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Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs 2015

The 2015 ASE asked questions on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status, and introduced a new module of questions covering business management practices, types of workers, tasks performed by workers, and record keeping practices.

Company Summary

API Call: api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/csa.html
Examples: api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/csa/examples.html
Geographies: api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/csa/geography.html
Variables: api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/csa/variables.html
Example Call: US Level Employer firms data:
api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/csa?get=NAME,NAICS2012,EMPSZFI,EMPSZFI_LABEL,FIRMPDEMP&for=us:*&key=YOUR_KEY_GOES_HERE

For detailed information about the values available, please see “Technical Information for ASE API – Company Summary.”

Characteristics of Businesses

API Call: api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/cscb.html
Examples: api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/cscb/examples.html
Geographies: api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/cscb/geography.html
Variables: api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/cscb/variables.html
Example Call: US Level Employer firms data for SPOUSES business characteristic:
api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/cscb?get=NAME,NAICS2012_LABEL,ASECB,ASECB_LABEL,SPOUSES,SPOUSES_LABEL,YEAR,FIRMPDEMP,FIRMPDEMP_PCT,RCPPDEMP,RCPPDEMP_F,RCPPDEMP_PCT,EMP,EMP_PCT,PAYANN,PAYANN_PCT,FIRMPDEMP_S,FIRMPDEMP_PCT_S,RCPPDEMP_S,RCPPDEMP_PCT_S,EMP_S,EMP_PCT_S,PAYANN_S,PAYANN_PCT_S&for=us:*&key=YOUR_KEY_GOES_HERE

For detailed information about the values available, please see “Technical Information for ASE API – Characteristics of Businesses.”

Characteristics of Business Owners

API Call: api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/cscbo.html
Examples: api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/cscbo/examples.html
Geographies: api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/cscbo/geography.html
Variables: api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/cscbo/variables.html
Example Call: US Level Owners data for ACQBUS characteristic of business owners:
api.census.gov/data/2015/ase/cscbo?get=NAME,NAICS2012_LABEL,ASECBO,ASECBO_LABEL,ACQBUS,ACQBUS_LABEL,YEAR,OWNPDEMP,OWNPDEMP_PCT,OWNPDEMP_S,OWNPDEMP_PCT_S&for=us:*&key=YOUR_KEY_GOES_HERE

For detailed information about the values available, please see “Technical Information for ASE API – Characteristics of Business Owners.”

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Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE)

Provides estimates of number of firms, sales/receipts, annual payroll, and employment by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status.

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