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Enterprise Surveys research service by IGREC

Service overview

IGREC delivers enterprise surveys for formal firms, SMEs, micro-businesses, employers, and sector clusters. We capture business realities without placing unnecessary burdens on owners and managers.

Direct answer

Enterprise survey services generate structured evidence on firms, workers, finance, productivity, markets, and resilience. IGREC builds business samples, conducts interviews, verifies records, and prepares analysis-ready data. Clients use the evidence to shape policy and enterprise support.

Public and private organisations seeking evidence about firms, workers, markets, and business constraints.

Tailored support

A service designed around the decision and field reality.

The scope connects research questions, methods, participants, operations, quality controls and final use.

IGREC team delivering enterprise surveys
Decision valueWhat this service helps you decide

Business data can be difficult to collect. Firms may lack formal records, operate across several locations, or hesitate to share sensitive information. In contrast, a well-designed survey earns trust and uses questions that match real business practice.

IGREC defines the enterprise unit carefully. We distinguish owners, establishments, firms, workers, and business groups. Additionally, we tailor modules for finance, employment, procurement, technology, management, sales, shocks, and investment.

Expected outcomesWhat IGREC delivers
  • Reliable firm-level evidence for policy and programme design.
  • Clear measures of business performance and constraints.
  • Better understanding of sector, size, gender, and location differences.
  • Data that can link with administrative records when permitted.
  • Actionable findings for SME support and private-sector growth.
Best suited toWho this service supports

This service supports government agencies, business associations, development partners, banks, investors, NGOs, research institutions, labour programmes, innovation hubs, and private-sector development teams.

How IGREC delivers the service

A controlled process from mobilisation to handover.

01Define the business universe.

We clarify sectors, firm sizes, geography, formality, and inclusion rules.

02Build or validate the frame.

We combine lists, screening, field verification, and deduplication where needed.

03Design practical modules.

We use business-friendly questions, suitable reference periods, and clear financial units.

04Interview the right respondent.

We identify owners, managers, accountants, workers, or procurement leads by module.

05Check economic consistency.

We review employment, revenue, costs, assets, finance, and production relationships.

Typical deliverables

A documented handover your team can use.

  • Enterprise sampling or listing plan
  • Firm questionnaire and screener
  • Respondent appointment protocol
  • Verified enterprise database
  • Clean dataset and codebook
  • Sector analysis and policy brief

Why clients choose IGREC

Rigour connected to local implementation knowledge.

IGREC has experience working with varied enterprise populations in Uganda. Our project portfolio spans manufacturing, retail, construction, professional services, agriculture, informal work, and public procurement.

We protect participation through clear consent and confidentiality language. Therefore, respondents understand the purpose, data use, and limits of disclosure.

Relevant IGREC experience

Evidence from related assignments.

IGREC's portfolio includes longitudinal data from more than 4,000 firms, surveys of about 500 growth-oriented businesses, research with around 400 micro-business owners, and studies of public procurement, recruitment, taxation, flooding, and market competition.

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Firm Dynamics and Worker Resilience to the COVID-19 Shock in Uganda

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Investment Readiness of High-Growth Firms in Uganda

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Clustering at the Business Level: Micro-Firm Markets and Innovation

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Government Demand and Domestic Firms Growth: Evidence from Uganda

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Frequently asked questions

Practical answers before scoping begins.

Can IGREC survey informal businesses?

Yes. We adapt definitions, listings, location checks, interview timing, and financial questions for informal enterprises.

Can survey data link to tax or programme records?

Yes, when legal permissions, identifiers, consent, security controls, and data-sharing agreements allow linkage.

How do you reduce inaccurate financial reporting?

We use suitable reference periods, component questions, unit checks, ranges, and consistency reviews.

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Turn business realities into usable evidence

Share your target sectors, firm types, locations, and policy questions. IGREC will design an enterprise survey that businesses can answer and leaders can use.

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