Survey at a glance
Purpose
The Services Turnover Survey (STS) is a survey of businesses which collects annual turnover broken down by service products.
The information supplied is used primarily to measure turnover for business-to-business services.
The results of the STS are also used to update the weighting scheme used in the quarterly Services Producer Price Indices (SPPI).
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Selection process - UK trading businesses within forty-one service industry classifications
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Population - Approximately 350,000
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Sample - Approximately 8,000
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Frequency - Quinquennial (every five years)
