Census Business Dynamics Statistics
Annual counts of firm births, firm deaths, job creation, and job destruction by NAICS sector, state, MSA, and county — going back to 1978. The definitive dataset for understanding business formation, failure rates, and employment churn across industries and geographies.
Latest snapshot
Rows in latest snapshot
19
Last refreshed
May 19, 2026
Cadence
annual
Coverage
1978–2022 (latest); national, state, MSA, county
Total records
Millions of aggregate rows across dimensions
Key fields
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FIRM -
ESTABS -
EMP -
JOB_CREATION -
JOB_DESTRUCTION -
ESTABS_ENTRY -
ESTABS_ENTRY_RATE -
ESTABS_EXIT -
ESTABS_EXIT_RATE -
NAICS -
STATE -
METRO -
time
Use cases
- Business formation rates by industry and state
- Industry failure / death rates over time
- Job creation vs. destruction by sector
- Identifying high-growth vs. contracting industries
- MSA-level economic dynamism scoring
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