The selected-sector spread is 5.601 pp in 2023, from 13.716% to 8.115%.
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
- 5.601 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -1.082 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 71
- 13.716% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 52
- -2.493 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+5.601 pp sector spread
- U.S. rate
- 10.608%
- Published national rate
- 71 Arts, entertainment, and recreation
- 13.716%
- +3.108 pp vs U.S.
- 52 Finance and insurance
- 8.115%
- -2.493 pp vs U.S.
46 annual observationsPublished rates + U.S. contextNo interpolation
Selected-sector ledger
2023 position and window history
- Latest
- 13.716%
- U.S. gap
- +3.108 pp
- Change
- -3.961 pp
- All-sector rank
- #2 / 19
- Window average
- 14.485%
- Above U.S.
- 46 / 46 years
- Latest
- 8.115%
- U.S. gap
- -2.493 pp
- Change
- -2.879 pp
- All-sector rank
- #14 / 19
- Window average
- 10.987%
- Above U.S.
- 15 / 46 years
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
71 +3.108 pp52 -2.493 pp
71Arts, entertainment, and recreation
52Finance and insurance
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 71 | 52 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 13.716%+3.108 pp | 8.115%-2.493 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 17.155%+5.504 pp | 9.399%-2.252 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 13.517%+2.672 pp | 9.136%-1.709 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 13.554%+3.917 pp | 7.455%-2.182 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 13.168%+3.555 pp | 8.09%-1.523 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 12.758%+3.344 pp | 8.396%-1.018 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 13.369%+3.694 pp | 7.745%-1.93 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 13.283%+3.089 pp | 9.585%-0.609 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 12.603%+2.578 pp | 8.822%-1.203 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 12.216%+2.31 pp | 8.67%-1.236 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 11.873%+2.066 pp | 8.019%-1.788 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 12.28%+2.262 pp | 9.667%-0.351 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 11.64%+1.754 pp | 8.511%-1.375 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 11.236%+1.741 pp | 8.711%-0.784 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 11.358%+2.077 pp | 8.909%-0.372 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 12.559%+2.252 pp | 10.43%+0.123 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 13.84%+2.079 pp | 13.118%+1.357 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 14.883%+2.388 pp | 14.192%+1.697 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 14.075%+2.46 pp | 13.222%+1.607 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 14.516%+3.005 pp | 12.299%+0.788 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 14.203%+2.778 pp | 12.933%+1.508 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 13.409%+1.498 pp | 13.349%+1.438 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 11.834%+0.844 pp | 13.049%+2.059 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 11.66%+0.812 pp | 12.94%+2.092 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 12.078%+0.963 pp | 13.06%+1.945 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 12.674%+1.236 pp | 12.667%+1.229 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 12.992%+0.792 pp | 13.444%+1.244 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 13.7%+1.905 pp | 11.048%-0.747 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 14.239%+2.181 pp | 11.048%-1.01 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 14.451%+2.566 pp | 12.878%+0.993 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 14.162%+2.653 pp | 10.238%-1.271 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 14.217%+2.64 pp | 10.408%-1.169 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 13.871%+1.513 pp | 17.192%+4.834 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 15.358%+2.675 pp | 12.15%-0.533 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 17.869%+4.501 pp | 14.653%+1.285 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 20.186%+6.227 pp | 12.816%-1.143 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 18.108%+3.783 pp | 11.937%-2.388 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 18.041%+3.946 pp | 11.318%-2.777 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 18.324%+4.514 pp | 11.318%-2.492 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 18.078%+3.544 pp | 11.694%-2.84 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 19.004%+5.615 pp | 12.964%-0.425 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 17.413%+4.949 pp | 8.677%-3.787 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 15.761%+2.964 pp | 9.767%-3.03 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 16.463%+3.657 pp | 9.336%-3.47 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 16.934%+2.964 pp | 11.047%-2.923 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 17.677%+2.531 pp | 10.994%-4.152 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 6.683 pp in 1978 to 5.601 pp in 2023.
Finance and insurance 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.