Statistics Korea

Overview

Overview
Title	Monthly Service Industry Survey
Type of statistics	Designated and surveyed statistics (sample survey)
Purpose	To obtain basic data needed for producing the Monthly Index of Services and retail sales statistics to be used for the establishment of economic policies of the government and management plans of enterprises
Periodicity	Monthly
History	Jan. 1999 ~ Jan. 2000: Conducted test surveys Jan. 1999: Conducted the Survey (Approval No. 10150) Feb. 2000: Conducted the main survey Aug. 2000: Announced the results of survey Jan. 2003: Approval as designated statistics Mar. 2004: Revised indexes based on 2000 Mar. 2005: Added business types, such as Real Estate Supply, Elementary and Secondary Educational Institutions, Art Schools, etc. Feb. 2008: The Current Wholesale and Retail Trade Survey was integrated into the Current Service Industry Survey Mar. 2008: Revised indexes based on 2005 Oct. 2008: Changed the Korean survey title Mar. 2009: The 9th revision of KSIC (Revised on Dec. 28, 2007) was applied to the survey.

Data Provision

Data Provision
Announcement method	The survey results are used to produce the Monthly Index of Services. Data are released along with the Industrial Activities at the end of every month.
Announcement periodicity	Monthly
Publication title	Monthly Index of Services (Online publications) Retail Sales (Online publications)