BLADE: Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment
Source:vignettes/articles/dataset-blade.Rmd
dataset-blade.RmdBusiness-level longitudinal data from administrative and survey sources.
Defines BLADE coverage, contributing administrative and survey sources, uses and access.
Dataset summary
- Asset
- BLADE
- Collection
- administrative_and_survey
- Supplier
- ABS
- Custodian
- ABS
- Reference period
- Table-specific; periods are recorded by variable_info().
- Update frequency
- Not recorded
- Products
- 64
- Tables
- 64
- Unique variables
- 4,884
- Variable occurrences
- 5,258
- Metadata source
- BLADE Data Item List, April 2026
- Official information
- ABS BLADE overview
Products and tables
BLADE has 64 products covering 64 tables.
| Product | Tables | Variables |
|---|---|---|
blade-key-cn-to-bn-key
|
1 | 4 |
blade-key-id-to-bn-key
|
1 | 8 |
blade-table-01-cross-sectional-indicative-data-items
|
1 | 25 |
blade-table-02-longitudinal-indicative-data-items
|
1 | 23 |
blade-table-03-agricultural-indicative-data-items
|
1 | 14 |
blade-table-04-business-activity-statement-bas
|
1 | 19 |
blade-table-05-pay-as-you-go-payg
|
1 | 5 |
blade-table-06-business-income-tax-bit
|
1 | 700 |
blade-table-07-single-touch-payroll-stp
|
1 | 37 |
blade-table-08-business-characteristics-survey-bcs
|
1 | 882 |
blade-table-09-business-characteristics-survey-management-capabilities-module-mcm
|
1 | 555 |
blade-table-10-business-characteristics-survey-innovation-module-im
|
1 | 306 |
blade-table-11-business-characteristics-survey-digital-activity-module-dam
|
1 | 300 |
blade-table-12-business-expenditure-on-research-and-development-berd
|
1 | 44 |
blade-table-13-private-non-profit-expenditure-on-research-and-development-pnperd
|
1 | 32 |
blade-table-14-government-expenditure-on-research-and-development-goverd
|
1 | 32 |
blade-table-15-economic-activity-survey-eas
|
1 | 39 |
blade-table-16-energy-water-environment-survey-ewes
|
1 | 42 |
blade-table-17-employee-earning-and-hours-eeh
|
1 | 42 |
blade-table-18-private-new-capital-expenditure-and-expected-expenditure-capex
|
1 | 89 |
blade-table-19-business-conditions-and-sentiments-sbcs
|
1 | 59 |
blade-table-20-survey-of-international-trade-in-services-sits
|
1 | 9 |
blade-table-21-restraint-clauses-short-survey-of-employment-conditions-ssec
|
1 | 31 |
blade-table-22-job-vacancy-survey-jvs
|
1 | 15 |
blade-table-23-higher-education-research-and-development-data-items
|
1 | 150 |
blade-table-24-business-locations-historic
|
1 | 5 |
blade-table-25-business-locations
|
1 | 9 |
blade-table-26-australian-securities-and-investments-commission-asic-insolvency-data
|
1 | 7 |
blade-table-27-business-birthdate
|
1 | 3 |
blade-table-28-intellectual-property-longitudinal-research-data-iplord
|
1 | 207 |
blade-table-29-intellectual-property-refreshed-automated-product-for-information-ipra
|
1 | 141 |
blade-table-30-intellectual-property-refreshed-automated-product-for-information-ipra
|
1 | 18 |
blade-table-31-intellectual-property-refreshed-automated-product-for-information-ipra
|
1 | 17 |
blade-table-32-intellectual-property-refreshed-automated-product-for-information-ipra
|
1 | 11 |
blade-table-33-intellectual-property-refreshed-automated-product-for-information-ipra
|
1 | 10 |
blade-table-34-intellectual-property-refreshed-automated-product-for-information-ipra
|
1 | 16 |
blade-table-35-capital-gains-tax-cgt
|
1 | 142 |
blade-table-36-jobkeeper-payment-scheme
|
1 | 20 |
blade-table-37-jobmaker-hiring-credit-scheme
|
1 | 83 |
blade-table-38-business-characteristics-survey-bcs-survey-weights
|
1 | 4 |
blade-table-39-business-characteristics-survey-digital-activity-module-dam-survey-wei
|
1 | 4 |
blade-table-40-business-characteristics-survey-innovation-module-im-survey-weights
|
1 | 4 |
blade-table-41-business-characteristics-survey-management-capabilities-module-mcm-sur
|
1 | 4 |
blade-table-42-business-expenditure-on-research-and-development-berd-survey-weights
|
1 | 5 |
blade-table-43-economic-activity-survey-eas-survey-weights
|
1 | 5 |
blade-table-44-private-new-capital-expenditure-and-expected-expenditure-capex-survey-
|
1 | 5 |
blade-table-45-restraint-clauses-short-survey-of-employment-conditions-ssec-survey-we
|
1 | 6 |
blade-table-46-agricultural-commodities
|
1 | 128 |
blade-table-47-merchandise-trade-exports
|
1 | 32 |
blade-table-48-merchandise-trade-imports
|
1 | 29 |
blade-table-49-workplace-agreements-database-wad-agreement
|
1 | 149 |
blade-table-50-workplace-agreements-database-wad-key
|
1 | 4 |
blade-table-51-workplace-agreements-database-wad-variation
|
1 | 6 |
blade-table-52-emerging-industries
|
1 | 12 |
blade-table-53-research-and-development-tax-incentive-rdti-program
|
1 | 42 |
blade-table-54-research-and-development-tax-incentive-rdti-program-rspcrc-key
|
1 | 4 |
blade-table-55-research-and-development-tax-incentive-rdti-program-subsidiary-key
|
1 | 4 |
blade-table-56-farm-level-analytical-dataset-flad-control
|
1 | 15 |
blade-table-57-farm-level-analytical-dataset-flad-idw
|
1 | 167 |
blade-table-58-farm-level-analytical-dataset-flad-suc
|
1 | 167 |
blade-table-59-dealroom
|
1 | 231 |
blade-table-60-national-family-violence-funded-agencies-nfvfa
|
1 | 5 |
blade-table-61-microdata-on-australian-exporters-max-panel
|
1 | 50 |
blade-table-62-microdata-on-australian-exporters-max-markets
|
1 | 8 |