The selected-sector spread is 3.723 pp in 2023, from 13.716% to 9.993%.
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
- 3.723 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -0.243 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 71
- 13.716% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 81
- -0.615 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+3.723 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.
- 71 Arts, entertainment, and recreation
- 13.716%
- +3.108 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
- 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
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
81 -0.615 pp71 +3.108 pp
81Other services except public administration
71Arts, entertainment, and recreation
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 81 | 71 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 9.993%-0.615 pp | 13.716%+3.108 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 10.817%-0.834 pp | 17.155%+5.504 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 9.587%-1.258 pp | 13.517%+2.672 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 8.47%-1.167 pp | 13.554%+3.917 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 8.048%-1.565 pp | 13.168%+3.555 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 7.97%-1.444 pp | 12.758%+3.344 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 8.174%-1.501 pp | 13.369%+3.694 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 8.286%-1.908 pp | 13.283%+3.089 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 8.013%-2.012 pp | 12.603%+2.578 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 7.936%-1.97 pp | 12.216%+2.31 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 7.871%-1.936 pp | 11.873%+2.066 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 8.138%-1.88 pp | 12.28%+2.262 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 7.859%-2.027 pp | 11.64%+1.754 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 7.749%-1.746 pp | 11.236%+1.741 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 7.557%-1.724 pp | 11.358%+2.077 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 8.401%-1.906 pp | 12.559%+2.252 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 9.146%-2.615 pp | 13.84%+2.079 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 9.1%-3.395 pp | 14.883%+2.388 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 8.82%-2.795 pp | 14.075%+2.46 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 8.676%-2.835 pp | 14.516%+3.005 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 9.107%-2.318 pp | 14.203%+2.778 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 9.501%-2.41 pp | 13.409%+1.498 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 8.243%-2.747 pp | 11.834%+0.844 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 8.325%-2.523 pp | 11.66%+0.812 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 8.57%-2.545 pp | 12.078%+0.963 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 9.274%-2.164 pp | 12.674%+1.236 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 9.46%-2.74 pp | 12.992%+0.792 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 9.599%-2.196 pp | 13.7%+1.905 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 9.702%-2.356 pp | 14.239%+2.181 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 9.561%-2.324 pp | 14.451%+2.566 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 9.471%-2.038 pp | 14.162%+2.653 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 10.004%-1.573 pp | 14.217%+2.64 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 10.443%-1.915 pp | 13.871%+1.513 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 11.212%-1.471 pp | 15.358%+2.675 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 11.734%-1.634 pp | 17.869%+4.501 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 12.07%-1.889 pp | 20.186%+6.227 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 12.421%-1.904 pp | 18.108%+3.783 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 12.529%-1.566 pp | 18.041%+3.946 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 12.816%-0.994 pp | 18.324%+4.514 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 18.519%+3.985 pp | 18.078%+3.544 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 12.665%-0.724 pp | 19.004%+5.615 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 11.394%-1.07 pp | 17.413%+4.949 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 11.202%-1.595 pp | 15.761%+2.964 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 11.488%-1.318 pp | 16.463%+3.657 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 12.738%-1.232 pp | 16.934%+2.964 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 13.711%-1.435 pp | 17.677%+2.531 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 3.966 pp in 1978 to 3.723 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.