2022 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Finance Survey
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Zambia, 2022 - 2026
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BD01S.What kind of business or activity is mainly carried out in this business? Describe…. (BD01_OTHER_ACTIVITY_B1)
Data file: Business-Business_Level_21B_Anonymised
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Valid:
352
Invalid:
0
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Discrete
Width:
255
Range:
-
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| BAKING AND SELLING OF CAKES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| BREWING AND SELLING OF MUNKOYO DRINK | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| BREWING AND SELLING OF DRINK ( MUNKOYO ) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| BREWING BEER (KACHASU ) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| BURNING CHARCOAL | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| BUYING AND SELLING MAIZE | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| BUYING AND SELLING OF FISH | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Baking of cakes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Barbershop | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Bicycle repairing | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Bottled/Opaque beers | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Brewing & selling beer | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| CHICKEN RARING AND SELING | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| CONSULTATION THINGS LIKE COMPANY REGISTRATION ETC | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| COOKING CHIKANDA | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| COSMETICS SELLING | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| CUTTING AND SELLING OF THATCHING GRASS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Carpentry; making wooden stools, beds, tables and chairs | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Ciggarates selling | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Computer consultacy | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| DESIGNING OF LAYOUTS SUCH BROCHURES, FLIERS AND BANNER | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Day care services | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| FARMING Of POPCORNS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| FARMING SUPPORT | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| FISH FARMING | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| FRYING POP CORNS | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| FRYING SAMOSAS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Farming maize | 3 |
0.9%
|
|
| Farming cassava | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Farming maize | 3 |
0.9%
|
|
| Fishing of chisense | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| GENERAL TRADING | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| GROWING AND SELLING OF VEGETABLES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| GROWING AND SELLING OF SOYA BEANS | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| GROWING AND SELLING OF TOMATOES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| GROWING AND SELLING OF WATERMELON | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| GROWING GROUNDNUT FOR SALE ON RETAIL | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| GROWING GROUNDNUT FOR SALE ON WHOLESALE | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| GROWING MAIZE FOR SALE | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| GROWING OF cucumbers | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| GROWING TOMATOES FOR SALE ON WHOLESALE AND RETAIL | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| GROWS VEGETABLES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Growing of groundnuts for sale | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Growing of maize for selling | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Growing soya beans | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Grows soya beans | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Internet cafe | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| MAKING AND SELLING OF MUNKOYO | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| MAKING AND SELLING OF CHIBWANTU | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| MAKING AND SELLING OF ICE BLOCKS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| MAKING AND SELLING OF KACHASU | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| MOBILE MONEY TRANSACTIONS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Maize production | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Making Flirters | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Mine suppiers | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Mobile money services | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| ORDRR AND RE-SALE | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Ordering of Vehicles on behalf of Clients | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Ordering second hand clothe and selling to customers | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| PIGGARY FARMING | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| PRINTING AND PHOTOCOPYING | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Pot flower making | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RAISING BROILERS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RENTING OUT HOUSES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RESTAURANT COOKING AND SERVING OF FOOD | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAIL SELLING OF POTATOES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAIL SALE OF CHICKENS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAIL SELL OF CHARCOAL | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAIL SELL OF CHITENGE MATERIALS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAIL SELL OF DRINKS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAIL SELL OF GROUNDNUTS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAIL SELL OF SACK BAGS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAIL SELL OF TOMATOES | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| RETAIL SELLING OF RICE | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAIL SELLING OF SOFT DRINKS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAIL SELLING SLIPPERS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAILING OF BEEF | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAILING OF CHICKEN | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAILING OF FIRST HAND CLOTHES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAILING OF NEW SHOES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAILING OF SEEDLINGS AND PESTICIDES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| RETAILING OF VEGETABLES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Rearing of pigs and chickens | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Restaurant | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SEELLING CHICKENS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING CHICKENS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING BROILER CHICKENS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING CAKES AND SCONES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING CHARCOAL | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING CLEAR BEER( KACHASU) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING HAIR EXTENSIONS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING KACHASU | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING MAIZE | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| SELLING MUNKOYO | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING OF FRESH FISH | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING OF HERBAL MEDICINES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING OF THE TOILORED CLOTHEE | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING OF TOMATOES AND CABBAGES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING RAPE | 3 |
0.9%
|
|
| SELLING RAPE AND CHINESE CABBAGE | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| SELLING SCORNS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING SECOND HAND CLOTHES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING SECOND HAND CLOTHES IN BALES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING TALK TIME | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING TOMATOES RAPE AND EGG PLANTS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SELLING VEGETABLES | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SERVICING OF MOTOR VEHICLE'S | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SOWING AND SELLING OF CHITENGE SKIRTS FOR CHILDREN | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SOYA PRODUCTION | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| SUPPLY OF BUILDING MATERIALS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Scaning and printing | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Sell of soft drinks and water | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling charcoal on retail | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling fish on retail | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling sugarcane | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling Chisense,tomatoes,sugar | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling asorted groceries at a temba | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling beer on retail | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling chisense on retail | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling dried kapenta at the market | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling fish on retail | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling of fritas | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling of charcoal in 90kg and 50kg bags and in plastic bags | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling of dry and fresh fish at home | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling of groceries in small quantities | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling rice | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling rice at home | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Selling tomatoes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Small potion of farming Vegtables | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Sun flower farming | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Suppliers of cements, door frames, window frames, doors, chairs, office statioery | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Talk time seelling | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Tomatoe seling | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Trading of salted fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Trading of cabbage | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Trading of fresh Chinese | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Trading of pad beans | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| Vehicle repairs and vehicle branding | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| WASHING OF CARS AND CARPETS | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| WHOSELLING AND RETAIL SELLING OF CHARCOAL | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| airtal money | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| bakes cakes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| baking fritters and sell | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| barbershop | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| beans farming | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| brewing munkoyo for sale | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| brewing of munkoyo | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| brewing traditional alcohol | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| buying and selling beef | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| buying and selling drinks | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| buying and selling of bananas | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| buying and selling of sour Milk | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| buying and selling of sour milk | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| buying and selling rice | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| car sales agent | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| charcoal making | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| consultation services and business registration | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| crop farming | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| cross border trading | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| digging