The selected-sector spread is 3.023 pp in 2023, from 13.016% to 9.993%.
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
- 3.023 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -5.457 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 23
- 13.016% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 81
- -0.615 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+3.023 pp sector spread
- U.S. rate
- 10.608%
- Published national rate
- 23 Construction
- 13.016%
- +2.408 pp vs U.S.
- 81 Other services except public administration
- 9.993%
- -0.615 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
- 9.993%
- U.S. gap
- -0.615 pp
- Change
- -3.718 pp
- All-sector rank
- #12 / 19
- Window average
- 9.921%
- 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 pp81 -0.615 pp
23Construction
81Other services except public administration
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 23 | 81 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 13.016%+2.408 pp | 9.993%-0.615 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 14.08%+2.429 pp | 10.817%-0.834 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 13.613%+2.768 pp | 9.587%-1.258 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 12.454%+2.817 pp | 8.47%-1.167 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 12.93%+3.317 pp | 8.048%-1.565 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 12.776%+3.362 pp | 7.97%-1.444 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 12.695%+3.02 pp | 8.174%-1.501 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 13.35%+3.156 pp | 8.286%-1.908 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 13.22%+3.195 pp | 8.013%-2.012 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 13.094%+3.188 pp | 7.936%-1.97 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 12.78%+2.973 pp | 7.871%-1.936 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 13.82%+3.802 pp | 8.138%-1.88 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 13.225%+3.339 pp | 7.859%-2.027 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 11.834%+2.339 pp | 7.749%-1.746 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 9.919%+0.638 pp | 7.557%-1.724 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 11.821%+1.514 pp | 8.401%-1.906 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 14.166%+2.405 pp | 9.146%-2.615 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 16.686%+4.191 pp | 9.1%-3.395 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 15.75%+4.135 pp | 8.82%-2.795 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 15.954%+4.443 pp | 8.676%-2.835 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 14.38%+2.955 pp | 9.107%-2.318 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 13.395%+1.484 pp | 9.501%-2.41 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 12.461%+1.471 pp | 8.243%-2.747 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 12.972%+2.124 pp | 8.325%-2.523 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 13.767%+2.652 pp | 8.57%-2.545 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 13.828%+2.39 pp | 9.274%-2.164 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 14.799%+2.599 pp | 9.46%-2.74 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 14.781%+2.986 pp | 9.599%-2.196 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 16.459%+4.401 pp | 9.702%-2.356 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 16.161%+4.276 pp | 9.561%-2.324 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 15.651%+4.142 pp | 9.471%-2.038 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 14.348%+2.771 pp | 10.004%-1.573 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 13.692%+1.334 pp | 10.443%-1.915 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 15.859%+3.176 pp | 11.212%-1.471 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 15.866%+2.498 pp | 11.734%-1.634 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 16.859%+2.9 pp | 12.07%-1.889 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 18.84%+4.515 pp | 12.421%-1.904 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 18.31%+4.215 pp | 12.529%-1.566 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 19.127%+5.317 pp | 12.816%-0.994 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 19.656%+5.122 pp | 18.519%+3.985 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 16.033%+2.644 pp | 12.665%-0.724 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 13.25%+0.786 pp | 11.394%-1.07 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 14.273%+1.476 pp | 11.202%-1.595 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 15.879%+3.073 pp | 11.488%-1.318 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 19.11%+5.14 pp | 12.738%-1.232 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 22.191%+7.045 pp | 13.711%-1.435 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 8.48 pp in 1978 to 3.023 pp in 2023.
Other services except public administration 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.