2018 Business Count results now available
Whitby, Ontario – The Regional Municipality of Durham’s Planning and Economic Development Department conducted its seventh Business Count as part of an annual Regional project that gathers employment statistics and promotes local economic development initiatives. The project team visits local businesses and gathers data about business operations, including the type and nature of the business, the number of employees, plans for growth, floor space and location.
From May to August 2018, the Region’s Business Count team visited business establishments across Durham, including farm operations, with the goal of building and maintaining the Region’s comprehensive employment database, as well as updating the Region’s online business directory at InvestDurham.ca. The data will be used for a range of planning and economic development purposes, such as land use studies and growth monitoring.
“Thank you, once again, to Durham’s business community for their co-operation with the annual business count study,” said Brian Bridgeman, Commissioner of Planning and Economic Development. “With your support, we were able to reach 12,599 businesses across the region. The data collected through this study is instrumental in helping us to create a strong local economy and maintain the Region’s employment database and online business directory.”
Information collected from the 2018 Business Count project indicates that our local businesses employ more than 200,291 people, with 64 per cent of them being full-time positions.
For more information, visit durham.ca/BusinessCount. Businesses are encouraged to look for local suppliers by visiting the directory at InvestDurham.ca.
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