This edition of the publication “Structural changes of groups of the national economy entities in the REGON register” presents data on number and structure of the national economy entities entered in the National Official Business Register (REGON) at the end of 2017 against the respective data dated the end of 2016. The source of the published data constitutes the National Official Business Register, REGON conducted by the Statistics Poland (GUS) President on ground of the Law dated June 29th, 1995 on official statistics (Journal of Laws 2016, item 1068 with later amendments) and the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 30 November 2015 on the manner and methodology
of running and updating the national register of business entities, design applications, questionnaires and certificates (Journal of Laws item 2009 with later amendments). In the face of the above rules and regulations the following entities are subject to enlisting in the REGON register: legal persons, organizational entity without legal personality, natural persons conducting economic activity and the local entity of the above mentioned entities.