of manganese and sell | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| domestic houses construction | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| egg production | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| exchanging ascorted goods with farm products such as maize and soya beans | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| farming groundnuts | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| farming maize | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| farming maize and cassava | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| farming maize and groundnuts | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| farming of beans | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| farming of maize | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| fish (fresh&dry) retail | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| fishing for sell | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| fishing of fresh Chisense and selling | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| fritters and relish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| garden (vegetable ) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| gardening of vegetables like tomatoes, rape and chinese vegetables | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| gardenning | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| grocery shop | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| groundnuts machine powder | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| grow soya beans,beans,ground nuts, | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing and selling of vegetable | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing and selling of groundnuts | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| growing and selling of maize | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing and selling of vegetables | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing maize and beans for sell | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing maize, soya beans , cassava | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing of beans,ground nuts | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing of cassava | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| growing of groundnuts and maize grain | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing of groundnuts for selling | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing of maize | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing of maize for sell | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing of maize for selling | 4 |
1.1%
|
|
| growing of maize, groundnuts and soya beans | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing of rice | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing of sunflower | 3 |
0.9%
|
|
| growing of sunflower and groundnuts | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing of sunflower for selling | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing of sunflower, soya beans and groundnuts for selling | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing of tomatoes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing rape | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing sugar cane for sell | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing sweet potatoes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| growing vegetables for sale | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| hair palating and saloon activities | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| hire out entertainment equipment | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| hire out tifany chairs and chilanga mulilo pots | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| landscaping and buy and sale | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| liquor bar | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| maize and rice farming | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| maize farming | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| maize grain | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| make tie and dye chitenge miterial | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| making and selling of fritas | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| making munkoyo | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| making tea | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| matel fabrication ,making of desk | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| mobile money | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| mobile money banking | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| mobile money services | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| mobile money transactions | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| money lending | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| nail fixing | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| nd raw honey put in 20 litre backets | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| offers a laundry service at a fee within the community | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| operating of hammer mill | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| outside catering | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| panel beating and spray painting | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| phone charging | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| photocopying and mobile money services | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| piggery. keeping pigs for sale | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| planting and watering | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| pool table | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| providing lodging services | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| raising of boiler chickens | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| raising of livestock | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| rearing pigs | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail sell of sausages | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail in groceries and running of hamermil | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail sale of big dry fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail sale of fish (chisense) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail sale of fitenges on credit | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail sale of tomatoes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail sale of alcohol and transport | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail sale of beer | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail sale of bread | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail sale of maize grain | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail sale of paraffin | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail sale of various things | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail sale of vegetables | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail sell for synthetic hair | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail sell of beans | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail selling of cabbage and mealie meal | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail selling of fish like chisense | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail selling of petrol and lending money | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| retail selling of sweet potatoes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sale of azamwina | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sales cassava mealie meal | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sales salt and cooking oil | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sales second hand baby tories | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| school shoes selling | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| second hand shoes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sell of Rice | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sell skin care products | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of bedings duvet | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling (mukuyo) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling charcoal | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| selling charcoal, braziers, fire lighting sticks,second hand handbags,ground nuts | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling chitenge materials in pieces | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling cigarettes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling cut timba (amapulanga) at retail | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling diesel | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling dry and fresh cassava at retail | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling dry fish | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling fritters,tomato | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling goat meat to butcheries | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling groceries on retail | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling kapenta | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling livestock (pigs) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of groceries | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of lotion | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of new clothes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of charcoal by the road side | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of chibuku ( opaque beer) at the same beer | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of cigarettes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of clothing and cosmetics | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of cosmetics | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of fruit trees at the road side | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of groceries | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of kapenta,eggs and tomatoes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of new clothes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of non alcoholic beverages | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of pants | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of perfumes in smaller quanties | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of popcorns | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of talk time for all networks | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling of tomatoes | 3 |
0.9%
|
|
| selling of vegetables | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling phones, simcards, charges and talk time | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling popped popcorns in small plastics | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling raw honey packed in 20litre backets | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling soft drinks and water | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling the vegetables outside the shop | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling timba (amapulanga) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling tomatoes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling tomatoes and onions | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| selling vegetables | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| selling vegetables(rape and tomatoes) | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sells cassava and groundnuts | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sells cooking oil,salt, | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sells dry fish from luangwa in bundles | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sells freezits | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sells goat meat in pieces | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sells rice, salt, soya pieces and and small packs of mealie meal | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sells second hand clothes | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sells the chicks after incubation | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| small goceries | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| spray painting | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| stationary | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| sun flower farming | 2 |
0.6%
|
|
| supply differnt materials | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| transportation | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| vegtable,onion,Sweet potatoes and maize growing including soya | 1 |
0.3%
|
|
| wholesale of fish to other towns and grocery | 1 |
0.3%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.