The selected-sector spread is 2.48 pp in 2023, from 12.473% 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
- Latest spread
- 2.48 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -1.402 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 54
- 12.473% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 81
- -0.615 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+2.48 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.
- 81 Other services except public administration
- 9.993%
- -0.615 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
- 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
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
54 +1.865 pp81 -0.615 pp
54Professional, scientific, and technical services
81Other services except public administration
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 54 | 81 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 12.473%+1.865 pp | 9.993%-0.615 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 13.442%+1.791 pp | 10.817%-0.834 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 13.022%+2.177 pp | 9.587%-1.258 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 11.947%+2.31 pp | 8.47%-1.167 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 11.525%+1.912 pp | 8.048%-1.565 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 11.105%+1.691 pp | 7.97%-1.444 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 11.217%+1.542 pp | 8.174%-1.501 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 12.101%+1.907 pp | 8.286%-1.908 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 12.258%+2.233 pp | 8.013%-2.012 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 12.432%+2.526 pp | 7.936%-1.97 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 12.357%+2.55 pp | 7.871%-1.936 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 12.059%+2.041 pp | 8.138%-1.88 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 12.233%+2.347 pp | 7.859%-2.027 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 11.925%+2.43 pp | 7.749%-1.746 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 11.481%+2.2 pp | 7.557%-1.724 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 12.077%+1.77 pp | 8.401%-1.906 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 13.262%+1.501 pp | 9.146%-2.615 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 14.675%+2.18 pp | 9.1%-3.395 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 13.187%+1.572 pp | 8.82%-2.795 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 13.516%+2.005 pp | 8.676%-2.835 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 13.197%+1.772 pp | 9.107%-2.318 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 14.006%+2.095 pp | 9.501%-2.41 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 13.61%+2.62 pp | 8.243%-2.747 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 13.309%+2.461 pp | 8.325%-2.523 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 14.037%+2.922 pp | 8.57%-2.545 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 14.665%+3.227 pp | 9.274%-2.164 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 14.52%+2.32 pp | 9.46%-2.74 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 13.997%+2.202 pp | 9.599%-2.196 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 14.121%+2.063 pp | 9.702%-2.356 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 13.693%+1.808 pp | 9.561%-2.324 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 13.697%+2.188 pp | 9.471%-2.038 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 13.502%+1.925 pp | 10.004%-1.573 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 14.268%+1.91 pp | 10.443%-1.915 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 14.562%+1.879 pp | 11.212%-1.471 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 15.2%+1.832 pp | 11.734%-1.634 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 16.499%+2.54 pp | 12.07%-1.889 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 16.441%+2.116 pp | 12.421%-1.904 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 16.905%+2.81 pp | 12.529%-1.566 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 17.33%+3.52 pp | 12.816%-0.994 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 17.282%+2.748 pp | 18.519%+3.985 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 17.807%+4.418 pp | 12.665%-0.724 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 16.566%+4.102 pp | 11.394%-1.07 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 16.522%+3.725 pp | 11.202%-1.595 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 16.199%+3.393 pp | 11.488%-1.318 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 17.118%+3.148 pp | 12.738%-1.232 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 17.593%+2.447 pp | 13.711%-1.435 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 3.882 pp in 1978 to 2.48 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.