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Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS)
Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS)
BDS provides annual measures of business dynamics (such as job creation and destruction, establishment births and deaths, and firm startups and shutdowns) for the economy overall and aggregated by establishment and firm characteristics.
Updates
The Business Dynamics Statistics: Describing the Evolution of the U.S. Economy from 1978-2019
The working paper "The Business Dynamics Statistics: Describing the Evolution of the U.S. Economy from 1978-2019" is now available.
2019 BDS Now Available
BDS statistics covering the years 1978 to 2019 were released on September 30, 2021.
LBD Working Paper
The LBD Working Paper is now available.
Data
Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) Explorer
Analyze the Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) data through interactive charts, maps and tables.
Business Dynamics Statistics Datasets
The 2019 BDS datasets are available in downloadable CSV format.
2019 Business Dynamics Statistics Data Tables
BDS data tables are available on data.census.gov for all years, 1978 to 2019.
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