The selected-sector spread is 1.738 pp in 2023, from 12.905% to 11.167%.
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
- 1.738 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -6.874 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 56
- 12.905% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 61
- +0.559 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+1.738 pp sector spread
- U.S. rate
- 10.608%
- Published national rate
- 56 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
- 12.905%
- +2.297 pp vs U.S.
- 61 Educational services
- 11.167%
- +0.559 pp vs U.S.
46 annual observationsPublished rates + U.S. contextNo interpolation
Selected-sector ledger
2023 position and window history
- 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
- Latest
- 11.167%
- U.S. gap
- +0.559 pp
- Change
- -2.806 pp
- All-sector rank
- #7 / 19
- Window average
- 11.69%
- Above U.S.
- 32 / 46 years
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
56 +2.297 pp61 +0.559 pp
56Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
61Educational services
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 56 | 61 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 12.905%+2.297 pp | 11.167%+0.559 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 13.598%+1.947 pp | 12.527%+0.876 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 14.117%+3.272 pp | 10.999%+0.154 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 12.52%+2.883 pp | 10.697%+1.06 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 12.127%+2.514 pp | 10.28%+0.667 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 11.033%+1.619 pp | 9.913%+0.499 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 11.273%+1.598 pp | 10.325%+0.65 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 12.969%+2.775 pp | 10.467%+0.273 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 12.636%+2.611 pp | 10.838%+0.813 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 12.57%+2.664 pp | 10.121%+0.215 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 13.072%+3.265 pp | 10.603%+0.796 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 12.551%+2.533 pp | 10.955%+0.937 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 12.721%+2.835 pp | 10.929%+1.043 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 12.189%+2.694 pp | 10.893%+1.398 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 12.156%+2.875 pp | 10.299%+1.018 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 13.775%+3.468 pp | 10.984%+0.677 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 14.562%+2.801 pp | 11.765%+0.004 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 16.372%+3.877 pp | 13.156%+0.661 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 14.556%+2.941 pp | 12.39%+0.775 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 14.824%+3.313 pp | 11.646%+0.135 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 14.294%+2.869 pp | 11.818%+0.393 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 14.44%+2.529 pp | 12.101%+0.19 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 13.938%+2.948 pp | 11.446%+0.456 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 13.722%+2.874 pp | 11.186%+0.338 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 14.245%+3.13 pp | 11.323%+0.208 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 15.857%+4.419 pp | 11.426%-0.012 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 17.336%+5.136 pp | 12.269%+0.069 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 17.0%+5.205 pp | 12.682%+0.887 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 17.501%+5.443 pp | 12.665%+0.607 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 16.979%+5.094 pp | 12.699%+0.814 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 16.864%+5.355 pp | 12.137%+0.628 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 16.555%+4.978 pp | 11.916%+0.339 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 17.323%+4.965 pp | 12.337%-0.021 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 18.636%+5.953 pp | 13.08%+0.397 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 19.555%+6.187 pp | 12.617%-0.751 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 20.231%+6.272 pp | 12.875%-1.084 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 20.817%+6.492 pp | 12.23%-2.095 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 20.569%+6.474 pp | 12.878%-1.217 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 20.253%+6.443 pp | 12.103%-1.707 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 19.935%+5.401 pp | 12.955%-1.579 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 19.507%+6.118 pp | 12.368%-1.021 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 19.021%+6.557 pp | 10.771%-1.693 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 19.936%+7.139 pp | 11.034%-1.763 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 20.339%+7.533 pp | 11.2%-1.606 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 21.915%+7.945 pp | 12.714%-1.256 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 22.585%+7.439 pp | 13.973%-1.173 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 8.612 pp in 1978 to 1.738 pp in 2023.
Educational 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.