The selected-sector spread is 3.274 pp in 2023, from 9.993% to 6.719%.
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
- 3.274 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- +2.366 pp
- wider 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+3.274 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.
- 42 Wholesale trade
- 6.719%
- -3.889 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
- 6.719%
- U.S. gap
- -3.889 pp
- Change
- -6.084 pp
- All-sector rank
- #17 / 19
- Window average
- 9.562%
- Above U.S.
- 0 / 46 years
Relative regime strip
Annual distance from the U.S. rate
Above U.S.Below U.S.
Selected year2023
81 -0.615 pp42 -3.889 pp
81Other services except public administration
42Wholesale trade
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 81 | 42 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 9.993%-0.615 pp | 6.719%-3.889 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 10.817%-0.834 pp | 7.828%-3.823 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 9.587%-1.258 pp | 7.234%-3.611 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 8.47%-1.167 pp | 6.416%-3.221 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 8.048%-1.565 pp | 6.664%-2.949 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 7.97%-1.444 pp | 6.714%-2.7 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 8.174%-1.501 pp | 7.192%-2.483 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 8.286%-1.908 pp | 7.442%-2.752 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 8.013%-2.012 pp | 7.551%-2.474 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 7.936%-1.97 pp | 7.64%-2.266 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 7.871%-1.936 pp | 8.021%-1.786 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 8.138%-1.88 pp | 8.029%-1.989 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 7.859%-2.027 pp | 8.329%-1.557 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 7.749%-1.746 pp | 7.958%-1.537 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 7.557%-1.724 pp | 7.534%-1.747 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 8.401%-1.906 pp | 8.657%-1.65 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 9.146%-2.615 pp | 9.066%-2.695 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 9.1%-3.395 pp | 9.732%-2.763 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 8.82%-2.795 pp | 8.901%-2.714 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 8.676%-2.835 pp | 9.446%-2.065 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 9.107%-2.318 pp | 9.347%-2.078 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 9.501%-2.41 pp | 9.593%-2.318 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 8.243%-2.747 pp | 9.797%-1.193 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 8.325%-2.523 pp | 9.48%-1.368 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 8.57%-2.545 pp | 9.092%-2.023 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 9.274%-2.164 pp | 10.008%-1.43 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 9.46%-2.74 pp | 10.54%-1.66 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 9.599%-2.196 pp | 11.038%-0.757 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 9.702%-2.356 pp | 10.815%-1.243 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 9.561%-2.324 pp | 10.617%-1.268 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 9.471%-2.038 pp | 10.471%-1.038 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 10.004%-1.573 pp | 10.423%-1.154 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 10.443%-1.915 pp | 11.146%-1.212 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 11.212%-1.471 pp | 11.059%-1.624 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 11.734%-1.634 pp | 11.411%-1.957 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 12.07%-1.889 pp | 11.895%-2.064 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 12.421%-1.904 pp | 12.188%-2.137 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 12.529%-1.566 pp | 11.899%-2.196 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 12.816%-0.994 pp | 11.54%-2.27 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 18.519%+3.985 pp | 11.51%-3.024 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 12.665%-0.724 pp | 11.11%-2.279 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 11.394%-1.07 pp | 11.26%-1.204 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 11.202%-1.595 pp | 11.67%-1.127 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 11.488%-1.318 pp | 10.808%-1.998 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 12.738%-1.232 pp | 11.26%-2.71 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 13.711%-1.435 pp | 12.803%-2.343 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 0.908 pp in 1978 to 3.274 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.