An updated structure of NIC code wise enterprises at the not available in the state except only in respect of units/factories covered under the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI). The ASI covers relatively large units belonging to the manufacturing and repair sub-sectors which are registered under Section 2M (i) and 2M (ii) of the Factories Act 1948 or under the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act. for other sectors, large units/enterprises no such updated and satisfactory structure existed thus an industry based database is required to plan any survey of such units, such as the Survey of Non-Manufacturing Industries (SNMI), having establishments along with some basic items of information for all sub-sectors such as trade, hotels and restaurants was desirable.

Business can be defined as an entrepreneurial unit of an individual, partnership or corporation/organization etc. engaged in commerce, manufacturing or service, while Business Register (BR) is a list of establishments and enterprises established in the state. It also serves as a statistical tool for preparing and coordinating surveys. It is an important source of information for statistical analysis of occupational population and its demography.

The Business Register (now Sanstha Aadhaar) records all enterprises groups, enterprises and local units that are active in the state economy. Thus, it is the basic foundation for the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), geographically it covers all the districts in the area of economic census. Overall, follows the concepts and definitions of Economic Census.