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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.

Declared indicator relationship network15 exact pairing contracts span source-backed series across markets, industries, geographies, business dynamism, and merger activity.0117021703180467905510651073,1040810209114101151138123813920149201510
Active planeEntry x exit20 exact pairs · r 0.87
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

Evidence scopeAll source records
Exact pairing ruleSame BDS geography, NAICS scope, and calendar year1990 · both-side evidence

Paired visualization

Establishment entry and exit rates

20 exact pairs in this slice
Exact pairs
20
all plotted
Correlation
+0.87
Strong positive association
0.75
descriptive linear fit
Evidence
20
verified on both sides

Paired comparison cohort

0 / 5 entities · fixed 20-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.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting; 1990; Entry rate 16.7%; Exit rate 13.4%Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; 1990; Entry rate 11.7%; Exit rate 12.9%Utilities; 1990; Entry rate 7.4%; Exit rate 4.8%Construction; 1990; Entry rate 15.9%; Exit rate 14.0%Manufacturing; 1990; Entry rate 9.8%; Exit rate 9.0%Wholesale trade; 1990; Entry rate 11.1%; Exit rate 9.8%Retail trade; 1990; Entry rate 11.0%; Exit rate 10.6%Transportation and warehousing; 1990; Entry rate 15.1%; Exit rate 13.5%Information; 1990; Entry rate 13.8%; Exit rate 12.1%Finance and insurance; 1990; Entry rate 12.2%; Exit rate 9.3%Real estate and rental and leasing; 1990; Entry rate 14.9%; Exit rate 13.4%Professional, scientific, and technical services; 1990; Entry rate 14.6%; Exit rate 11.6%Management of companies and enterprises; 1990; Entry rate 13.4%; Exit rate 8.9%Educational services; 1990; Entry rate 13.1%; Exit rate 9.3%Health care and social assistance; 1990; Entry rate 9.4%; Exit rate 6.8%Arts, entertainment, and recreation; 1990; Entry rate 15.4%; Exit rate 14.4%Accommodation and food services; 1990; Entry rate 15.4%; Exit rate 13.8%Other services except public administration; 1990; Entry rate 11.2%; Exit rate 9.3%United States; 1990; Entry rate 12.7%; Exit rate 10.9%Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services; 1990; Entry rate 18.6%; Exit rate 14.0%
Selected exact pairAdministrative and support and waste management and remediation services56 · 1990 · NAICS sector
Entry rate
18.6%
Verified · High
Exit rate
14.0%
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

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 / higher9
Higher X / lower Y1
Lower X / higher Y1
Lower / lower9

Quadrants use this filtered slice's medians: 13.2% and 11.3%.

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.

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.

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.

Relationship directory

15 declared planes, no arbitrary joins

Each route names both measures and its exact pairing rule. Select a plane to rebuild the lab around that bounded universe.

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