The selected-sector spread is 5.754 pp in 2023, from 12.473% 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
Unrecognized comparison filters were replaced with the nearest valid BDS state.
- Latest spread
- 5.754 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- +0.964 pp
- wider since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 54
- 12.473% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 54
- +1.865 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+5.754 pp sector spread
- U.S. rate
- 10.608%
- Published national rate
- 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services
- 12.473%
- +1.865 pp vs U.S.
- 42 Wholesale trade
- 6.719%
- -3.889 pp vs U.S.
46 annual observationsPublished rates + U.S. contextNo interpolation
Selected-sector ledger
2023 position and window history
- Latest
- 12.473%
- U.S. gap
- +1.865 pp
- Change
- -5.12 pp
- All-sector rank
- #6 / 19
- Window average
- 14.02%
- Above U.S.
- 46 / 46 years
- 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
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
54 +1.865 pp42 -3.889 pp
54Professional, scientific, and technical services
42Wholesale trade
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 54 | 42 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 12.473%+1.865 pp | 6.719%-3.889 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 13.442%+1.791 pp | 7.828%-3.823 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 13.022%+2.177 pp | 7.234%-3.611 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 11.947%+2.31 pp | 6.416%-3.221 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 11.525%+1.912 pp | 6.664%-2.949 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 11.105%+1.691 pp | 6.714%-2.7 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 11.217%+1.542 pp | 7.192%-2.483 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 12.101%+1.907 pp | 7.442%-2.752 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 12.258%+2.233 pp | 7.551%-2.474 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 12.432%+2.526 pp | 7.64%-2.266 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 12.357%+2.55 pp | 8.021%-1.786 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 12.059%+2.041 pp | 8.029%-1.989 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 12.233%+2.347 pp | 8.329%-1.557 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 11.925%+2.43 pp | 7.958%-1.537 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 11.481%+2.2 pp | 7.534%-1.747 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 12.077%+1.77 pp | 8.657%-1.65 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 13.262%+1.501 pp | 9.066%-2.695 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 14.675%+2.18 pp | 9.732%-2.763 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 13.187%+1.572 pp | 8.901%-2.714 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 13.516%+2.005 pp | 9.446%-2.065 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 13.197%+1.772 pp | 9.347%-2.078 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 14.006%+2.095 pp | 9.593%-2.318 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 13.61%+2.62 pp | 9.797%-1.193 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 13.309%+2.461 pp | 9.48%-1.368 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 14.037%+2.922 pp | 9.092%-2.023 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 14.665%+3.227 pp | 10.008%-1.43 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 14.52%+2.32 pp | 10.54%-1.66 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 13.997%+2.202 pp | 11.038%-0.757 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 14.121%+2.063 pp | 10.815%-1.243 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 13.693%+1.808 pp | 10.617%-1.268 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 13.697%+2.188 pp | 10.471%-1.038 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 13.502%+1.925 pp | 10.423%-1.154 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 14.268%+1.91 pp | 11.146%-1.212 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 14.562%+1.879 pp | 11.059%-1.624 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 15.2%+1.832 pp | 11.411%-1.957 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 16.499%+2.54 pp | 11.895%-2.064 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 16.441%+2.116 pp | 12.188%-2.137 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 16.905%+2.81 pp | 11.899%-2.196 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 17.33%+3.52 pp | 11.54%-2.27 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 17.282%+2.748 pp | 11.51%-3.024 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 17.807%+4.418 pp | 11.11%-2.279 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 16.566%+4.102 pp | 11.26%-1.204 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 16.522%+3.725 pp | 11.67%-1.127 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 16.199%+3.393 pp | 10.808%-1.998 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 17.118%+3.148 pp | 11.26%-2.71 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 17.593%+2.447 pp | 12.803%-2.343 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 4.79 pp in 1978 to 5.754 pp in 2023.
Professional, scientific, and technical services 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.