterprise's municipality of
domicile belongs to.
Further information about regional classifications is available
from the publication Municipalities and Regional Divisions Based on
Municipalities 2009 (Helsinki: Statistics Finland, 2009) or from
the website of Statistics Finland's Classification Services at
stat.fi/luokitukset.Telephone and telefax number
The number contains an area dialling code and the subscriber's telephone number. The area dialling code has no more than four digits and the telephone number has at least four digits.
The industry of the enterprise is defined in accordance with Statistics Finland's Standard Industrial Classification 2008. Industry is defined independently for all enterprises and establishments proper at the most detailed level of the industrial classification. The industry of an ancillary establishment is generally the same as the enterprise's main industry.
The main industry of a multiple-establishment enterprise is determined by the value added produced in the enterprise's establishments engaged in different industries. The value added is closely equivalent to increase in value. The value added of each of the enterprise's industries is obtained by multiplying the number of persons employed in each establishment by the average value added of the industry in question and by proportioning the obtained figure to the time the establishment has operated in the accounting period of the reference year. The main industry of the enterprise is the industry with the largest value added in the accounting period. The definition of the main industry proceeds in stages from section (alphabetical code) to the most detailed level.
The personnel comprise employees and self-employed persons. The personnel are converted into full-year employees so that one half-day employee corresponds to half a person and two half-day employees to one full-year employee. Personnel for enterprises not included in the inquiries of the Register of Enterprises and Establishments are estimated from wages and salaries.
Classification of personnel size:
0 = Unknown
1 = - 4 persons
2 = 5 - 9 persons
3 = 10 - 19
4 = 20 - 49
5 = 50 - 99
6 = 100 - 249
7 = 250 - 499
8 = 500 - 999
9 = 1,000 -
Classification of turnover size (€1):
1 = Unknown
2 = Not applicable
3 = 1 - 199,999
4 = 200,000 - 399,999
5 = 400,000 - 999,999
6 = 1,000,000 - 1,999,999
7 = 2,000,000 - 9,999,999
8 = 10,000,000 - 19,999,999
9 = 20,000,000 -
The start of the enterprise's operation is the start of tax control. The starting date is in the form yyyymmdd.
The legal form is a code according to Statistics Finland's classification standard. The information describes ownership, and administrative and authoritative relations. It is based on legislation.
Legal forms:
11 = Natural person
12 = Decedent's estate
13 = Corporation subject to taxation
14 = General partnership
15 = Bankrupt's estate
21 = Limited partnership
22 = Shipping company under joint ownership
31 = Limited company
32 = Mutual insurance company
33 = Savings bank
34 = Pension foundation or fund
35 = Housing corporation
41 = Co-operative society
51 = Foundation, fund
52 = Voluntary association
53 = Mutual indemnity insurance association
54 = Economic association
61 = Government authority
62 = Government enterprise
63 = Public corporation
71 = State church
72 = Other religious body
90 = Other legal form
A classification based on enterprise ownership and its
proportion:
1 = Private domestic
2 = State
3 = Municipality
4 = Region of Åland
5 = Foreign-owned*
6 = Other owner type
* Enterprises where more than 50 per cent of the equity is in foreign ownership, and subsidiaries of foreign enterprise groups are foreign-owned.
0 = Finnish
1 = Swedish
Each enterprise has at least one establishment, the largest ones hundreds. The establishment is a unit that is owned by one enterprise, operates in one location and produces mainly one type of goods or services.
1 Importer
2 Exporter
3 Importer/exporter
An enterprise is an importer/exporter if the value of its
imports/exports is
a) over EUR 12,000 per year and divided to at least two months,
or
b) over EUR 120,000 per year
The establishment code is nine-character code identifying the establishment. The code is given by Statistics Finland. If the establishment and its activities are transferred from one enterprise to another, its establishment code will not change.
The name of the establishment is given by the enterprise (often blank).
The location address is the address where the establishment is physically located. The location address is formed of the street address (name and number of the street/road) and the postal code and the post office.
The municipality of location is the municipality where the establishment is located.
The sub-regional unit which the enterprise's municipality of location belongs to. Further information about regional classifications is available from the publication Municipalities and Regional Divisions Based on Municipalities 2009 (Helsinki: Statistics Finland, 2009) or from the website of Statistics Finland's Classification Services at stat.fi/luokitukset.
The region and province which the enterprise's municipality of location belongs to.
Further information about regional classifications is available from the publication Municipalities and Regional Divisions Based on Municipalities 2009 (Helsinki: Statistics Finland, 2009) or from the website of Statistics Finland's Classification Services at stat.fi/luokitukset.
The number contains an area dialling code and the subscriber's telephone number. The area dialling code has no more than four digits and the telephone number has at least four digits.
The industry of the enterprise is defined in accordance with Statistics Finland's Standard Industrial Classification 2008. Industry is defined independently for all enterprises and establishments proper at the most detailed level of the industrial classification. The industry of an ancillary establishment is generally the same as the enterprise's main industry.
Classification of personnel size:
0 = Unknown
1 = - 4 persons
2 = 5 - 9 persons
3 = 10 - 19
4 = 20 - 49
5 = 50 - 99
6 = 100 - 249
7 = 250 - 499
8 = 500 - 999
9 = 1,000 -
The starting date of the establishment's operation. If the establishment and its activities are transferred from one enterprise to another, its starting date will not change. The starting date is in the form yyyymmdd.
Code for distinguishing establishments proper and ancillary establishments of an enterprise with multiple establishments.
0 = Establishment proper
1 = Ancillary establishment, industry same as that of
enterprise*
2 = Ancillary establishment, industry determined independently*
* Ancillary establishments include, for example, head offices, warehouse for own goods, repair shop for enterprise's own vehicles or R&D unit for the enterprise's own product development.
In the Register of Enterprises and Establishments the location address of the establishment has map co-ordinates expressing its geographic location in co-ordinate form. The co-ordinates are in the form of uniform co-ordinates.
The number of personnel in the municipality is the total number of personnel the enterprise employs in its establishments in the municipality.
Last updated 12.6.2009
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