Classification of enterprises and establishments in data collections from enterprises - classification service for enterprise data collections

When replying to Statistics Finland's inquiries, you may have to sum up your customer data according to sector and industry. Statistics Finland uses information classified according to industry and sector as basic data for several statistics.

This page contains links to files containing the basic classifications of enterprises and establishments. The files include operating enterprises and enterprises that have closed operation on or after 1 January 2018. The closing limit is the ending of the Business ID.

The data files contain the following information:

  • Business ID: "ytunnus"
  • Name of the enterprise: "nimi"
  • Industry code at 2-digit level: "toimiala2008"
  • Sector category 2023: "sektoriluokka2023"
  • SME code according to EU definition: "yritystoiminnan tyyppiluokitus"
  • Legal form: "oikeudellinen muoto"

Definitions for the published information are available in the data content of Statistics Finland's Business Register.

Files

The data of the classification service have been divided into three CSV files due to the high number of rows. The data are sorted by Business ID into ascending order. You need a user ID and password to open the files. You can request them at rahoitus@stat.fi. The files are updated monthly in the early part of the month.

The files have been updated 3.6.2024.

Further information: rahoitus@stat.fi