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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 5.10
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Version 5.10

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 5.10

  • Increase the limit of geographies in a Custom Region to more than 30
  • Allow users to pull data for all geographies within a geo level for a given variable
  • Allow users to pull all geographies within a Prebuilt Region
  • Add geo level for EC Places
  • Add capability to return to Map View from Report
  • 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 - August 21, 2025