Statistical zones, statistical regions and districts |
Total | Motorway | Category I roads |
Category II roads |
Category III roads and road connections by croossroads and junctions |
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Total | 19 879 | 790 | 2 900 | 4 019 | 12 170 |
North and South-East Bulgaria | 12 382 | 336 | 1 948 | 2 612 | 7 486 |
North-West region | 3 435 | 18 | 399 | 763 | 2 255 |
Vidin | 612 | - | 71 | 91 | 450 |
Vratsa | 649 | - | 65 | 231 | 353 |
Lovech | 755 | 18 | 105 | 77 | 555 |
Montana | 625 | - | 61 | 159 | 405 |
Pleven | 794 | - | 97 | 205 | 492 |
North Central region | 2 962 | - | 462 | 636 | 1 864 |
Veliko Tarnovo | 937 | - | 153 | 141 | 643 |
Gabrovo | 504 | - | 86 | 31 | 387 |
Razgrad | 506 | - | 56 | 162 | 288 |
Ruse | 509 | - | 110 | 155 | 244 |
Silistra | 506 | - | 57 | 147 | 302 |
North-East region | 2 682 | 95 | 487 | 467 | 1 633 |
Varna | 718 | 58 | 139 | 43 | 478 |
Dobrich | 823 | - | 83 | 242 | 498 |
Targovishte | 523 | - | 77 | 105 | 341 |
Shumen | 618 | 37 | 188 | 77 | 316 |
South-East region | 3 303 | 223 | 600 | 746 | 1 734 |
Burgas | 1 181 | 51 | 252 | 242 | 636 |
Sliven | 581 | 44 | 85 | 202 | 250 |
Stara Zagora | 904 | 93 | 167 | 215 | 429 |
Yambol | 637 | 35 | 96 | 87 | 419 |
South-West and South Central Bulgaria | 7 497 | 454 | 952 | 1 407 | 4 684 |
South-West region | 3 422 | 262 | 536 | 623 | 2 001 |
Blagoevgrad | 716 | 49 | 75 | 152 | 440 |
Kyustendil | 629 | 44 | 85 | 54 | 446 |
Pernik | 569 | 32 | 58 | 66 | 413 |
Sofia | 1 508 | 137 | 318 | 351 | 702 |
South Central region | 4 075 | 192 | 416 | 784 | 2 683 |
Kardzhali | 649 | - | 73 | 81 | 495 |
Pazardzhik | 723 | 51 | 59 | 202 | 411 |
Plovdiv | 1 020 | 50 | 129 | 240 | 601 |
Smolyan | 539 | - | - | 110 | 429 |
Haskovo | 1 144 | 91 | 155 | 151 | 747 |
REMARK: Since 2002 the category IV roads are not included in the national road network. |
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They are part from tne municipal roads and Executive agency "Roads" do not submit data on them. |
National road network by road category

Contact | |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
Contact organisation unit | „Short-term business statistics “ Department |
Contact name | Julia Georgieva |
Contact person function | State expert |
Contact mail address | 2, P.Volov Str. Sofia 1038, Bulgaria |
Contact email address | |
Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 194 |
Contact fax number | |
Metadata update | |
Metadata last certified | 19 November 2014 |
Metadata last posted | 20 November 2013 |
Metadata last update | 01 January 2014 |
Statistical presentation | |
Data description | Data on national road network refers to:
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Classification system | · The classification of National roads is made by conditions and order set by the Council of Ministers; · Glossary for transport statistics· Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria - NUTS ; · Glossary for transport statistics - - Geneva 2003. |
Sector coverage | The National road network (NRN) ensures the connections between the built-up areas in the country and those with other countries for transport of goods and passengers. National roads are classified according to their administrative and economic importance and functions for the transport system in the following classes: motorways and roads of the first, second and third class, which ensure national significance transport connections and give the length of the state road network. Separate national roads are included in the Trans-European road network.
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Statistical concepts and definitions | According to road category NRN includes: Motorways - roads designed exclusively for high-speed vehicular traffic. They have separate carriageways for traffic in each direction with a dividing strip between them, emergency stopping lane and crossing other roads or railroads at a different level. The maximum speed is 140 km / h. I-st category roads –designed for transit traffic on big distances /mainly from border to border/. They service big territories and coincide with the major transport fluxes in the country. II-nd category roads - designed for transit traffic on medial distances. They have distributing functions and provide optimal routes for transit traffic to different country regions. III-rd category roads - roads within the boundaries of built-up areas that are part from roads higher category. Ensure the connection between the different municipalities as well those to local roads. According to type of pavement: Bituminized road surface - for all types of traffic; Cobblestones - often used for roads with major traffic; Crushed stones - used for local roads with light traffic; Coarse aggregate - used for local roads with very light traffic. Unpaved roads. Usually these are forest, tractor and cart roads without a special coating.
