| Code | Definition | Number of Accessions |
| FODDER | Swollen hypocotyl and root used as animal feed | 136 |
| LEAF | Leaves used as vegetable, includes the chard types | 101 |
| MIX | Accession has more than one TYPE of beet | 4 |
| NULL | NULL | 448 |
| OTHER | TYPE partially known but there is not enough passport , evaluation or other data to make a TYPE assignment (eg can place to fodder or sugar beet but not enough info to assign to either) | 16 |
| SUGAR | Used for sucrose production | 1066 |
| TABLE | Swollen hypocotyl used as vegetable, includes garden beets and red beets | 190 |
| UNKNOWN | Passport and other associated data does not clearly indicate TYPE or there is not enough data to make a TYPE assignment. | 290 |
| WILD | Collected from a wild population | 721 |