Trade Licensing Register

Statistical data

Number on		31.12.1992	31.12.1993	31.12.1994	31.12.1995
Total of valid TA		940,334	1,263,758	1,595,077	1,859,192
- for permitted trades		89,312	124,558	147,668	165,602
- for professional trades		164,467	203,508	239,092	269,919
- for vocational trades		190,517	224,947	245,711	271,678
- for unqualified trades		496,038	710,745	962,606	1,151,993
TA for natural persons		799,127	1,030,631	1,276,164	1,489,570
TA for legal persons		141,207	233,127	318,913	369,622
TA for foreigners		*	8,823	19,858	43,335
Total business entities		656,123	889,857	1,113,920	1,243,637
- natural persons		*	794,937	985,930	1,116,803
- legal persons		*	94,920	127,990	126,834
Total natural persons - foreigners		*	7,292	18,540	36,996
Number of inhabitants		10,316,734	10,328,970	10,334,013	10,334,404
Number of TA per 1,000 inhabitants		91.15	122.35	154.35	179.90
Business entities per 1,000 inhabitants		63.60	86.15	107.79	120.34
Number of TA per 1 business entity		1.43	1.42	1.43	1.49
Number on the date	31.12.1996	31.12.1997	31.12.1998	31.12.1999	31.12.2000
Total of valid TA	2,294,052	2,611,442	2,592,239	2,837,831	3,001,820
- for permitted trades	142,933	148,897	101,811	128,932	130,223
- for professional trades	269,128	241,446	197,494	190,604	234,405
- for vocational trades	385,043	440,265	467,606	506,165	543,986
- for unqualified trades	1,496,948	1,780,834	1,825,328	2,012,130	2,093,206
TA for natural persons	1,813,155	2,057,035	2,068,990	2,241,460	2,351,737
TA for legal persons	480,897	554,407	523,249	596,371	650,083
TA for foreigners	54,745	77,097	52,687	68,586	72,471
Total business entities	1,470,845	1,648,872	1,590,810	1,713,134	1,783,203
- natural persons	1,301,818	1,456,829	1,422,252	1,523,553	1,578,323
- legal persons	169,027	192,043	168,558	189,581	204,880
Total natural persons - foreigners	45,498	63,501	43,244	58,386	61,340
Number of inhabitants	10,325,058	10,315,923	10,309,366	10,303,036	10,293,662
Number of TA per 1,000 inhabitants	222.18	253.15	251.45	275.44	291.62
Business entities per 1,000 inhabitants	142.45	159.84	154.31	166.27	173.23
Number of TA per 1 business entity	1.56	1.58	1.63	1.66	1.68
Number on the date	31.12.2001	31.12.2002	31.12.2003	31.12.2004	31.12.2005
Total of valid TA	3,251,556	3,402,149	3,517,655	3,637,442	3,750,559
- for permitted trades	131,688	131,972	120,258	120,326	128,145
- for professional trades	259,390	270,550	280,356	289,179	294,513
- for vocational trades	594,780	619,826	641,291	659,905	678,385
- for unqualified trades	2,265,698	2,379,801	2,475,750	2,568,032	2,649,516
TA for natural persons	2,505,503	2,608,175	2,690,816	2,744,858	2,804,648
TA for legal persons	746,053	793,974	826,839	892,584	945,911
TA for foreigners	78,423	75,661	76,057	80,827	83,841
Total business entities	1,861,705	1,908,306	1,962,868	1,983,285	2,005,882
- natural persons	1,634,811	1,676,221	1,726,683	1,736,800	1,751,940
- legal persons	226,894	232,085	236,185	246,485	253,942
Total natural persons - foreigners	64,000	60,532	62,293	65,219	67,246
Number of inhabitants	10,292,933	10,182,471	10,219,162	10,215,575	10,246,522
Number of TA per 1,000 inhabitants	315.90	334.12	344.22	356.07	366.03
Business entities per 1,000 inhabitants	180.87	187.41	192.08	194.14	195.76
Number of TA per 1 business entity	1.75	1.78	1.79	1.83	1.87
Number on the date	31.12.2006	31.12.2007	31.12.2008	31.12.2009	31.12.2010
Total of valid TA	3,837,725	3,961,070	2,815,400	2,898,826	3,009,443
- for permitted trades	122,245	122,593	112,162	112,213	115,742
- for professional trades	300,311	307,777	221,441	224,478	236,158
- for vocational trades	692,682	714,574	796,552	829,476	858,011
- for unqualified trades	2,722,487	2,816,126	1,685,245	1,732,659	1,799,532
TA for natural persons	2,851,311	2,902,788	2,315,748	2,382,609	2,461,620
TA for legal persons	986,414	1,058,282	499,652	516,217	547,823
TA for foreigners	80,724	85,409	84,488	96,402	101,429
Total business entities	2,030,759	2,054,325	2,112,424	2,173,615	2,233,474
- natural persons	1,773,785	1,787,057	1,826,928	1,868,756	1,908,925
- legal persons	256,974	267,268	285,496	304,859	324,549
Total natural persons - foreigners	65,722	68,785	77,158	87,753	90,983
Number of inhabitants	10,280,968	10,349,372	10,446,157	10,501,197	10,526,685
Number of TA per 1,000 inhabitants	373.28	382.74	269.515	276.047	285.887
Business entities per 1,000 inhabitants	197.53	198.50	202.22	206.987	212.173
Number of TA per 1 business entity	1.89	1.93	1.33	1.334	1.347
Number on the date	31.12.2011
Total of valid TA	3,146,013
- for permitted trades	119,234
- for professional trades	274,584
- for vocational trades	885,019
- for unqualified trades	1,867,176
TA for natural persons	2,565,890
TA for legal persons	580,123
TA for foreigners	105,119
Total business entities	2,293,241
- natural persons	1,950,323
- legal persons	342,918
Total natural persons - foreigners	93,059
Number of inhabitants	10,548,527
Number of TA per 1,000 inhabitants	298.24
Business entities per 1,000 inhabitants	217.40
Number of TA per 1 business entity	1.37

"TA" means Trade Authorization.
* In 1992 business entities - foreigners, legal persons and natural persons - were not monitored separately.