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Economy

Taxable Companies By Economic Sector

Data from Jan 2004 to Jan 2024

Last updated: 09 Sep 2025, 12:22 SGT

IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore)

For YA2009-YA2015, the industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2010.
(a) Other Goods Industries includes Agriculture & Fishing and Mining & Quarrying.
(b) Utilities includes Electricity, Gas & Air-Conditioning Supply, Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities.
(c) Real Estate & Business Activities includes Real Estate Activities, Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities, Administrative & Support Service Activities.
(d) Others includes all other industries such as Education, Health & Social Services, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Other Service Activities.
The industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2015 for YA2016-YA2017; SSIC 2015 (Version 2018) for YA2018 - YA2020.
(a) Utilities includes Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air-Conditioning Supply, Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities.
(b) Other Goods Industries includes Agriculture & Fishing and Mining & Quarrying.
(c) Real Estate & Business Activities includes Real Estate Activities, Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities, Administrative & Support Service Activities.
(d) Others includes all other industries such as Education, Health & Social Services, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Other Service Activities.
The industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2020 from YA2021.

(a) Utilities includes Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air-Conditioning Supply, Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities.
(b) Other Goods Industries includes Agriculture & Fishing and Mining & Quarrying.
(c) Real Estate & Business Activities includes Real Estate Activities, Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities, Administrative & Support Service Activities.
(d) Others includes all other industries such as Education, Health & Social Services, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Other Service Activities.
There will be differences between the Net Tax Assessed (NTA) and the Tax Collection published on data.gov.sg. NTA is the net tax assessed to be payable or repayable by an entity after taking into account allowable tax credits, tax remission, tax rebates and tax deducted at source, for a specific tax period. This might be different from the amount of tax collected as the taxes could be collected or refunded across different Financial Years (FY) due to taxpayers paying their taxes via GIRO instalments or having their past years’ assessments reviewed.

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_c4acab391625845ab55673166c614001"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore. (2015). Taxable Companies By Economic Sector (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved March 13, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_c4acab391625845ab55673166c614001/view

About this dataset

Contact

hoong_sook_ying@iras.gov.sg melissa_lim@iras.gov.sg

Created on

27 Oct 2015

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore)

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Economy

Taxable Companies By Economic Sector

Data from Jan 2004 to Jan 2024

Last updated: 09 Sep 2025, 12:22 SGT

IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore)

For YA2009-YA2015, the industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2010.
(a) Other Goods Industries includes Agriculture & Fishing and Mining & Quarrying.
(b) Utilities includes Electricity, Gas & Air-Conditioning Supply, Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities.
(c) Real Estate & Business Activities includes Real Estate Activities, Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities, Administrative & Support Service Activities.
(d) Others includes all other industries such as Education, Health & Social Services, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Other Service Activities.
The industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2015 for YA2016-YA2017; SSIC 2015 (Version 2018) for YA2018 - YA2020.
(a) Utilities includes Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air-Conditioning Supply, Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities.
(b) Other Goods Industries includes Agriculture & Fishing and Mining & Quarrying.
(c) Real Estate & Business Activities includes Real Estate Activities, Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities, Administrative & Support Service Activities.
(d) Others includes all other industries such as Education, Health & Social Services, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Other Service Activities.
The industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2020 from YA2021.

(a) Utilities includes Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air-Conditioning Supply, Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities.
(b) Other Goods Industries includes Agriculture & Fishing and Mining & Quarrying.
(c) Real Estate & Business Activities includes Real Estate Activities, Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities, Administrative & Support Service Activities.
(d) Others includes all other industries such as Education, Health & Social Services, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Other Service Activities.
There will be differences between the Net Tax Assessed (NTA) and the Tax Collection published on data.gov.sg. NTA is the net tax assessed to be payable or repayable by an entity after taking into account allowable tax credits, tax remission, tax rebates and tax deducted at source, for a specific tax period. This might be different from the amount of tax collected as the taxes could be collected or refunded across different Financial Years (FY) due to taxpayers paying their taxes via GIRO instalments or having their past years’ assessments reviewed.

‌

Economy

Taxable Companies By Economic Sector

Data from Jan 2004 to Jan 2024

Last updated: 09 Sep 2025, 12:22 SGT

IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore)

For YA2009-YA2015, the industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2010.
(a) Other Goods Industries includes Agriculture & Fishing and Mining & Quarrying.
(b) Utilities includes Electricity, Gas & Air-Conditioning Supply, Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities.
(c) Real Estate & Business Activities includes Real Estate Activities, Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities, Administrative & Support Service Activities.
(d) Others includes all other industries such as Education, Health & Social Services, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Other Service Activities.
The industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2015 for YA2016-YA2017; SSIC 2015 (Version 2018) for YA2018 - YA2020.
(a) Utilities includes Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air-Conditioning Supply, Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities.
(b) Other Goods Industries includes Agriculture & Fishing and Mining & Quarrying.
(c) Real Estate & Business Activities includes Real Estate Activities, Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities, Administrative & Support Service Activities.
(d) Others includes all other industries such as Education, Health & Social Services, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Other Service Activities.
The industries are classified according to Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC) 2020 from YA2021.

(a) Utilities includes Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air-Conditioning Supply, Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities.
(b) Other Goods Industries includes Agriculture & Fishing and Mining & Quarrying.
(c) Real Estate & Business Activities includes Real Estate Activities, Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities, Administrative & Support Service Activities.
(d) Others includes all other industries such as Education, Health & Social Services, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Other Service Activities.
There will be differences between the Net Tax Assessed (NTA) and the Tax Collection published on data.gov.sg. NTA is the net tax assessed to be payable or repayable by an entity after taking into account allowable tax credits, tax remission, tax rebates and tax deducted at source, for a specific tax period. This might be different from the amount of tax collected as the taxes could be collected or refunded across different Financial Years (FY) due to taxpayers paying their taxes via GIRO instalments or having their past years’ assessments reviewed.

Sample OpenAPI query

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_c4acab391625845ab55673166c614001"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

About this dataset

Contact

hoong_sook_ying@iras.gov.sg melissa_lim@iras.gov.sg

Created on

27 Oct 2015

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore)

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