The selected-sector spread is 4.727 pp in 2023, from 9.993% to 5.266%.
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
- 4.727 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -0.978 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 81
- 9.993% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 81
- -0.615 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+4.727 pp sector spread
- U.S. rate
- 10.608%
- Published national rate
- 81 Other services except public administration
- 9.993%
- -0.615 pp vs U.S.
- 22 Utilities
- 5.266%
- -5.342 pp vs U.S.
46 annual observationsPublished rates + U.S. contextNo interpolation
Selected-sector ledger
2023 position and window history
- 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
- Latest
- 5.266%
- U.S. gap
- -5.342 pp
- Change
- -2.74 pp
- All-sector rank
- #19 / 19
- Window average
- 6.75%
- Above U.S.
- 1 / 46 years
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
81 -0.615 pp22 -5.342 pp
81Other services except public administration
22Utilities
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 81 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 9.993%-0.615 pp | 5.266%-5.342 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 10.817%-0.834 pp | 7.818%-3.833 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 9.587%-1.258 pp | 6.66%-4.185 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 8.47%-1.167 pp | 5.005%-4.632 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 8.048%-1.565 pp | 5.085%-4.528 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 7.97%-1.444 pp | 10.765%+1.351 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 8.174%-1.501 pp | 6.097%-3.578 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 8.286%-1.908 pp | 6.103%-4.091 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 8.013%-2.012 pp | 5.463%-4.562 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 7.936%-1.97 pp | 4.952%-4.954 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 7.871%-1.936 pp | 5.741%-4.066 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 8.138%-1.88 pp | 5.447%-4.571 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 7.859%-2.027 pp | 5.769%-4.117 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 7.749%-1.746 pp | 6.549%-2.946 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 7.557%-1.724 pp | 7.736%-1.545 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 8.401%-1.906 pp | 8.1%-2.207 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 9.146%-2.615 pp | 6.413%-5.348 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 9.1%-3.395 pp | 6.709%-5.786 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 8.82%-2.795 pp | 6.14%-5.475 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 8.676%-2.835 pp | 6.886%-4.625 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 9.107%-2.318 pp | 8.47%-2.955 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 9.501%-2.41 pp | 7.503%-4.408 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 8.243%-2.747 pp | 8.952%-2.038 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 8.325%-2.523 pp | 9.67%-1.178 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 8.57%-2.545 pp | 9.838%-1.277 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 9.274%-2.164 pp | 9.203%-2.235 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 9.46%-2.74 pp | 6.121%-6.079 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 9.599%-2.196 pp | 8.11%-3.685 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 9.702%-2.356 pp | 6.797%-5.261 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 9.561%-2.324 pp | 5.835%-6.05 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 9.471%-2.038 pp | 6.427%-5.082 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 10.004%-1.573 pp | 8.387%-3.19 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 10.443%-1.915 pp | 9.16%-3.198 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 11.212%-1.471 pp | 7.431%-5.252 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 11.734%-1.634 pp | 6.343%-7.025 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 12.07%-1.889 pp | 7.523%-6.436 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 12.421%-1.904 pp | 5.294%-9.031 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 12.529%-1.566 pp | 6.347%-7.748 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 12.816%-0.994 pp | 5.248%-8.562 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 18.519%+3.985 pp | 5.974%-8.56 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 12.665%-0.724 pp | 4.911%-8.478 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 11.394%-1.07 pp | 3.778%-8.686 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 11.202%-1.595 pp | 5.136%-7.661 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 11.488%-1.318 pp | 4.733%-8.073 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 12.738%-1.232 pp | 6.596%-7.374 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 13.711%-1.435 pp | 8.006%-7.14 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 5.705 pp in 1978 to 4.727 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.