BDS data covering the years 1978 to 2023 were released on September 25, 2025. New for this release, data for Puerto Rico for the years 1998 to 2023.

The BDS-HC are the first public-use statistics that use W-2 filings to combine longitudinal business data with population-level worker demographic data.

The BDS of U.S. Patenting Firms (BDS-PF) is an experimental data product developed in collaboration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Provides annual measures of business dynamics for recipients and non-recipients of the four main SBA-administered pandemic relief funds.

This new experimental product allows for comparisons across industries and coastal regions of the impact of natural disasters and other events.

This experimental data product provides annual measures of business dynamics for STEM occupations.

The BDS of High Growth Firms provides annual measures of business dynamics by the firm growth rate distribution.

This quarterly data product tracks the business activity of firms with a single location.

This experimental data product provides annual measures of business dynamics for goods-trading of importers and exporters.

In the America Counts Story "Business Dynamics Statistics Trace Evolution of Job Growth, Employment at U.S. Firms Over Four Decades" we find U.S. startups create jobs at higher rates but older large firms employ most workers.

The working paper "The Business Dynamics Statistics: Describing the Evolution of the U.S. Economy from 1978-2019" is now available.

The LBD Working Paper is now available.