The selected-sector spread is 2.933 pp in 2023, from 13.716% 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
- 2.933 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -2.353 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 71
- 13.716% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 62
- +0.175 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+2.933 pp sector spread
- U.S. rate
- 10.608%
- Published national rate
- 71 Arts, entertainment, and recreation
- 13.716%
- +3.108 pp vs U.S.
- 62 Health care and social assistance
- 10.783%
- +0.175 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
- 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
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
71 +3.108 pp62 +0.175 pp
71Arts, entertainment, and recreation
62Health care and social assistance
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 71 | 62 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 13.716%+3.108 pp | 10.783%+0.175 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 17.155%+5.504 pp | 9.807%-1.844 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 13.517%+2.672 pp | 9.789%-1.056 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 13.554%+3.917 pp | 8.75%-0.887 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 13.168%+3.555 pp | 8.812%-0.801 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 12.758%+3.344 pp | 8.266%-1.148 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 13.369%+3.694 pp | 8.528%-1.147 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 13.283%+3.089 pp | 8.767%-1.427 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 12.603%+2.578 pp | 9.261%-0.764 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 12.216%+2.31 pp | 8.491%-1.415 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 11.873%+2.066 pp | 7.945%-1.862 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 12.28%+2.262 pp | 7.767%-2.251 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 11.64%+1.754 pp | 7.721%-2.165 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 11.236%+1.741 pp | 8.283%-1.212 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 11.358%+2.077 pp | 8.132%-1.149 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 12.559%+2.252 pp | 8.56%-1.747 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 13.84%+2.079 pp | 9.373%-2.388 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 14.883%+2.388 pp | 9.884%-2.611 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 14.075%+2.46 pp | 8.99%-2.625 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 14.516%+3.005 pp | 8.936%-2.575 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 14.203%+2.778 pp | 9.173%-2.252 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 13.409%+1.498 pp | 11.162%-0.749 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 11.834%+0.844 pp | 9.401%-1.589 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 11.66%+0.812 pp | 8.844%-2.004 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 12.078%+0.963 pp | 8.72%-2.395 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 12.674%+1.236 pp | 8.819%-2.619 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 12.992%+0.792 pp | 10.158%-2.042 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 13.7%+1.905 pp | 8.98%-2.815 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 14.239%+2.181 pp | 8.964%-3.094 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 14.451%+2.566 pp | 8.716%-3.169 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 14.162%+2.653 pp | 8.665%-2.844 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 14.217%+2.64 pp | 9.014%-2.563 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 13.871%+1.513 pp | 9.177%-3.181 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 15.358%+2.675 pp | 9.422%-3.261 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 17.869%+4.501 pp | 9.806%-3.562 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 20.186%+6.227 pp | 10.127%-3.832 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 18.108%+3.783 pp | 10.298%-4.027 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 18.041%+3.946 pp | 10.542%-3.553 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 18.324%+4.514 pp | 10.0%-3.81 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 18.078%+3.544 pp | 9.981%-4.553 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 19.004%+5.615 pp | 11.073%-2.316 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 17.413%+4.949 pp | 11.013%-1.451 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 15.761%+2.964 pp | 11.26%-1.537 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 16.463%+3.657 pp | 10.81%-1.996 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 16.934%+2.964 pp | 11.052%-2.918 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 17.677%+2.531 pp | 12.391%-2.755 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 5.286 pp in 1978 to 2.933 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.