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Statistical unit | Source of data is "Road Infrastructure" Agency. Data are transmitted annually. |
Statistical population | The survey is exhaustive. |
Reference area | For the Republic of Bulgaria. |
Time coverage | Since 1995. |
Base period | Not applicable. |
Unit of measure | |
Kilometres | |
Reference period | |
Annual | |
Institutional mandate | |
Legal acts and other agreements | · Law on roads (29.03.200) SG, issue 26/2000 (last amended, SG issue 53 from 13.07.2012); · Regulation for implementation of Law on roads (Decree No 245 of Council of Ministers from 24.11.200) in force from 01.12.2000. |
Data sharing | Not applicable. |
Confidentiality | |
Confidentiality - policy | Data are published aggregated by districts and are not confidential. |
Confidentiality - data treatment | Not applicable. |
Release policy | |
Release calendar | Data are published according to the deadlines set in the Release calendar - 6 months after the reference period. |
Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
User access | Data are published on the Internet site of NSI and can be accessed from all users of statistical information. |
Frequency of dissemination | |
Annual | |
Accessibility and clarity | |
News release | Not applicable. |
Publications | · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · "Bulgaria" (brochure); . International questionnaries. |
On-line database | Data on National road network are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Domain statistics - Transport and Communications - Other annual data - Transport: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/7201 |
Micro-data access | Not applicable. |
Other | Not applicable. |
Documentation on methodology | · Law on roads (29.03.200) SG, issue 26/2000 (last amended, SG issue 53 from 13.07.2012); · Regulation for implementation of Law on roads (Decree No 245 of Council of Ministers from 24.11.200) in force from 01.12.2000. |
Quality documentation | Not available. |
Quality management | |
Quality assurance | After receiving the information quality checks and data validation are made. By identifying errors, the necessary corrections are made with the cooperation of "Road Infrastructure" Agency. |
Quality assessment | Not applicable. |
Relevance | |
User needs | Main users are state and international institutions. |
User satisfaction | No information. |
Completeness | All roads part from NRN are covered. |
Accuracy and reliability | |
Overall accuracy | The survey is exhaustive and is conducted by "Road Infrastructure" Agency. |
Sampling error | Not applicable. |
Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
Timeliness and punctuality | |
Timeliness | Data are annual and are published 6 months after the reference period. |
Punctuality | Data are published according to the deadlines set in the Release calendar of NSI. |
Coherence and comparability | |
Comparability - geographical | Comparable at European level. |
Comparability - over time | Data are from 1995 without any breaks in the time series.Since 2002 IV category roads have been excluded from the National Road Network and have been included in municipality roads network. |
Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
Coherence - internal | Not applicable. |
Cost and burden | |
Cost and Burden are defined by "Road Infrastructure" Agency. | |
Data revision | |
Data revision - policy | According to the rules for data publishing revision of data can be made when it is necessary. |
Data revision - practice | See 19.1. |
Statistical processing | |
Source data | Source of data is "Road Infrastructure" Agency. |
Frequency of data collection | Annual |
Data collection | The survey is exhaustive. |
Data validation | Not applicable. |
Data compilation | The primary data checks are made by "Road Infrastructure" Agency. Additional treatment of the information is necessary for publication purposes. |
Adjustment | Not applicable. |
Comment |
Contact | |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
Contact organisation unit | "Annual business statistics" Department |
Contact name | Anelia Viharova |
Contact person function | State expert |
Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
Contact email address | |
Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 129 |
Contact fax number | |
Metadata update | |
Metadata last certified | 20 November 2013 |
Metadata last posted | 20 November 2013 |
Metadata last update | 16 January 2014 |
Statistical presentation | |
Data description | The statistical survey of non-financial enterprises provides information by size of enterprises in terms of employed, by the following economic indicators: number of enterprises, number of persons employed, revenues, expenditure and tangible fixed assets. The annual data of non-financial enterprises are aggregated by sections (the first sign of NACE.BG-2008) The annual data, grouping by size class: the indicators are published on section level (the first sign of NACE.BG-2008) and by size class of employment. Annual regional data: Three indicators are published on a regional level by sections (the first sign of NACE.BG-2008 and NACE.BG-2003) and by statistical regions (NUTS). |
Classification system | · Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG-2008) ? in force since 2008; · Classification of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS). |
Sector coverage | Non-financial enterprises, classified in sections A to S (excluding K) by NACE.BG-2008 from 2008 onwards. |
Statistical concepts and definitions | The main economic indicators, published in this section are:
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Statistical unit | The basic unit of survey is an enterprise. The overall main economic indicators and the data by size class of employment are calculated from the annual data of the enterprises. The enterprise is the smallest organisation unit producing goods or services which makes its own business decisions. The enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations. The enterprise may be an independent legal unit. |
Statistical population | The survey is exhaustive and the statistical population includes all non-financial enterprises classified in sections A to S (excluding K) by NACE.BG-2008 from 2008 onwards. |
Reference area | The data refer to the activities of non-financial enterprises carried out in the country. |
Time coverage | Since 2008. |
Base period | Not applicable. |
Unit of measure | |
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Reference period | |
Calendar year | |
Institutional mandate | |
Legal acts and other agreements | Bulgarian legislation:
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Data sharing | Not applicable. |
Confidentiality | |
