July, 2024

The preparatory phase for all surveys has started; the surveys will collect data to help understand the business environment in more than 60 economies.

Top managers and business owners of more than 37,000 establishments across more than 60 economies will be interviewed during the new data collection activity of the Enterprise Surveys. The data will be made publicly available in the first quarter of 2026.

The World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) are nationally representative firm-level surveys. Using a globally comparable questionnaire, the surveys cover a broad range of topics that help understand the business environment of an economy. The data and findings intend to help policymakers identify, prioritize, and implement policy reforms and support institutions to foster efficient private economic activity.

Beyond the standard activity of the WBES, mainly consisting of producing data and research on the micro-economic underpinnings of growth, data collected in this new activity will also support the indicators of the third Business Ready report - the World Bank’s flagship report that assesses the business environment worldwide. 

All information collected through the WBES will be publicly available including raw granular data, the WBES indicators, and data to inform the Business Ready report. The raw granular data will complement the already available 357 surveys collected through a consistent methodology across the world.

How are data collected?

To ensure representativeness and quality of data, competitively selected  survey companies approach randomly selected firms in each economy to schedule interviews. The information and opinions provided by the firms are fully anonymized; neither the names of respondents nor the businesses that they represent are used in any documents based on the surveys. 

View the list of economies where the Enterprise Surveys team is currently collecting data.

Are you a survey company?

Please participate in our competitive selection to become our partner in collecting data in your market. Please follow the standard World Bank’s Procurement procedures.

Are you a business?

Please note that the selection is randomized.

The cooperation of top managers and business owners is essential for the success of this data collection effort. We thank those who participate.

Please contact the WBES team for any survey related questions: enterprisesurveys@worldbank.org

For Procurement related questions, please contact: corporateprocurement@worldbank.org