Preparation of the dataset of territorial distribution of companies in the Czech Republic

This bachelor thesis deals with the design of a methodological procedure for the creation of a dataset that captures the spatial distribution of firms in the Czech Republic, including their establishments and branches. It is based on the fact that publicly available registers, such as ARES, RŽP or NRPZS, provide information on economic entities, but often only at the level of their formal headquarters. The aim of this paper is to identify the available data sources, analyse their quality and contribution in terms of locational accuracy, and propose a process framework that will allow these data to be efficiently collected, integrated, cleaned and validated. The work evaluates standard public registries as well as alternative sources including commercial databases and web scraping techniques focused on corporate websites. The result is a detailed description of a seven-step process that includes building a data skeleton, enriching it with traffic, consolidating the data, and documenting it. The work also highlights the limitations of current resources, the technical constraints of accessing the data, and the challenges associated with updating the data. The output is a methodological framework usable for future development of a comprehensive dataset on the geographical presence of companies in the Czech Republic.