The selected-sector spread is 2.233 pp in 2023, from 13.016% to 10.783%.
Census BDS / comparative research desk
Sector Dynamics Comparison Studio
Compare sector entry, exit, and employment histories against national Business Dynamics Statistics. All comparisons retain the published year, rate, denominator, and population.
- Sector universe
- 19
- complete two-digit histories
- Annual coverage
- 1978-2023
- 46 common years
- Published measures
- 6
- 5,520 exact observations
- Comparison limit
- 2-4
- sectors plus U.S. baseline
Common years1978-2023 for every sector
Comparable unitspublished BDS percentages
Source custodyU.S. Census Bureau
Ranks describe rate magnitude, not competitive quality.
Longitudinal comparison workspace
Cross-sector trajectories without a composite score
138 displayed sector and national values across 46 exact BDS years.Entering establishments as a share of the Census BDS establishment denominator.
Period
- Latest spread
- 2.233 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -7.567 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 23
- 13.016% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 62
- +0.175 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+2.233 pp sector spread
- U.S. rate
- 10.608%
- Published national rate
- 23 Construction
- 13.016%
- +2.408 pp vs U.S.
- 62 Health care and social assistance
- 10.783%
- +0.175 pp vs U.S.
46 annual observationsPublished rates + U.S. contextNo interpolation
Selected-sector ledger
2023 position and window history
- Latest
- 13.016%
- U.S. gap
- +2.408 pp
- Change
- -9.175 pp
- All-sector rank
- #3 / 19
- Window average
- 14.764%
- Above U.S.
- 46 / 46 years
- Latest
- 10.783%
- U.S. gap
- +0.175 pp
- Change
- -1.608 pp
- All-sector rank
- #9 / 19
- Window average
- 9.444%
- Above U.S.
- 1 / 46 years
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
23 +2.408 pp62 +0.175 pp
23Construction
62Health care and social assistance
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 23 | 62 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 13.016%+2.408 pp | 10.783%+0.175 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 14.08%+2.429 pp | 9.807%-1.844 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 13.613%+2.768 pp | 9.789%-1.056 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 12.454%+2.817 pp | 8.75%-0.887 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 12.93%+3.317 pp | 8.812%-0.801 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 12.776%+3.362 pp | 8.266%-1.148 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 12.695%+3.02 pp | 8.528%-1.147 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 13.35%+3.156 pp | 8.767%-1.427 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 13.22%+3.195 pp | 9.261%-0.764 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 13.094%+3.188 pp | 8.491%-1.415 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 12.78%+2.973 pp | 7.945%-1.862 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 13.82%+3.802 pp | 7.767%-2.251 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 13.225%+3.339 pp | 7.721%-2.165 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 11.834%+2.339 pp | 8.283%-1.212 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 9.919%+0.638 pp | 8.132%-1.149 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 11.821%+1.514 pp | 8.56%-1.747 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 14.166%+2.405 pp | 9.373%-2.388 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 16.686%+4.191 pp | 9.884%-2.611 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 15.75%+4.135 pp | 8.99%-2.625 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 15.954%+4.443 pp | 8.936%-2.575 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 14.38%+2.955 pp | 9.173%-2.252 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 13.395%+1.484 pp | 11.162%-0.749 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 12.461%+1.471 pp | 9.401%-1.589 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 12.972%+2.124 pp | 8.844%-2.004 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 13.767%+2.652 pp | 8.72%-2.395 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 13.828%+2.39 pp | 8.819%-2.619 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 14.799%+2.599 pp | 10.158%-2.042 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 14.781%+2.986 pp | 8.98%-2.815 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 16.459%+4.401 pp | 8.964%-3.094 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 16.161%+4.276 pp | 8.716%-3.169 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 15.651%+4.142 pp | 8.665%-2.844 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 14.348%+2.771 pp | 9.014%-2.563 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 13.692%+1.334 pp | 9.177%-3.181 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 15.859%+3.176 pp | 9.422%-3.261 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 15.866%+2.498 pp | 9.806%-3.562 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 16.859%+2.9 pp | 10.127%-3.832 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 18.84%+4.515 pp | 10.298%-4.027 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 18.31%+4.215 pp | 10.542%-3.553 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 19.127%+5.317 pp | 10.0%-3.81 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 19.656%+5.122 pp | 9.981%-4.553 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 16.033%+2.644 pp | 11.073%-2.316 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 13.25%+0.786 pp | 11.013%-1.451 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 14.273%+1.476 pp | 11.26%-1.537 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 15.879%+3.073 pp | 10.81%-1.996 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 19.11%+5.14 pp | 11.052%-2.918 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 22.191%+7.045 pp | 12.391%-2.755 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 9.8 pp in 1978 to 2.233 pp in 2023.
Health care and social assistance is closest to the national rate in the final selected year. This is descriptive proximity, not a competitive assessment.
Cross-sector Business Dynamics Statistics comparisons are descriptive rate differences within published Census sector universes. A higher rate or rank is not a quality score, and the comparison does not establish concentration, market power, a legal antitrust market, or the cause of entry, exit, job creation, job destruction, or reallocation.
Interpretation boundary
A comparison of flows, not a verdict on competition.
Business Dynamics Statistics describe establishment and job-flow activity in broad Census sectors. Cross-sector differences can frame research questions, but product-market definition, concentration, conduct, entry conditions, and causal identification require separate evidence.