The selected-sector spread is 1.864 pp in 2023, from 12.647% 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
- Latest spread
- 1.864 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -3.292 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 53
- 12.647% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 62
- +0.175 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+1.864 pp sector spread
- U.S. rate
- 10.608%
- Published national rate
- 53 Real estate and rental and leasing
- 12.647%
- +2.039 pp vs U.S.
- 62 Health care and social assistance
- 10.783%
- +0.175 pp vs U.S.
46 annual observationsPublished rates + U.S. contextNo interpolation
Selected-sector ledger
2023 position and window history
- Latest
- 12.647%
- U.S. gap
- +2.039 pp
- Change
- -4.9 pp
- All-sector rank
- #5 / 19
- Window average
- 13.92%
- Above U.S.
- 46 / 46 years
- 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
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
53 +2.039 pp62 +0.175 pp
53Real estate and rental and leasing
62Health care and social assistance
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 53 | 62 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 12.647%+2.039 pp | 10.783%+0.175 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 14.335%+2.684 pp | 9.807%-1.844 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 14.203%+3.358 pp | 9.789%-1.056 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 11.896%+2.259 pp | 8.75%-0.887 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 11.608%+1.995 pp | 8.812%-0.801 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 11.919%+2.505 pp | 8.266%-1.148 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 13.033%+3.358 pp | 8.528%-1.147 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 12.645%+2.451 pp | 8.767%-1.427 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 11.933%+1.908 pp | 9.261%-0.764 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 12.146%+2.24 pp | 8.491%-1.415 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 12.38%+2.573 pp | 7.945%-1.862 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 12.043%+2.025 pp | 7.767%-2.251 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 11.544%+1.658 pp | 7.721%-2.165 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 11.255%+1.76 pp | 8.283%-1.212 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 10.266%+0.985 pp | 8.132%-1.149 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 11.987%+1.68 pp | 8.56%-1.747 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 14.185%+2.424 pp | 9.373%-2.388 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 16.059%+3.564 pp | 9.884%-2.611 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 15.291%+3.676 pp | 8.99%-2.625 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 13.533%+2.022 pp | 8.936%-2.575 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 12.919%+1.494 pp | 9.173%-2.252 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 12.968%+1.057 pp | 11.162%-0.749 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 12.331%+1.341 pp | 9.401%-1.589 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 11.661%+0.813 pp | 8.844%-2.004 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 13.465%+2.35 pp | 8.72%-2.395 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 12.369%+0.931 pp | 8.819%-2.619 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 13.594%+1.394 pp | 10.158%-2.042 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 12.583%+0.788 pp | 8.98%-2.815 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 13.521%+1.463 pp | 8.964%-3.094 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 13.534%+1.649 pp | 8.716%-3.169 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 13.172%+1.663 pp | 8.665%-2.844 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 13.461%+1.884 pp | 9.014%-2.563 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 16.104%+3.746 pp | 9.177%-3.181 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 14.917%+2.234 pp | 9.422%-3.261 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 15.873%+2.505 pp | 9.806%-3.562 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 16.742%+2.783 pp | 10.127%-3.832 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 18.34%+4.015 pp | 10.298%-4.027 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 18.678%+4.583 pp | 10.542%-3.553 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 18.47%+4.66 pp | 10.0%-3.81 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 18.078%+3.544 pp | 9.981%-4.553 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 14.798%+1.409 pp | 11.073%-2.316 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 13.455%+0.991 pp | 11.013%-1.451 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 14.279%+1.482 pp | 11.26%-1.537 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 15.183%+2.377 pp | 10.81%-1.996 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 17.362%+3.392 pp | 11.052%-2.918 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 17.547%+2.401 pp | 12.391%-2.755 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 5.156 pp in 1978 to 1.864 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.