The selected-sector spread is 1.396 pp in 2023, from 8.115% 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
- Latest spread
- 1.396 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -0.413 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 52
- 8.115% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 52
- -2.493 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+1.396 pp sector spread
- U.S. rate
- 10.608%
- Published national rate
- 42 Wholesale trade
- 6.719%
- -3.889 pp vs U.S.
- 52 Finance and insurance
- 8.115%
- -2.493 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
- 8.115%
- U.S. gap
- -2.493 pp
- Change
- -2.879 pp
- All-sector rank
- #14 / 19
- Window average
- 10.987%
- Above U.S.
- 15 / 46 years
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
42 -3.889 pp52 -2.493 pp
42Wholesale trade
52Finance and insurance
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 42 | 52 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 6.719%-3.889 pp | 8.115%-2.493 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 7.828%-3.823 pp | 9.399%-2.252 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 7.234%-3.611 pp | 9.136%-1.709 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 6.416%-3.221 pp | 7.455%-2.182 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 6.664%-2.949 pp | 8.09%-1.523 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 6.714%-2.7 pp | 8.396%-1.018 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 7.192%-2.483 pp | 7.745%-1.93 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 7.442%-2.752 pp | 9.585%-0.609 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 7.551%-2.474 pp | 8.822%-1.203 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 7.64%-2.266 pp | 8.67%-1.236 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 8.021%-1.786 pp | 8.019%-1.788 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 8.029%-1.989 pp | 9.667%-0.351 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 8.329%-1.557 pp | 8.511%-1.375 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 7.958%-1.537 pp | 8.711%-0.784 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 7.534%-1.747 pp | 8.909%-0.372 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 8.657%-1.65 pp | 10.43%+0.123 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 9.066%-2.695 pp | 13.118%+1.357 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 9.732%-2.763 pp | 14.192%+1.697 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 8.901%-2.714 pp | 13.222%+1.607 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 9.446%-2.065 pp | 12.299%+0.788 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 9.347%-2.078 pp | 12.933%+1.508 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 9.593%-2.318 pp | 13.349%+1.438 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 9.797%-1.193 pp | 13.049%+2.059 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 9.48%-1.368 pp | 12.94%+2.092 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 9.092%-2.023 pp | 13.06%+1.945 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 10.008%-1.43 pp | 12.667%+1.229 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 10.54%-1.66 pp | 13.444%+1.244 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 11.038%-0.757 pp | 11.048%-0.747 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 10.815%-1.243 pp | 11.048%-1.01 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 10.617%-1.268 pp | 12.878%+0.993 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 10.471%-1.038 pp | 10.238%-1.271 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 10.423%-1.154 pp | 10.408%-1.169 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 11.146%-1.212 pp | 17.192%+4.834 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 11.059%-1.624 pp | 12.15%-0.533 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 11.411%-1.957 pp | 14.653%+1.285 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 11.895%-2.064 pp | 12.816%-1.143 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 12.188%-2.137 pp | 11.937%-2.388 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 11.899%-2.196 pp | 11.318%-2.777 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 11.54%-2.27 pp | 11.318%-2.492 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 11.51%-3.024 pp | 11.694%-2.84 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 11.11%-2.279 pp | 12.964%-0.425 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 11.26%-1.204 pp | 8.677%-3.787 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 11.67%-1.127 pp | 9.767%-3.03 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 10.808%-1.998 pp | 9.336%-3.47 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 11.26%-2.71 pp | 11.047%-2.923 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 12.803%-2.343 pp | 10.994%-4.152 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 1.809 pp in 1978 to 1.396 pp in 2023.
Finance and insurance 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.