The selected-sector spread is 2.654 pp in 2023, from 10.578% to 7.924%.
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
184 displayed sector and national values across 46 exact BDS years.Entering establishments as a share of the Census BDS establishment denominator.
Period
- Latest spread
- 2.654 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -0.14 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 51
- 10.578% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 51
- -0.03 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+2.654 pp sector spread
- U.S. rate
- 10.608%
- Published national rate
- 44-45 Retail trade
- 7.924%
- -2.684 pp vs U.S.
- 51 Information
- 10.578%
- -0.03 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
- 44-45Retail trade
- Latest
- 7.924%
- U.S. gap
- -2.684 pp
- Change
- -5.864 pp
- All-sector rank
- #15 / 19
- Window average
- 9.847%
- Above U.S.
- 0 / 46 years
- Latest
- 10.578%
- U.S. gap
- -0.03 pp
- Change
- -2.195 pp
- All-sector rank
- #11 / 19
- Window average
- 13.843%
- Above U.S.
- 41 / 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
44-45 -2.684 pp51 -0.03 pp52 -2.493 pp
44-45Retail trade
51Information
52Finance and insurance
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 44-45 | 51 | 52 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 7.924%-2.684 pp | 10.578%-0.03 pp | 8.115%-2.493 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 9.48%-2.171 pp | 12.585%+0.934 pp | 9.399%-2.252 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 8.303%-2.542 pp | 11.695%+0.85 pp | 9.136%-1.709 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 7.369%-2.268 pp | 9.985%+0.348 pp | 7.455%-2.182 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 7.107%-2.506 pp | 11.635%+2.022 pp | 8.09%-1.523 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 7.093%-2.321 pp | 10.825%+1.411 pp | 8.396%-1.018 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 7.573%-2.102 pp | 11.718%+2.043 pp | 7.745%-1.93 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 8.069%-2.125 pp | 13.126%+2.932 pp | 9.585%-0.609 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 7.941%-2.084 pp | 10.801%+0.776 pp | 8.822%-1.203 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 7.89%-2.016 pp | 14.337%+4.431 pp | 8.67%-1.236 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 7.969%-1.838 pp | 11.752%+1.945 pp | 8.019%-1.788 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 8.293%-1.725 pp | 11.604%+1.586 pp | 9.667%-0.351 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 8.304%-1.582 pp | 13.421%+3.535 pp | 8.511%-1.375 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 7.553%-1.942 pp | 10.616%+1.121 pp | 8.711%-0.784 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 7.617%-1.664 pp | 13.043%+3.762 pp | 8.909%-0.372 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 8.445%-1.862 pp | 12.521%+2.214 pp | 10.43%+0.123 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 10.604%-1.157 pp | 13.457%+1.696 pp | 13.118%+1.357 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 10.233%-2.262 pp | 14.368%+1.873 pp | 14.192%+1.697 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 9.803%-1.812 pp | 12.513%+0.898 pp | 13.222%+1.607 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 9.699%-1.812 pp | 14.862%+3.351 pp | 12.299%+0.788 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 10.082%-1.343 pp | 14.095%+2.67 pp | 12.933%+1.508 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 10.633%-1.278 pp | 17.388%+5.477 pp | 13.349%+1.438 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 8.965%-2.025 pp | 19.498%+8.508 pp | 13.049%+2.059 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 9.257%-1.591 pp | 17.825%+6.977 pp | 12.94%+2.092 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 9.212%-1.903 pp | 16.724%+5.609 pp | 13.06%+1.945 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 9.445%-1.993 pp | 16.975%+5.537 pp | 12.667%+1.229 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 10.509%-1.691 pp | 15.01%+2.81 pp | 13.444%+1.244 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 10.261%-1.534 pp | 16.133%+4.338 pp | 11.048%-0.747 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 10.29%-1.768 pp | 14.5%+2.442 pp | 11.048%-1.01 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 10.059%-1.826 pp | 13.708%+1.823 pp | 12.878%+0.993 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 9.849%-1.66 pp | 12.635%+1.126 pp | 10.238%-1.271 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 10.231%-1.346 pp | 12.862%+1.285 pp | 10.408%-1.169 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 10.184%-2.174 pp | 17.385%+5.027 pp | 17.192%+4.834 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 11.003%-1.68 pp | 13.806%+1.123 pp | 12.15%-0.533 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 11.713%-1.655 pp | 16.83%+3.462 pp | 14.653%+1.285 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 12.58%-1.379 pp | 14.189%+0.23 pp | 12.816%-1.143 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 12.906%-1.419 pp | 16.056%+1.731 pp | 11.937%-2.388 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 12.821%-1.274 pp | 13.724%-0.371 pp | 11.318%-2.777 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 11.774%-2.036 pp | 14.773%+0.963 pp | 11.318%-2.492 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 11.931%-2.603 pp | 18.676%+4.142 pp | 11.694%-2.84 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 11.699%-1.69 pp | 13.68%+0.291 pp | 12.964%-0.425 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 11.644%-0.82 pp | 13.087%+0.623 pp | 8.677%-3.787 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 11.332%-1.465 pp | 13.677%+0.88 pp | 9.767%-3.03 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 11.266%-1.54 pp | 12.761%-0.045 pp | 9.336%-3.47 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 12.257%-1.713 pp | 12.581%-1.389 pp | 11.047%-2.923 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 13.788%-1.358 pp | 12.773%-2.373 pp | 10.994%-4.152 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 2.794 pp in 1978 to 2.654 pp in 2023.
Information 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.