The Business Establishment Survey was intended to provide information on the composition, structure and economic performance of all activities in the country of Belize.
The Business Establishment Survey, surveyed 4,154 businesses from all economic sectors, with the exception of banking and insurance activities.
In November 2020, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) carried out the Impact of COVID-19 on Business Establishments Survey. This survey was conducted on a sample of approximately 2,500 randomly selected businesses across the country and across all main industry groups, to collect data on the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected operations and staffing. The sample was selected from the SIB’s Statistical Business Register, a listing of all businesses which had been formally registered with either the Social Security Board or the Belize Tax Services Department and, therefore, did not include informal establishments which were not registered with either agency. Data was collected using Computer Assisted Web Interviewing, used for the first time in an SIB survey, in combination with Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing, yielding a response rate of approximately 50 percent.