Short-term business statistics (STS) are economic statistics published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Commission.
They cover all member states of the European Union and - in some areas - also third countries, and provide aggregated results for the euro area and the EU.
Short-term business statistics provide information on the economic development of four major domains: industry, construction, trade, and services.
These domains are defined in relation to a classification of economic activities, the NACE Rev.2 (Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, second revision).
For the four domains the following variables are reported (most on a monthly, some on a quarterly basis): The legal base[1] for the European short-term business statistics is Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 [2].