IPA04 — Structural Business Statistics
This dataset provides Structural Business Statistics for Ireland, published by the Central Statistics Office. It covers national-level indicators describing the structure and performance of businesses across sectors, such as measures of employment, turnover, and enterprise activity. The data is freely accessible without authentication and falls under government statistics, supporting analysis of the Irish business economy over time.Structural Business Statistics.
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Data schema (12 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C02212V03190 | text | Code for the nationality of ownership category.Code for the nationality of ownership category. |
| Nationality of OwnershipNationality of ownership | text | Ownership classification of the business by nationality (e.g. Ireland).Ownership classification of the business by nationality (e.g. Ireland). |
| C03057V03692 | text | Code identifying the persons engaged size category.Code identifying the persons engaged size category. |
| Sector | text | Economic sector or industry classification of the businesses.Economic sector or industry classification of the businesses. |
| C02175V02621 | int | Code identifying the economic sector.Code identifying the economic sector. |
| Persons EngagedPersons engaged | text | Size band of the enterprise by number of persons engaged.Size band of the enterprise by number of persons engaged. |
| TLIST(A1) | int | Internal numeric code representing the reference year.Internal numeric code representing the reference year. |
| Year | int | Reference year of the statistic.Reference year of the statistic. |
| STATISTIC | text | Code identifying the specific statistic reported.Code identifying the specific statistic reported. |
| Statistic LabelStatistic label | text | Descriptive label naming the statistic and its unit.Descriptive label naming the statistic and its unit. |
| UNIT | text | Unit of measurement for the value, such as percentage or currency.Unit of measurement for the value, such as percentage or currency. |
| VALUE | number | Numeric value of the reported statistic.Numeric value of the reported statistic. |
Schema inferred from the distribution file's first records 22 days ago. Column types are sampled estimates, not source-declared.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1UNIT: % · Year: 2015
{
"UNIT": "%",
"Year": "2015",
"VALUE": "39.9",
"Sector": "Industry (B to E)",
"STATISTIC": "IPA04C01",
"TLIST(A1)": "2015",
"C02175V02621": "44",
"C02212V03190": "IE",
"C03057V03692": "Y0900",
"Persons Engaged": "250 and over",
"Statistic Label": "Gross Value Added (%)",
"Nationality of Ownership": "Ireland"
}Record 2UNIT: Euro Thousand · Year: 2015
{
"UNIT": "Euro Thousand",
"Year": "2015",
"VALUE": "4342780",
"Sector": "Industry (B to E)",
"STATISTIC": "IPA04C02",
"TLIST(A1)": "2015",
"C02175V02621": "44",
"C02212V03190": "IE",
"C03057V03692": "Y0900",
"Persons Engaged": "250 and over",
"Statistic Label": "Gross Value Added (Euro Thousand)",
"Nationality of Ownership": "Ireland"
}Record 3UNIT: % · Year: 2015
{
"UNIT": "%",
"Year": "2015",
"VALUE": "29.9",
"Sector": "Industry (B to E)",
"STATISTIC": "IPA04C03",
"TLIST(A1)": "2015",
"C02175V02621": "44",
"C02212V03190": "IE",
"C03057V03692": "Y0900",
"Persons Engaged": "250 and over",
"Statistic Label": "Persons Engaged (%)",
"Nationality of Ownership": "Ireland"
}Record 4UNIT: Number · Year: 2015
{
"UNIT": "Number",
"Year": "2015",
"VALUE": "43433",
"Sector": "Industry (B to E)",
"STATISTIC": "IPA04C04",
"TLIST(A1)": "2015",
"C02175V02621": "44",
"C02212V03190": "IE",
"C03057V03692": "Y0900",
"Persons Engaged": "250 and over",
"Statistic Label": "Persons Engaged (Number)",
"Nationality of Ownership": "Ireland"
}Record 5UNIT: % · Year: 2015
{
"UNIT": "%",
"Year": "2015",
"VALUE": "60.1",
"Sector": "Industry (B to E)",
"STATISTIC": "IPA04C01",
"TLIST(A1)": "2015",
"C02175V02621": "442",
"C02212V03190": "IE",
"C03057V03692": "Y0900",
"Persons Engaged": "Under 250",
"Statistic Label": "Gross Value Added (%)",
"Nationality of Ownership": "Ireland"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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Using the API
Query examples
curl -sL 'https://ws.cso.ie/public/api.restful/PxStat.Data.Cube_API.ReadDataset/IPA04/CSV/1.0/en' -o data.csvFull csv file download — the schema shown was inferred from the file's first records.
Dataset
Volume & freshness
Coverage
- First published
- 2021-07-09
License
No license declared upstream.
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Distributions (4)
Structural Business Statistics
https://ws.cso.ie/public/api.restful/PxStat.Data.Cube_API.ReadDataset/IPA04/CSV/1.0/enStructural Business Statistics
https://ws.cso.ie/public/api.restful/PxStat.Data.Cube_API.ReadDataset/IPA04/JSON-stat/1.0/enStructural Business Statistics
https://ws.cso.ie/public/api.restful/PxStat.Data.Cube_API.ReadDataset/IPA04/PX/2013/enStructural Business Statistics
https://ws.cso.ie/public/api.restful/PxStat.Data.Cube_API.ReadDataset/IPA04/XLSX/2007/en