Exact relationship builder

Indicator comparison lab

Compare two measures while keeping their entities, periods, units, and source populations visible. A visual association does not establish causation.

Build comparison Open data

Active planeEntry x exit1 exact pairs · r N/A

Relationship planes15declared contracts

Exact pairs6,194entity-period matches

Domains6bounded universes

Imputation0missing sides filled

Comparable hereExact pairs, within-contract ranks, coverage, and descriptive association.

Never inferred hereCausation, legal market findings, forward-filled values, or a national composite score.

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Comparison controls

Build an exact paired slice

Paired measuresPeriodBDS scopeEntity search

Evidence scopeAll source records

Evidence sidePublic sourceData statusConfidence

Exact pairing ruleSame BDS geography, NAICS scope, and calendar year1993 · National total · both-side evidence

Paired visualization

Establishment entry and exit rates

1 exact pair in this slice

Exact pairs: 1; all plotted
Correlation: N/A; Insufficient paired variation
R²: N/A; descriptive linear fit
Evidence: 1; verified on both sides

Paired comparison cohort

0 / 5 entities · fixed 1-pair benchmark

Select a point, then add it or its nearest exact-pair peers.

The cohort changes the overlay and exact export only. Full-slice medians, correlation, quadrants, and coverage remain fixed.

Selected exact pairUnited StatesUS · 1993 · National total

Entry rate: 11.5%; Verified · High
Exit rate: 10.3%; Verified · High

Median positionAt or above both slice medians

X source: census-business-dynamics-2023
Y source: census-business-dynamics-2023

Research handoff3 canonical profiles

Open context map

Entity profile X dossier Y dossier

Coverage diagnostics

What entered the plane, and what did not

Pairing coverage is reported separately for each indicator denominator. A matched row is not evidence that either source covers the full underlying economy.

Entry rate100.0%920 matched of 920

Exit rate100.0%920 matched of 920

Business Dynamics Statistics measure establishment, firm, and job flows within published national and NAICS-sector universes. They do not measure concentration, market power, legal antitrust markets, or the competitive cause of entry, exit, creation, or destruction. The paired rates do not identify why establishments enter or exit.

Higher / higher1

Higher X / lower Y0

Lower X / higher Y0

Lower / lower0

Quadrants use this filtered slice's medians: 11.5% and 10.3%.

Slice ledgers

Period and group structure

Counts and correlations stay inside exact paired rows. Small groups may be too thin for a stable descriptive association.

BDS scope ledger2 visible

Group	Pairs	X avg.	Y avg.	r
NAICS sector	19	11.8%	10.6%	+0.75
National total	1	11.5%	10.3%	N/A

Reusable comparison packet

Carry the exact contract into analysis

The endpoint returns every matched row in the filtered slice, both observation identifiers, both source routes, evidence status, confidence, entity, group, and period.

JSON packet/api/public/indicators?relationship=establishment-entry-exit-rate&year=1993&group=National+total CSV exportComplete filtered exact pairs Pairing methodSame BDS geography, NAICS scope, and calendar year

This lab compares only declared same-entity, same-period pairs. Missing sides are excluded rather than imputed, correlation remains descriptive, and unlike universes are never combined into a composite market-power score.

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