Confidentiality - policy | Regulation (EC) ? 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 defines common criteria for protection of confidential data and methods for sending the information to and its use by Eurostat. The Law on Statistics ensures the protection of statistical confidentiality and the use of individual data of enterprises for statistical purposes only. |
Confidentiality - data treatment | The individual (primary) data are confidential according to the Law on Statistics and European legislation. To ensure their protection and inability to be identified, the aggregated indicators are also defined as confidential when: · Criterion A - the indicator is calculated from one or two enterprises; · Criterion B - one enterprise forms 85% or more of the total value of this indicator. |
Release policy | |
Release calendar | The date for publication of statistical information is given in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
User access | Data are published on the NSI website and are available to all users of statistical information. |
Frequency of dissemination | |
Yearly | |
Accessibility and clarity | |
News release | Not applicable. |
Publications |
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On-line database | The data are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Business Statistic;Annual Business Statistics; Other Annual Data; Non-financial Enterprises: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/8228 |
Micro-data access | Not available. |
Other | Information service on request, according to the Rules for dissemination of statistical products and services of NSI. |
Documentation on methodology | Law for SMEs, national accounting legislation and developed statistical methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Methodology_NF_Ent_en.pdf |
Quality documentation | Not available |
Quality management | |
Quality assurance | This includes the improvement of the on-line based information system 'Business statistics', which ensures strict arithmetical and logical input control. The additional output control is made when are registered the big differences in the value of given indicator between two consecutive years or in comparison with the results of other statistical surveys in NSI - Short-term statistics, statistics Prodcom, Foreing trade, Labor force. |
Quality assessment | This is made in accordance with the standard criteria for assessing the quality - relevance, accuracy and reliability, timeliness, comparability and coherence. |
Relevance | |
User needs | The main users of data are: · International organisations; · Interested state institutions under signed agreements; · Research institutes, universities, economic analysts and students; · Private non-governmental organisations, agencies, associations, media, etc.; · Directorates and departments in the NSI. |
User satisfaction | There has been no study of user satisfaction, but no cases of outstanding requests for information are registered. |
Completeness | Full compliance with the Bulgarian legislation. |
Accuracy and reliability | |
Overall accuracy | The Information of the calculation of economic indicators is based on the annual accounts of non-financial enterprises, as full coherence of the input data is provided. |
Sampling error | The survey of non-financial enterprises is exhaustive and there are no sampling errors. |
Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
Timeliness and punctuality | |
Timeliness | The deadline for the publication of data on national level is t+11 months for the final data, where t is the reference year. |
Punctuality | The deadline under item 15.1 is strictly followed. |
Coherence and comparability | |
Comparability - geographical | For the country data are comparable. |
Comparability - over time | The data series are fully comparable for the period 2008 - the last reference year. |
Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
Coherence - internal | Not applicable. |
Cost and burden | |
NSI of Bulgaria is making extraordinary efforts to reduce the respondents' burden. An example is the signed agreement called "Single Entry Point" between NSI and the National Revenue Agency for a single providing of the annual reports and using the data from both institutions. Developed by NSI on-line based information system "Business Statistics" and ensured methodological and technical assistance to respondents during the reporting campaign are highly appreciated by respondents and help to reduce their workload. | |
Data revision | |
Data revision - policy | The National policy, as well as Eurostat's, allows the revision of already published data if there are serious reasons. |
Data revision - practice | The revised data replace the already published data as soon as possible after the revision is made. |
Statistical processing | |
Source data | The main data sources for calculating the economic indicators are: · Annual Reports of the non-financial enterprises, compiling balance sheets; · Annual Reports of the non-financial enterprises, non-compiling balance sheets. |
Frequency of data collection | Yearly. |
Data collection | Exhaustively for all non-financial enterprises. |
Data validation | Data validation is made by additional logical input control and comparison between the output data and the results of the previous year and other surveys, carried out by NSI. |
Data compilation | The survey is exhaustive and further data evaluation is not made. |
Adjustment | Not applicable. |
Comment |
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Monday, 31 August 2020 - 11:00
According to preliminary data annual reports on their activity for 2019 were submitted at the National Statistical Institute by 418 616 non-financial enterprises and the number of persons, employed in them, was 2 211 342. These enterprises generated 194 504 million BGN of production value and reported a positive financial result of 19 259 million BGN.
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Friday, 30 August 2019 - 11:00
According to preliminary data annual reports on their activity for 2018 were submitted at the National Statistical Institute by 413 162 non-financial enterprises and the number of persons, employed in them, was 2 207 549. These enterprises generated 180 626 million BGN of production value and reported a positive financial result of 17 035 million BGN.
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Friday, 31 August 2018 - 11:00
According to preliminary data annual reports on their activity for 2017 were submitted at the National Statistical Institute by 405 933 non-financial enterprises and the number of persons, employed in them, was 2 235 217. These enterprises generated 168 050 million BGN of production value and reported a positive financial result of 16 729 million BGN.