The selected-sector spread is 1.69 pp in 2023, from 12.473% 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
Unrecognized comparison filters were replaced with the nearest valid BDS state.
- Latest spread
- 1.69 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -3.512 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 54
- 12.473% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 62
- +0.175 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+1.69 pp sector spread
- U.S. rate
- 10.608%
- Published national rate
- 62 Health care and social assistance
- 10.783%
- +0.175 pp vs U.S.
- 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services
- 12.473%
- +1.865 pp vs U.S.
46 annual observationsPublished rates + U.S. contextNo interpolation
Selected-sector ledger
2023 position and window history
- 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
- Latest
- 12.473%
- U.S. gap
- +1.865 pp
- Change
- -5.12 pp
- All-sector rank
- #6 / 19
- Window average
- 14.02%
- Above U.S.
- 46 / 46 years
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
62 +0.175 pp54 +1.865 pp
62Health care and social assistance
54Professional, scientific, and technical services
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 62 | 54 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 10.783%+0.175 pp | 12.473%+1.865 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 9.807%-1.844 pp | 13.442%+1.791 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 9.789%-1.056 pp | 13.022%+2.177 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 8.75%-0.887 pp | 11.947%+2.31 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 8.812%-0.801 pp | 11.525%+1.912 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 8.266%-1.148 pp | 11.105%+1.691 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 8.528%-1.147 pp | 11.217%+1.542 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 8.767%-1.427 pp | 12.101%+1.907 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 9.261%-0.764 pp | 12.258%+2.233 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 8.491%-1.415 pp | 12.432%+2.526 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 7.945%-1.862 pp | 12.357%+2.55 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 7.767%-2.251 pp | 12.059%+2.041 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 7.721%-2.165 pp | 12.233%+2.347 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 8.283%-1.212 pp | 11.925%+2.43 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 8.132%-1.149 pp | 11.481%+2.2 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 8.56%-1.747 pp | 12.077%+1.77 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 9.373%-2.388 pp | 13.262%+1.501 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 9.884%-2.611 pp | 14.675%+2.18 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 8.99%-2.625 pp | 13.187%+1.572 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 8.936%-2.575 pp | 13.516%+2.005 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 9.173%-2.252 pp | 13.197%+1.772 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 11.162%-0.749 pp | 14.006%+2.095 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 9.401%-1.589 pp | 13.61%+2.62 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 8.844%-2.004 pp | 13.309%+2.461 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 8.72%-2.395 pp | 14.037%+2.922 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 8.819%-2.619 pp | 14.665%+3.227 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 10.158%-2.042 pp | 14.52%+2.32 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 8.98%-2.815 pp | 13.997%+2.202 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 8.964%-3.094 pp | 14.121%+2.063 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 8.716%-3.169 pp | 13.693%+1.808 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 8.665%-2.844 pp | 13.697%+2.188 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 9.014%-2.563 pp | 13.502%+1.925 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 9.177%-3.181 pp | 14.268%+1.91 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 9.422%-3.261 pp | 14.562%+1.879 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 9.806%-3.562 pp | 15.2%+1.832 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 10.127%-3.832 pp | 16.499%+2.54 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 10.298%-4.027 pp | 16.441%+2.116 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 10.542%-3.553 pp | 16.905%+2.81 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 10.0%-3.81 pp | 17.33%+3.52 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 9.981%-4.553 pp | 17.282%+2.748 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 11.073%-2.316 pp | 17.807%+4.418 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 11.013%-1.451 pp | 16.566%+4.102 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 11.26%-1.537 pp | 16.522%+3.725 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 10.81%-1.996 pp | 16.199%+3.393 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 11.052%-2.918 pp | 17.118%+3.148 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 12.391%-2.755 pp | 17.593%+2.447 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 5.202 pp in 1978 to 1.69 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.