DoSM: Economic census 2023 records 1.2mil establishments, 949,360 as actives in services sector

KUALA LUMPUR: The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) has enumerated a total of 1.2 million establishments in the country following the Economic Census 2023 carried out from April to September 2023.

Based on the operational findings of the census for the reference year 2022, 1.09 million, or 86.6 per cent, of the total establishments recorded were operational or active, while 4.9 per cent of establishments had ceased operations, and 8.5 per cent were non-operational.