The selected-sector spread is 4.064 pp in 2023, from 10.783% to 6.719%.
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
Unrecognized comparison filters were replaced with the nearest valid BDS state.
- Latest spread
- 4.064 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- +3.652 pp
- wider since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 62
- 10.783% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 62
- +0.175 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+4.064 pp sector spread
- U.S. rate
- 10.608%
- Published national rate
- 42 Wholesale trade
- 6.719%
- -3.889 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
- 6.719%
- U.S. gap
- -3.889 pp
- Change
- -6.084 pp
- All-sector rank
- #17 / 19
- Window average
- 9.562%
- Above U.S.
- 0 / 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
42 -3.889 pp62 +0.175 pp
42Wholesale trade
62Health care and social assistance
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 42 | 62 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 6.719%-3.889 pp | 10.783%+0.175 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 7.828%-3.823 pp | 9.807%-1.844 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 7.234%-3.611 pp | 9.789%-1.056 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 6.416%-3.221 pp | 8.75%-0.887 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 6.664%-2.949 pp | 8.812%-0.801 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 6.714%-2.7 pp | 8.266%-1.148 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 7.192%-2.483 pp | 8.528%-1.147 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 7.442%-2.752 pp | 8.767%-1.427 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 7.551%-2.474 pp | 9.261%-0.764 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 7.64%-2.266 pp | 8.491%-1.415 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 8.021%-1.786 pp | 7.945%-1.862 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 8.029%-1.989 pp | 7.767%-2.251 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 8.329%-1.557 pp | 7.721%-2.165 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 7.958%-1.537 pp | 8.283%-1.212 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 7.534%-1.747 pp | 8.132%-1.149 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 8.657%-1.65 pp | 8.56%-1.747 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 9.066%-2.695 pp | 9.373%-2.388 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 9.732%-2.763 pp | 9.884%-2.611 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 8.901%-2.714 pp | 8.99%-2.625 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 9.446%-2.065 pp | 8.936%-2.575 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 9.347%-2.078 pp | 9.173%-2.252 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 9.593%-2.318 pp | 11.162%-0.749 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 9.797%-1.193 pp | 9.401%-1.589 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 9.48%-1.368 pp | 8.844%-2.004 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 9.092%-2.023 pp | 8.72%-2.395 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 10.008%-1.43 pp | 8.819%-2.619 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 10.54%-1.66 pp | 10.158%-2.042 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 11.038%-0.757 pp | 8.98%-2.815 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 10.815%-1.243 pp | 8.964%-3.094 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 10.617%-1.268 pp | 8.716%-3.169 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 10.471%-1.038 pp | 8.665%-2.844 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 10.423%-1.154 pp | 9.014%-2.563 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 11.146%-1.212 pp | 9.177%-3.181 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 11.059%-1.624 pp | 9.422%-3.261 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 11.411%-1.957 pp | 9.806%-3.562 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 11.895%-2.064 pp | 10.127%-3.832 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 12.188%-2.137 pp | 10.298%-4.027 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 11.899%-2.196 pp | 10.542%-3.553 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 11.54%-2.27 pp | 10.0%-3.81 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 11.51%-3.024 pp | 9.981%-4.553 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 11.11%-2.279 pp | 11.073%-2.316 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 11.26%-1.204 pp | 11.013%-1.451 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 11.67%-1.127 pp | 11.26%-1.537 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 10.808%-1.998 pp | 10.81%-1.996 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 11.26%-2.71 pp | 11.052%-2.918 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 12.803%-2.343 pp | 12.391%-2.755 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 0.412 pp in 1978 to 4.064 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.