2023 ABS - Characteristics of Businesses (Employer Businesses)

The Annual Business Survey uses the collection year in the survey name rather than a single reference year.  Therefore, the 2023 ABS covers reference year 2022.

Multiple business characteristic topics are included in the tables listed above. Below are links to the data tables by the business characteristic topic. Question Description codes for the topics are in parenthesis. For more information on using the Census Bureau’s data platform, visit the data.census.gov resources page.

 

Number of Owners (OWNRNUM)

        Industry, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Years in Business

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Receipts Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Employment Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Urban and Rural Classification of Firm

 

Majority of Business Family-Owned (FAMOWN)

        Industry, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Years in Business

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Receipts Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Employment Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Urban and Rural Classification of Firm

 

Majority of Business Owned by Spouses (SPOUSES)

        Industry, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Years in Business

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Receipts Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Employment Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Urban and Rural Classification of Firm

 

Business Operated as a Franchise (OPFRAN)

        Industry, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Years in Business

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Receipts Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Employment Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Urban and Rural Classification of Firm

 

Type(s) of Customer (CUST)

        Industry, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Years in Business

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Receipts Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Employment Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Urban and Rural Classification of Firm

 

Type(s) of Workers Employed (WORKERS)

        Industry, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Years in Business

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Receipts Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Employment Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Urban and Rural Classification of Firm

 

Business Operation or Reason Ceased (CEASEOPS)

        Industry, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Years in Business

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Receipts Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Employment Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Urban and Rural Classification of Firm

 

Working from Home (WORKHOME)

        Industry, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Years in Business

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Receipts Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Employment Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Urban and Rural Classification of Firm

 

Percentage of Employees Working from Home (PERWHOME)

        Industry, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Years in Business

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Receipts Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Employment Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Urban and Rural Classification of Firm

 

Factors Affecting Working from Home (FACWHOME)

        Industry, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Years in Business

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Receipts Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Employment Size of Firm

        Sex, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Urban and Rural Classification of Firm

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