Census Business Builder (CBB)

The Census Business Builder (CBB) is a suite of services that provide selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and use format.

Version 5.9
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  • Known Issues & Comments

Version 5.9

Census Business Builder offers key data in a user-friendly interface.

Key Features

  • Easy to use menus and Search tools to select the location you’d like to research and nearly all types of businesses.
  • Interactive maps to browse and download data about the selected area and type of businesses.
  • A customizable dashboard that includes time series, geographic comparison, and geographic ranking charts.
  • Interactive and downloadable reports (including charts) that can be easily incorporated into your research.
  • Optimized for your smartphone or tablet.

What's New in Version 5.9

  • New data items for the Building Permits Survey (BPS)
  • New Consumer Spending data item: Consumer expenditures per household on Computer information services
  • Basemap update for the Gulf of America
  • Ability to search for Prebuilt Regions directly from the region search box
  • Swap Primary and Secondary map variables within the dashboard
  • Metadata updates
  • Bug fixes for known issues

Flyers

View flyers that provide an Overview of Census Business Builder.

Widgets

Feedback

Please email us at ewd.outreach@census.gov with your feedback on the tool, including what you like about it as well as what changes you’d like to see in future versions.

Page Last Revised - March 31, 2025