2023 Business Dynamics Statistics
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Census BDS / 2023 release
Business Dynamism Observatory
Track establishment entry, exit, expansion, and contraction in annual Census Business Dynamics Statistics. Sector comparisons use the same published years and retain their denominators.
- Coverage
- 1978-2023
- 46 annual releases
- Sector detail
- 19
- two-digit NAICS sectors
- Measures
- 6
- 5,520 indicator rows
- Latest employment
- 137.5M
- 5,593,727 firms
- Entry rate
- 10.608%
- 2023
- Exit rate
- 9.396%
- 2023
- Job creation
- 13.592%
- 2023
- Job destruction
- 11.059%
- 2023
- Net job creation
- 2.534%
- 2023
- Excess reallocation
- 22.118%
- 2023
Long-run movement
Entry rate, 1978-2023
United StatesArts, entertainment, and recreation
2023Arts, entertainment, and recreation13.716%United States10.608%Gap +3.108 pp
Entry minus exit+3.266 pp
In 2023, establishment entry was higher than exit for Arts, entertainment, and recreation.
Creation minus destruction+7.884 pp
Gross job creation was higher than destruction, matching the published net rate within rounding.
Change since 1978-3.961 pp
Entry rate was 3.961 points lower in 2023 than at the start of the series.
Source custody and method
A flow system, not a concentration score.
Every rate remains attached to its BDS year, national or sector universe, Census denominator, and source release.
March-to-March establishment flows
Job-flow rates use the Census Davis-Haltiwanger-Schuh average-employment denominator. Entry and exit use longitudinally consistent establishment counts, and excess reallocation removes the absolute net job change from gross flows.
5,520 reusable observations
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