The selected-sector spread is 0.557 pp in 2023, from 9.993% to 9.436%.
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
Unrecognized comparison filters were replaced with the nearest valid BDS state.
- Latest spread
- 0.557 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -1.885 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 81
- 9.993% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 81
- -0.615 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+0.557 pp sector spread
- U.S. rate
- 10.608%
- Published national rate
- 81 Other services except public administration
- 9.993%
- -0.615 pp vs U.S.
- 21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
- 9.436%
- -1.172 pp vs U.S.
46 annual observationsPublished rates + U.S. contextNo interpolation
Selected-sector ledger
2023 position and window history
- 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
- Latest
- 9.436%
- U.S. gap
- -1.172 pp
- Change
- -6.717 pp
- All-sector rank
- #13 / 19
- Window average
- 11.483%
- Above U.S.
- 15 / 46 years
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
81 -0.615 pp21 -1.172 pp
81Other services except public administration
21Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 81 | 21 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 9.993%-0.615 pp | 9.436%-1.172 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 10.817%-0.834 pp | 9.652%-1.999 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 9.587%-1.258 pp | 7.011%-3.834 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 8.47%-1.167 pp | 8.153%-1.484 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 8.048%-1.565 pp | 9.449%-0.164 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 7.97%-1.444 pp | 9.332%-0.082 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 8.174%-1.501 pp | 9.947%+0.272 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 8.286%-1.908 pp | 7.526%-2.668 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 8.013%-2.012 pp | 10.439%+0.414 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 7.936%-1.97 pp | 10.658%+0.752 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 7.871%-1.936 pp | 10.199%+0.392 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 8.138%-1.88 pp | 11.613%+1.595 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 7.859%-2.027 pp | 11.194%+1.308 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 7.749%-1.746 pp | 9.38%-0.115 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 7.557%-1.724 pp | 10.507%+1.226 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 8.401%-1.906 pp | 11.258%+0.951 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 9.146%-2.615 pp | 14.339%+2.578 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 9.1%-3.395 pp | 13.076%+0.581 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 8.82%-2.795 pp | 10.274%-1.341 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 8.676%-2.835 pp | 9.85%-1.661 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 9.107%-2.318 pp | 8.737%-2.688 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 9.501%-2.41 pp | 11.787%-0.124 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 8.243%-2.747 pp | 10.794%-0.196 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 8.325%-2.523 pp | 9.99%-0.858 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 8.57%-2.545 pp | 8.582%-2.533 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 9.274%-2.164 pp | 9.835%-1.603 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 9.46%-2.74 pp | 10.873%-1.327 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 9.599%-2.196 pp | 9.492%-2.303 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 9.702%-2.356 pp | 9.619%-2.439 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 9.561%-2.324 pp | 10.565%-1.32 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 9.471%-2.038 pp | 10.785%-0.724 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 10.004%-1.573 pp | 10.406%-1.171 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 10.443%-1.915 pp | 11.619%-0.739 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 11.212%-1.471 pp | 11.651%-1.032 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 11.734%-1.634 pp | 11.264%-2.104 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 12.07%-1.889 pp | 12.778%-1.181 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 12.421%-1.904 pp | 11.573%-2.752 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 12.529%-1.566 pp | 11.266%-2.829 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 12.816%-0.994 pp | 13.413%-0.397 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 18.519%+3.985 pp | 13.982%-0.552 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 12.665%-0.724 pp | 13.338%-0.051 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 11.394%-1.07 pp | 21.536%+9.072 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 11.202%-1.595 pp | 21.609%+8.812 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 11.488%-1.318 pp | 16.524%+3.718 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 12.738%-1.232 pp | 16.735%+2.765 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 13.711%-1.435 pp | 16.153%+1.007 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 2.442 pp in 1978 to 0.557 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.