Included in this branch are companies active in automation services (NACE 72). The group contains hardware consultancy and companies working on the development, production and dissemination of software. Examples of companies belonging to the computer branch are companies active in the domain of software consultancy, data entry, web hosting, exploitation of databanks, search engines, starter pages et cetera, maintenance and repair of computers and office equipment, network management, computer security and computer centres.
For the business sentiment survey NACE 72 has been observed, except for NACE 724 (exploitation of databanks, search engines, starter pages and informative websites) and NACE 726 (network management, computer security and automation services not mentioned elsewhere).
