The selected-sector spread is 0.257 pp in 2023, from 11.04% 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
- 0.257 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -5.646 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 72
- 11.04% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 62
- +0.175 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+0.257 pp sector spread
- U.S. rate
- 10.608%
- Published national rate
- 62 Health care and social assistance
- 10.783%
- +0.175 pp vs U.S.
- 72 Accommodation and food services
- 11.04%
- +0.432 pp vs U.S.
46 annual observationsPublished rates + U.S. contextNo interpolation
Selected-sector ledger
2023 position and window history
- 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
- Latest
- 11.04%
- U.S. gap
- +0.432 pp
- Change
- -7.254 pp
- All-sector rank
- #8 / 19
- Window average
- 13.426%
- Above U.S.
- 45 / 46 years
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
62 +0.175 pp72 +0.432 pp
62Health care and social assistance
72Accommodation and food services
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 62 | 72 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 10.783%+0.175 pp | 11.04%+0.432 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 9.807%-1.844 pp | 12.214%+0.563 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 9.789%-1.056 pp | 10.301%-0.544 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 8.75%-0.887 pp | 9.923%+0.286 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 8.812%-0.801 pp | 10.281%+0.668 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 8.266%-1.148 pp | 10.161%+0.747 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 8.528%-1.147 pp | 10.935%+1.26 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 8.767%-1.427 pp | 11.207%+1.013 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 9.261%-0.764 pp | 10.605%+0.58 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 8.491%-1.415 pp | 10.568%+0.662 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 7.945%-1.862 pp | 11.187%+1.38 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 7.767%-2.251 pp | 10.977%+0.959 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 7.721%-2.165 pp | 10.646%+0.76 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 8.283%-1.212 pp | 10.944%+1.449 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 8.132%-1.149 pp | 11.375%+2.094 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 8.56%-1.747 pp | 12.578%+2.271 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 9.373%-2.388 pp | 13.954%+2.193 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 9.884%-2.611 pp | 13.765%+1.27 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 8.99%-2.625 pp | 13.463%+1.848 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 8.936%-2.575 pp | 12.927%+1.416 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 9.173%-2.252 pp | 13.091%+1.666 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 11.162%-0.749 pp | 13.856%+1.945 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 9.401%-1.589 pp | 11.694%+0.704 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 8.844%-2.004 pp | 11.067%+0.219 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 8.72%-2.395 pp | 11.653%+0.538 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 8.819%-2.619 pp | 12.014%+0.576 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 10.158%-2.042 pp | 14.457%+2.257 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 8.98%-2.815 pp | 13.958%+2.163 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 8.964%-3.094 pp | 14.261%+2.203 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 8.716%-3.169 pp | 13.699%+1.814 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 8.665%-2.844 pp | 13.511%+2.002 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 9.014%-2.563 pp | 14.407%+2.83 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 9.177%-3.181 pp | 14.515%+2.157 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 9.422%-3.261 pp | 15.399%+2.716 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 9.806%-3.562 pp | 16.143%+2.775 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 10.127%-3.832 pp | 17.068%+3.109 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 10.298%-4.027 pp | 18.407%+4.082 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 10.542%-3.553 pp | 17.732%+3.637 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 10.0%-3.81 pp | 16.436%+2.626 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 9.981%-4.553 pp | 16.46%+1.926 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 11.073%-2.316 pp | 17.076%+3.687 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 11.013%-1.451 pp | 15.11%+2.646 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 11.26%-1.537 pp | 15.6%+2.803 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 10.81%-1.996 pp | 15.734%+2.928 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 11.052%-2.918 pp | 16.921%+2.951 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 12.391%-2.755 pp | 18.294%+3.148 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 5.903 pp in 1978 to 0.257 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.