The selected-sector spread is 2.912 pp in 2023, from 12.905% to 9.993%.
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
- 2.912 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -5.962 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 56
- 12.905% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 81
- -0.615 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+2.912 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.
- 56 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
- 12.905%
- +2.297 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
- 12.905%
- U.S. gap
- +2.297 pp
- Change
- -9.68 pp
- All-sector rank
- #4 / 19
- Window average
- 15.91%
- Above U.S.
- 46 / 46 years
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
81 -0.615 pp56 +2.297 pp
81Other services except public administration
56Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 81 | 56 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 9.993%-0.615 pp | 12.905%+2.297 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 10.817%-0.834 pp | 13.598%+1.947 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 9.587%-1.258 pp | 14.117%+3.272 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 8.47%-1.167 pp | 12.52%+2.883 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 8.048%-1.565 pp | 12.127%+2.514 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 7.97%-1.444 pp | 11.033%+1.619 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 8.174%-1.501 pp | 11.273%+1.598 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 8.286%-1.908 pp | 12.969%+2.775 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 8.013%-2.012 pp | 12.636%+2.611 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 7.936%-1.97 pp | 12.57%+2.664 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 7.871%-1.936 pp | 13.072%+3.265 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 8.138%-1.88 pp | 12.551%+2.533 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 7.859%-2.027 pp | 12.721%+2.835 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 7.749%-1.746 pp | 12.189%+2.694 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 7.557%-1.724 pp | 12.156%+2.875 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 8.401%-1.906 pp | 13.775%+3.468 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 9.146%-2.615 pp | 14.562%+2.801 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 9.1%-3.395 pp | 16.372%+3.877 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 8.82%-2.795 pp | 14.556%+2.941 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 8.676%-2.835 pp | 14.824%+3.313 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 9.107%-2.318 pp | 14.294%+2.869 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 9.501%-2.41 pp | 14.44%+2.529 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 8.243%-2.747 pp | 13.938%+2.948 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 8.325%-2.523 pp | 13.722%+2.874 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 8.57%-2.545 pp | 14.245%+3.13 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 9.274%-2.164 pp | 15.857%+4.419 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 9.46%-2.74 pp | 17.336%+5.136 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 9.599%-2.196 pp | 17.0%+5.205 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 9.702%-2.356 pp | 17.501%+5.443 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 9.561%-2.324 pp | 16.979%+5.094 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 9.471%-2.038 pp | 16.864%+5.355 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 10.004%-1.573 pp | 16.555%+4.978 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 10.443%-1.915 pp | 17.323%+4.965 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 11.212%-1.471 pp | 18.636%+5.953 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 11.734%-1.634 pp | 19.555%+6.187 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 12.07%-1.889 pp | 20.231%+6.272 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 12.421%-1.904 pp | 20.817%+6.492 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 12.529%-1.566 pp | 20.569%+6.474 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 12.816%-0.994 pp | 20.253%+6.443 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 18.519%+3.985 pp | 19.935%+5.401 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 12.665%-0.724 pp | 19.507%+6.118 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 11.394%-1.07 pp | 19.021%+6.557 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 11.202%-1.595 pp | 19.936%+7.139 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 11.488%-1.318 pp | 20.339%+7.533 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 12.738%-1.232 pp | 21.915%+7.945 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 13.711%-1.435 pp | 22.585%+7.439 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 8.874 pp in 1978 to 2.912 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.