Number of businesses by sector

Goal 4: A Strong, Creative and Diversified economy
Description

A monthly snapshot of the number of active businesses, excluding certain temporary permits.

* Data source: Revenue Billing System (Sept 2017 and forward); Commissioner of the Revenue's Business Tax System (through Aug 2017)

Number of Active Businesses
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Long description.

In March 2013, staff began recording the total number of active "countable" buisinesses as of the 1st of each month to give context to the number of new businesses being reported. This number does not include all business licenses, peddler, one-time contractor, certain other one-time activities and duplicate licenses (such as additional licensing for ABC activities) are not included.

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line with 36 data points.
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ChartCreated with Highcharts 5.0.12Total Active BusinessesChart context menuJul 2015Aug 2015Sept 2015Oct 2015Nov 2015Dec 2015Jan 2016Feb 2016Mar 2016Apr 2016May 2016Jun 2016Jul 2016Aug 2016Sep 2016Oct 2016Nov 2016Dec 2016Jan 2017Feb 2017Mar 2017Apr 2017May 2017Jun 2017Jul 2017Aug 2017Sep 2017Oct 2017Nov 2017Dec 2017Jan 2018Feb 2018Mar 2018Apr 2018May 2018Jun 2018
Analysis

There is an expected drop in March as businesses notify the office of their closing in the previous year rather than renew their licenses. 2018 growth in the hotel sector is largely due to new process for licencing home-stay businesses, such as AirBnB providers.

Businesses by sector
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ChartCreated with Highcharts 5.0.12Business & Personal ServicesRetailProfessional ServicesTechnical ServicesRestaurantHotel/MotelWholesaleEntertainmentUtilityChart context menuOct 2017Nov 2017Dec 2017Jan 2018Feb 2018Mar 2018Apr 2018May 2018Jun 2018