Count your business in!
In an effort to help support our local businesses, Durham Region will be conducting a Business Count from May through August as part of an annual Regional project to gather employment statistics and build a stronger local economy.
Between May and September, the Region's Business Count team contacts each and every business establishment in Durham to gather basic information about the type and nature of the business, the number of employees, floor space, etc. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the 2021 Business Count will be conducted through a short online or phone survey. The success of this important survey depends upon the assistance and co-operation of the Region's business community.
Business Count Video
Business Count Highlights
- Durham Region Business Count Highlights 2016 (PDF)
- Durham Region Business Count Highlights 2017 (PDF)
- Durham Region Business Count Highlights 2018 (PDF)
- Durham Region Business Count Highlights 2019 (PDF)
How will the information be used?
The information being collected will be used for a variety of purposes:
- Creating programs to support businesses as we recover from the pandemic.
- Monitoring local economic trends.
- Preparing the Durham Region and local municipal business directories.
- Analyzing and promoting local business sectors for either tourism or business generation.
- Developing business attraction and retention strategies.
- Forecasting infrastructure and hard service requirements.
- Transit service planning.
What about confidentiality?
Data collected may be shared with other government agencies, with sensitive data being used internally only and kept confidential. For a complete listing of how specific data fields are used, please refer to the terms of use.
Contact information
If you have any questions or comments regarding the business count, please contact the
Planning and Economic Development Department
Phone: 905-668-7711 ext. 2551
Fax: 905-666-6208
Email: businesscount@durham.ca
Terms of use
The Region of Durham and its area municipalities will use the data collected through the Business Count as summarized in the following table.
|
Data |
Terms of Use |
|
Business Name |
Public |
|
Business Description |
Public |
|
General Business Contact Information |
|
|
Business Address |
Public |
|
Mailing Address |
Public |
|
Business Phone Number |
Public |
|
Business Fax Number |
Public |
|
Business Email |
Public |
|
Business Website |
Public |
|
Business Details |
|
|
"Are you a manufacturing business? If yes, what market sector does your business serve?" |
Aggregate |
|
Home-Based Business |
Aggregate |
|
Number of Employees |
Aggregate |
|
"Are you hiring in the future?" |
Aggregate |
|
"Is your operation unionized?" |
Aggregate |
|
Total Floor Space |
Aggregate |
|
Farm – Acres |
Aggregate |
|
"Are you planning on expanding your floor space?" |
Aggregate |
|
"Is your floor space Owned or Leased?" |
Aggregate |
|
NAICS |
Public |
|
Year Business Established |
Aggregate |
|
Year Business Established at this location |
Aggregate |
|
Locations outside of the Region |
Aggregate |
|
Import/Export |
Aggregate |
|
Legal Status |
Aggregate |
|
Ownership Form |
Aggregate |
|
Skills Shortage |
Aggregate |
|
Contact Names |
Private |
|
%Employees Working From Home |
Aggregate |
|
Working From Home Full/Partial Week |
Aggregate |
|
Continuing to Work From Home |
Aggregate |
|
Resources |
Aggregate |
Public
Durham Region and area municipal staff may use this information publicly, unless otherwise notified. For example, this information may be used in a regional or municipal business directory, or on an interactive web map.
Aggregate
Durham Region and area municipal staff may use this information publicly in an aggregated form. For example, the floor space square footage of a specific business will not be made public, but the total amount of floor space in a municipality could be used publicly.
Private
Durham Region and Area municipal staff will only use this information for internal purposes and will not share or publish the information.
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