Results of the Economic Census 2016 show that most businesses are

still concentrated in Java Island, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS)

announced Thursday.

About 60.74 percent of 26.71 million businesses are located in Java,

18.61 percent in Sumatra, 8.09 percent in Sulawesi, 5.68 percent in
Bali and Nusa Tenggara, 5.16 percent in Kalimantan and 1.72 percent
in Maluku and Papua.

It is up to us to develop eastern Indonesia, BPS head Kecuk

Suhariyanto said during his opening for the reading of the census.

Conducted every decade, the Economic Census surveys businesses of

all sizes, except those in the agriculture sector.

The number of companies it covers has increased by 17.51 percent to

26.71 million in May 2016 from 22.73 million in 2006.

Retail and wholesale trade, as well as car and motorcycle reparation

and maintenance services dominated the census, with 46.17 percent,
or roughly 12.3 million, of all business units surveyed. Accommodation
and/or food and beverage providers made up 16.27 percent of the
survey, and manufacturing took up 16.53 percent.

The remaining 12 sectors consisted of businesses in construction,

mining, water management, transportation and warehouses,
information and communication, finance and insurance, real estate,
corporate services, and health and social activities. (bbn)