ABS - Module Business Characteristics: 2024 Tables (Employer Businesses)
2024 ABS - Module Business Characteristics (Employer Businesses)
The Annual Business Survey uses the collection year in the survey name rather than a single reference year. Therefore, the 2024 ABS covers reference year 2023.
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.
New Credit Applications (CREDAPP)
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
New Credit Sources (CREDSOUR)
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
New Credit Received (CREDREC)
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
Types of Intellectual Property Protection Used (PATENTUSE)
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
Number of Pending Patent Applications (PATENTPEND)
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
Number of Patents Owned (PATENTOWNED)
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
Manufacturing Activity (MFGUS)
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
Contracting Out Manufacturing (MFGCONTROUT)
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
Contracting Out Manufacturing by Company Type (MFGCONTRTYP)
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
Design For Contracting Out Manufacturing (MFGCONTDSGN)
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 Moving Production to U.S in 2023 (MOVEDPROD)
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
Reasons for Moving Production to U.S in 2023 (RMOVEDPROD)
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
Managing Production Problems or Service Issues (SERVICEPROB)
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
Number of Key Performance Indicators (KPINUM)
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
Frequency of Key Performance Indicators (KPIFREQ)
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
Frequency of Customer Satisfaction Monitoring (CUSSATMON)
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 Targets (BUSTARGETS)
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
Level of Effort to Reach Business Targets (BUSTARDIFF)
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
Employee Promotion (PROMOTION)
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
Under-Performing Employee (UNDERPERFORM)
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
Employee Training Expenditures (EMPTRE)
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
Employee Training Participation (EMPTRP)
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
Hours of Employee Training (HEMPTR)
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
Area of Employee Training (AREMPT)
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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