Results of 2012 Basic Survey on Information and Communications Industry (preliminary report)

1.Outline of results

  (1) Outline of companies that engage in the information and communications business
  - The number of companies that engage in the information and communications business (companies that engage in the information and communications business, if any, regardless of whether it is their main business) was 5,371. The sales related to the information and communications business in FY2011 amounted to 41,078.1 billion yen (total sales of all companies were 62,406 billion yen), and the sales related to the information and communications business of the companies which responded to the survey for two consecutive years among them were 38,720 billion yen (a 1.6% increase from the previous fiscal year). The telecommunications business reported the highest sales, followed by the software industry, and the information processing and service business. These three sectors accounted for 77.4% of the total sales of the information and communications business.
  - The number of information and communications companies (companies whose sales predominantly come from the information and communications business) was 4,643, and their sales totaled 42,270.5 billion yen (the sales from the information and communications business was 38,711.9 billion yen). The sales per company were 9.1 billion yen (a 5.3% decrease from the previous fiscal year), with the highest figure indicated by telecommunications companies, followed by newspaper companies and publishing companies.
 
   (2) Telecommunications and broadcasting businesses
  The number of companies that engage in the telecommunications and the broadcasting businesses was 961, and their sales in FY2011 totaled 16,302.5 billion yen. The companies which responded to the survey for two consecutive years among them showed 15,582.9 billion (a 0.5% decrease from the previous fiscal year). When looking at data by business category, the sales were 13,255.5 billion yen for the telecommunications business, 1,902.5 billion yen for the private broadcasting business, and 444.7 billion yen for the cablecasting business.

  (3) Broadcasting program production business
  The number of companies that engage in the broadcasting program production business was 299, and their sales in FY2011 totaled 256.8 billion yen. The sales of the companies which responded to the survey for two consecutive years among them amounted to 202.3 billion yen (a 2.4% increase from the previous fiscal year). Companies whose capital is less than 50 million yen accounted for more than 70% of them, and those with less than 100 workers accounted for more than 90%.

  (4) Internet based service business
  The number of companies that engage in the Internet based service business was 523, and their sales in FY2011 amounted to 1,255 billion yen, up 6.9%. This was the increase for two consecutive years. The sales of the companies which responded to the survey for two consecutive years among them marked 1,099.9 billion yen (a 13.4% increase from the previous fiscal year).
  The sales per company increased to 2.4 billion yen (a 4.9% increase from the previous fiscal year).

  (5) Information service business
  The number of companies that engage in the information service business was 3,312, and their sales in FY2011 were 13,097.5 billion yen. This was the increase for two consecutive years. The sales of the companies which responded to the survey for two consecutive years marked 11,460.3 billion yen (a 3.7% increase from the previous fiscal year). When looking at data by business category, entrusted software development companies marked the highest sales.
  The sales per company increased to 3.95 billion yen (a 0.3% increase from the previous fiscal year) for two consecutive years.

  (6) Video picture, sound information and character information production business
  The number of companies that engage in the video picture, sound information and character information production business was 613, and their sales in FY2011 were 2,595.9 billion yen (a 16.7% increase over the previous fiscal year). This was the increase for two consecutive years. The sales of the companies which responded to the survey for two consecutive years among them marked 2,007 billion yen (unchanged from the previous fiscal year). When looking at data by business category, newspaper publishers marked the highest sales.
  The sales per company were 4.23 billion yen (an 8.8% decrease from the previous fiscal year), and all business categories except newspaper publishers marked a decrease. Note: The data indicated in this document are preliminary, so may be subject to change.

	Number of companies	Sales (billion yen)	Ratio (%)
Overall	5,371	41,078.1	100.0
Telecommunications	421	15,992.5	38.9
Software	2,734	10,312.7	25.1
Data processing & information services	1,654	5,482.2	13.3
Private broadcasting	397	2,275.9	5.5
Internet based services	685	1,828.7	4.5
Newspaper publishers	133	1,565.6	3.8
Other publishers	385	1,451.5	3.5
Video picture information production & distribution	466	784.4	1.9
Cablecasting	244	517.6	1.3
Commercial art & graphic design	163	284.6	0.7
Sound information production	94	134.3	0.3
Services incidental to video picture, sound information, character information production & distribution	126	101.2	0.2
Miscellaneous IC businesses	-	346.8	0.8

 

2.Outline of the survey

  (1) Purpose
  This survey is to reveal corporate activities in the information and communications industry of Japan and to obtain fundamental data for information and communications policies.

  (2) Surveying organizations
  METI and MIC

  (3) Business types and Criteria for the survey
  Businesses whose amount of capital or investment is more than 30 million yen or more (*) that engage in the information and communications industry (telecommunications industry, broadcasting industry, broadcasting program production industry, Internet-based service industry, information service industry, video picture, audio and character information production industry)
  *However, the survey covers all registered telecommunications carriers in the telecommunications industry, all private broadcasters in the broadcasting industry and all businesses in the broadcasting program production industry (television and radio program production industry).

  (4) Survey items
   (a) Common survey sheet for all businesses: Number of employees, line of business, situation concerning business transactions and outsourcing, R&D, etc.
   (b) Industry-specific survey sheet: Sales by type of service, capital investment by type of business, etc.

  (5) Survey method
  Both mail and online surveys are used

  (6) Survey date
  March 31, 2012

  (7) Survey period
  From May 16 to July 15, 2012

  (8) State of collection

Type of survey sheet		Number of companies to which survey sheets were sent	Number of companies that responded to survey sheet	Collection rate
Survey sheet (1) (for survey on common matters)		9,072	6,174	68.1%
Industry-specific item survey sheet	Survey sheet (2) (for telecommunications industry and broadcasting industry)	1,431	898	62.8%
	Survey sheet (3) (for broadcasting program production industry)	814	377	46.3%
	Survey sheet (4) (for Internet-based service industry)	1,323	739	55.9%
	Survey sheet (5) (for information service industry)	5,731	3,801	66.3%
	Survey sheet (6) (for video picture, audio, character information production industry)	1,591	842	52.9%