The selected-sector spread is 0.79 pp in 2023, from 10.783% 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
- Latest spread
- 0.79 pp
- 2023 high to low
- Spread change
- -0.53 pp
- narrower since 1978
- Highest published rate
- 62
- 10.783% / not a quality rank
- Closest to U.S.
- 62
- +0.175 pp
Published sector trajectories
Establishment entry rate
Selected year2023+0.79 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
81 -0.615 pp62 +0.175 pp
81Other services except public administration
62Health care and social assistance
197820002023
Exact annual comparison
Published rates and same-year U.S. gaps
| Year | United States | 81 | 62 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.608%baseline | 9.993%-0.615 pp | 10.783%+0.175 pp |
| 2022 | 11.651%baseline | 10.817%-0.834 pp | 9.807%-1.844 pp |
| 2021 | 10.845%baseline | 9.587%-1.258 pp | 9.789%-1.056 pp |
| 2020 | 9.637%baseline | 8.47%-1.167 pp | 8.75%-0.887 pp |
| 2019 | 9.613%baseline | 8.048%-1.565 pp | 8.812%-0.801 pp |
| 2018 | 9.414%baseline | 7.97%-1.444 pp | 8.266%-1.148 pp |
| 2017 | 9.675%baseline | 8.174%-1.501 pp | 8.528%-1.147 pp |
| 2016 | 10.194%baseline | 8.286%-1.908 pp | 8.767%-1.427 pp |
| 2015 | 10.025%baseline | 8.013%-2.012 pp | 9.261%-0.764 pp |
| 2014 | 9.906%baseline | 7.936%-1.97 pp | 8.491%-1.415 pp |
| 2013 | 9.807%baseline | 7.871%-1.936 pp | 7.945%-1.862 pp |
| 2012 | 10.018%baseline | 8.138%-1.88 pp | 7.767%-2.251 pp |
| 2011 | 9.886%baseline | 7.859%-2.027 pp | 7.721%-2.165 pp |
| 2010 | 9.495%baseline | 7.749%-1.746 pp | 8.283%-1.212 pp |
| 2009 | 9.281%baseline | 7.557%-1.724 pp | 8.132%-1.149 pp |
| 2008 | 10.307%baseline | 8.401%-1.906 pp | 8.56%-1.747 pp |
| 2007 | 11.761%baseline | 9.146%-2.615 pp | 9.373%-2.388 pp |
| 2006 | 12.495%baseline | 9.1%-3.395 pp | 9.884%-2.611 pp |
| 2005 | 11.615%baseline | 8.82%-2.795 pp | 8.99%-2.625 pp |
| 2004 | 11.511%baseline | 8.676%-2.835 pp | 8.936%-2.575 pp |
| 2003 | 11.425%baseline | 9.107%-2.318 pp | 9.173%-2.252 pp |
| 2002 | 11.911%baseline | 9.501%-2.41 pp | 11.162%-0.749 pp |
| 2001 | 10.99%baseline | 8.243%-2.747 pp | 9.401%-1.589 pp |
| 2000 | 10.848%baseline | 8.325%-2.523 pp | 8.844%-2.004 pp |
| 1999 | 11.115%baseline | 8.57%-2.545 pp | 8.72%-2.395 pp |
| 1998 | 11.438%baseline | 9.274%-2.164 pp | 8.819%-2.619 pp |
| 1997 | 12.2%baseline | 9.46%-2.74 pp | 10.158%-2.042 pp |
| 1996 | 11.795%baseline | 9.599%-2.196 pp | 8.98%-2.815 pp |
| 1995 | 12.058%baseline | 9.702%-2.356 pp | 8.964%-3.094 pp |
| 1994 | 11.885%baseline | 9.561%-2.324 pp | 8.716%-3.169 pp |
| 1993 | 11.509%baseline | 9.471%-2.038 pp | 8.665%-2.844 pp |
| 1992 | 11.577%baseline | 10.004%-1.573 pp | 9.014%-2.563 pp |
| 1991 | 12.358%baseline | 10.443%-1.915 pp | 9.177%-3.181 pp |
| 1990 | 12.683%baseline | 11.212%-1.471 pp | 9.422%-3.261 pp |
| 1989 | 13.368%baseline | 11.734%-1.634 pp | 9.806%-3.562 pp |
| 1988 | 13.959%baseline | 12.07%-1.889 pp | 10.127%-3.832 pp |
| 1987 | 14.325%baseline | 12.421%-1.904 pp | 10.298%-4.027 pp |
| 1986 | 14.095%baseline | 12.529%-1.566 pp | 10.542%-3.553 pp |
| 1985 | 13.81%baseline | 12.816%-0.994 pp | 10.0%-3.81 pp |
| 1984 | 14.534%baseline | 18.519%+3.985 pp | 9.981%-4.553 pp |
| 1983 | 13.389%baseline | 12.665%-0.724 pp | 11.073%-2.316 pp |
| 1982 | 12.464%baseline | 11.394%-1.07 pp | 11.013%-1.451 pp |
| 1981 | 12.797%baseline | 11.202%-1.595 pp | 11.26%-1.537 pp |
| 1980 | 12.806%baseline | 11.488%-1.318 pp | 10.81%-1.996 pp |
| 1979 | 13.97%baseline | 12.738%-1.232 pp | 11.052%-2.918 pp |
| 1978 | 15.146%baseline | 13.711%-1.435 pp | 12.391%-2.755 pp |
Research reading
What changed, without assigning cause
The high-to-low spread moved from 1.32 pp in 1978 to 0.79 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.