Surveys and Programs

Annual Business Survey (ABS) Program

Provides annual data on select economic and demographic characteristics of employer businesses, including annual R&D estimates.

Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES)

Provides estimates on business spending for new and used structures and equipment.

Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS)

The Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS) produces industry-level estimates of sales, expenses, and other items for the retail sector in the U.S. each year.

Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE)

Provides estimates of number of firms, sales/receipts, annual payroll, and employment by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status.

Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)

Provides estimates on manufacturing activity, products, and location for the public and private sectors.

Annual Survey of State Government Finances

State Government Finances provides a comprehensive summary of annual survey findings for state governments.

Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS)

AWTS is conducted every year to provide detailed industry measures of sales, inventories, operational expenses and purchases for wholesale trade activities.

Building Permits Survey (BPS)

The purpose of the Building Permits Survey is to provide national, state, and local statistics on new privately-owned residential construction.

Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS)

Tabulations of establishment openings/closings, firm startups/shutdowns, and job creation/destruction, with unique information on firm age and firm size.

Business Enterprise Research and Development (BERD) Survey

Provides detailed statistics on global and domestic R&D expenses of U.S. based companies and statistics on R&D workforce, IP and technology transfer activities.

Business and Professional Classification Survey

Obtains information necessary to identify and classify businesses to update the samples for current business surveys and the Economic Census.

Center for Economic Studies (CES)

CES partners with stakeholders to improve measures of the economy and people of the United States through research and development of innovative data products.

Commodity Flow Survey (CFS)

CFS is a joint project of Census and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics producing data on the movement of goods in the United States.

County Business Patterns (CBP)

Provides subnational economic data by industry, including the number of establishments, employment, first quarter payroll, and annual payroll.

Current Industrial Reports

E-Commerce Statistics (E-STATS)

Economic Census

The Economic Census provides detailed information on employer businesses, including detailed data by industry, geography, and more.

Information & Communication Technology Survey (ICTS)

Provides estimates on non-capitalized and capitalized business spending for information and communication technology equipment and computer software.

Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD)

The LEHD program combines federal, state and Census Bureau data on employers and employees under the Local Employment Dynamics Partnership.

Management and Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS)

Provides information on the use of decentralized decision rights, data-driven decision making, and investments in human capital.

Management and Organizational Practices Survey-Hospitals

Provides information on the use of decentralized decision rights, data-driven decision making, and investments in human capital.

Manufacturers' Shipments Inventories, & Orders

Provides monthly estimates on current economic conditions and indications of future production commitments in the manufacturing sector.

Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders (M3UFO) Survey

Welcome to the main page for the Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders Survey (M3UFO).

Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS)

Provides estimates on energy consumption in the manufacturing sector.

Monthly Retail Trade Surveys (MARTS & MRTS)

Provides monthly estimates on sales at retail and food services stores and inventories held by retail stores.

Nonemployer Statistics (NES)

An annual series that provides subnational economic data for businesses that have no paid employees and are subject to federal income tax.

Quarterly Financial Report (QFR)

Provides quarterly aggregate statistics on the financial results and position of U.S. corporations.

Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization (QPC)

Provides quarterly estimates on the rates of capacity utilization for the U.S. manufacturing and publishing sectors.

Report of Organization

Collects information on current organization and operating information on multi-establishment firms in order to maintain the Business Register (BR).

Service Annual Survey (SAS)

Provides estimates of revenue and other measures for most traditional service industries.

Small Business Pulse Survey

The Small Business Pulse Survey measures the impacts on our nation’s small businesses and changes in business conditions caused by the coronavirus.

Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB)

Provides detailed annual data for U.S. business establishments by geography, industry, and enterprise size.

Survey of Business Owners and Self-Employed Persons (SBO)

Provides estimates on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses & business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status.