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Legal unit
A legal unit is a corporation, or an organisation registered for conducting business. A legal unit is identified with a Business ID.
Legal units are, for example, limited companies, private practitioners of trade, co-operative societies, state-owned companies and foundations.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
A unit for which a Business ID has been assigned in the Businesses Information System. Apart from business enterprises, such units also include public corporations and non-profit organisations. A statistical unit of the Business Register.
The definition is based on an EU regulation concerning statistical units (EEC 696/93).
Validity of the definition
- 1 January 1900 - 21 August 2019
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
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