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The Annual Survey of Goods and Services (ASGS) provides annual statistics on the value of turnover from goods and services provided by the UK service economy.The ASGS was launched by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in summer 2017. It replaced the Services Turnover Survey, which was last conducted in 2015.The ASGS is an online survey that samples approximately 40,000 businesses in the service sector, covering approximately 63% of the total service industry turnover using data from 51 service industries. The ASGS measures turnover, asking respondents to breakdown their turnover by individual services and goods, including both UK and overseas customers. As businesses are becoming more diverse, there is a need to measure both primary (within their main classification) and secondary (outside their main classification) activity.The ASGS does not include construction services, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, and banking. The public sector, non-profit making organisations, and government are also excluded from this survey.Linking to other business studiesThese data contain Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) reference numbers. These are anonymous but unique reference numbers assigned to business organisations. Their inclusion allows researchers to combine different business survey sources together. Researchers may consider applying for other business data to assist their research.

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The ASGS includes variables that cover:employmentStandard Industrial Classification 2007 codesturnover from goods productiontotal turnoverturnover from individual services and goods classified according to the Statistical Classification of Products by Activity, version 2.1IDBR reference numbers

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)