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Business and Owner Demographic Characteristics

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Business and Owner Demographic Characteristics

This page highlights the programs and surveys that provide business and owner demographic characteristics for employer and nonemployer businesses and business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. The surveys and programs included are the Survey of Business Owners (SBO), Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE), and Annual Business Survey (ABS), and Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics (NES-D). Further information on the individual surveys and programs can be found by exploring the links below.

Starting with reference year 2017, the ABS and NES-D programs replaced the historical SBO and supplemental ASE.

 

Annual Business Survey (ABS) Program
Provides annual data on select economic and demographic characteristics of employer businesses, including annual R&D estimates.
Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics (NES-D) Data
Provides estimates on economic and demographic characteristics for nonemployer businesses and business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status.
Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE)
Provides estimates of number of firms, sales/receipts, annual payroll, and employment by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status.
Survey of Business Owners and Self-Employed Persons (SBO)
Provides estimates on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses & business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status.

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Press Release
Census Bureau Releases Nonemployer Business Data
February 08, 2024
Women owned 41.1% (11.2 million) and minorities owned 36.7% (10 million) of the nation’s nonemployer businesses.
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New Data on Minority-Owned, Veteran-Owned and Women-Owned Businesses
October 26, 2023
According to the 2022 Annual Business Survey (ABS), which covers reference year 2021, there were approximately 5.9 million employer firms in total.
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Census Bureau Celebrates 12th Anniversary of Manufacturing Day
September 29, 2023
The U.S. Census Bureau next week will begin a series of events to recognize the manufacturing sector’s importance and vast contribution to the nation’s economy.
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