Celebrate National Small Business Week

National Small Business Week 3-Day Virtual Summit

The U.S. Small Business Administration is hosting a National Small Business Week Virtual Summit September 13–15. Attend this free, online event to learn new business strategies, meet other business owners, and chat with industry experts. The 3-day event will include educational webinars, updates on resources for small businesses, and a networking chat room for business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. There will be a number of presenters providing retooling and innovative practices for entrepreneurs as our nation’s small businesses look to pivot and recover from the coronavirus pandemic toward a stronger economy.

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• America Counts Stories
• Data Tools
• Infographics and Visualizations
• Census Academy Data Training

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Featured Data Products and Tools for Small Businesses

• COVID-19 Data Hub
• Small Business Pulse Survey
• Census Business Builder 3.4
• Business Formation Statistics

Small Business Stories from #AmericaCounts

• U.S. Small Businesses Suffer Supply Chain Disruptions
• What is a Small Business ?
• Self-Employed Adults Hit Harder by Pandemic-Related Business Downturns in Hardest-Hit States
• 2017 Economic Census Data Breaks Out Industry Growth, Changes By State
• New Small Business Pulse Survey Shows Breadth of COVID-19 Impact on Businesses
• Where Do New Businesses Emerge?
• Who Would Buy Your Products Overseas?
• Can Census Bureau Data Drive Business Growth and Job Creation?
• America Keeps on Truckin’

Small Business Data and Flyers

• County Business Patterns: Provides sub-national economic data by industry and employment size. Includes the number of establishments, employment, first quarter payroll and annual payroll. Download PDF Flyer
• Nonemployer Statistics (NES): Provides sub-national economic data for businesses that have no paid employees and are subject to federal income tax. Download PDF Flyer
• Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics (NES-D): Provides demographic characteristics for nonemployer businesses in the United States.
• Annual Business Survey (ABS): Provides economic and demographic information for businesses and business owners (including employment and receipts size) as well as other business characteristics such as innovation. Download PDF Flyer
• Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB): Provides national and sub-national data on the distribution of economic data by enterprise size and industry.
• Economic Census: Every five years, the Economic Census provides detailed information on all businesses, covering most industries and all geographic areas of the United States.
• American Community Survey: The American Community Survey is the premier source for information about America's changing population, housing and workforce.
• Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD): Provides unique linked employer-employee data for the United States used to research and characterize workforce dynamics by industry.
• Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS): Provides annual measures of business dynamics for the economy, aggregated by establishment and firm characteristics.
• Download Census Business Builder Small Business Edition Version 3.4 PDF Flyer
• Download Census Business Builder Regional Analyst Edition Version 3.4 PDF Flyer
• Download Business Formation Statistics PDF Flyer