Small Business API
The Census Bureau’s application programming interface (API) allows developers to create custom apps from publicly available datasets. The API is making Census Bureau statistics more accessible than ever before.
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Annual Business Survey (ABS) APIsThe Census Bureau’s Application Programming Interface (API) allows users to create custom queries. Users can embed these statistics into web or mobile apps.
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Annual Survey of EntrepreneursThe ASE provides more timely updates on the status, nature, and scope of women-, minority-, and veteran-owned businesses.
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County Business Patterns 1986-2021 & Nonemployer Statistics 1997-2020Annual statistics on U.S. businesses with and without paid employees or payroll at detailed levels of geography and industry. Both surveys use NAICS codes.
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Economic Census (2002 – 2022)Economic and business data, down to the county level, includes number of establishments, sales and receipts, annual payroll, number of employees and more.
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Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics (NES-D) APIsThe Census Bureau’s Application Programming Interface (API) allows users to create custom queries. Users can embed these statistics into web or mobile apps.
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Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) Time Series (2001-2022)PSEO data provide earnings and employment outcomes for college and university graduates by degree level, degree major, and post-secondary institution.
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Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) (Time Series: 1990 - present)The QWI are a set of 32 economic indicators including employment, job creation/destruction, wages, hires, and other measures of employment flows.
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Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) - EndpointThe Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) are a set of economic indicators including employment, job creation, earnings, and other measures of employment flows.
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Survey of Business Owners (2012)Business data by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status at detailed geography and industry levels, including business and owner characteristics
Page Last Revised - December 2, 2024