Annual business survey

The Annual Business Survey (ABS) is the main business survey conducted by Statistics Jersey. It replaces two previous surveys (the Annual Business Survey and the Survey of Financial Institutions). It crosses all business sectors, collecting financial data from businesses’ end-year accounts, including turnover, wages and salaries, purchases of goods and services, stocks and capital expenditure.​

Complete this survey online

If your business has been selected to take part, you can complete the survey online using the link on this page. You’ll need to enter the unique reference that was either posted or emailed to you.

There are additional notes on specific questions included with both the paper and online questionnaire.

The survey is run independently by Statistics Jersey and all information gathered is strictly confidential.

Latest survey information

The results of the 2024 annual business survey will be published on 3 October 2025.

How we select organisations to take part

Your business has been selected from the register of undertakings established under Article 38 of the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012. We survey undertakings of all sizes to ensure our statistics are representative of the Jersey economy. We select all larger undertakings (those with 50 or more employees) as their information is so significant. We also select some smaller undertakings through a random selection process. These undertakings are very important to us as their trading patterns are often very different to larger businesses.

The ABS is conducted under the provisions of the Statistics and Census (Jersey) Law 2018. Once selected, your business is legally obliged to comply. You cannot appeal your selection.

Guidance and FAQs

To complete the survey you will need the following information:

  • trading period
  • income
  • expenditure
  • international trade in services
  • international trade in goods

Below are documents relating to this survey:

How the data is used and past reports

The results of the survey are used to produce our national accounts measures (GVA and GDP). These are key statistics for measuring Jersey’s economic performance, for the government to make economic and budget forecasts, and for businesses and organisations to plan for the future.

Reports using this survey data can be found on our release calendar.