Business Dynamics Statistics of High Growth Firms

Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released an expansion of the Business Dynamics Statistics data product. The Business Dynamics Statistics of High Growth Firms (BDS-High Growth) is an experimental data product that is part of a broader set of approaches aimed at better measuring the business dynamics of innovative firms. The data provides annual statistics from 1978 to 2021 by firm growth rates and a series of firm and establishment characteristics, including size, age, industry, and geography.

The BDS-High Growth data tables show key economic data:

• Number of establishments, firms, and employment
• Job creation and destruction
• Establishment openings and closings
• Number of startups and firm shutdowns along the firm growth rate distribution

The BDS-High Growth series provides annual statistics by:

• Economy-wide
• Firm size
• Initial firm size
• Firm age
• Establishment size
• Initial establishment size
• State
• Metro/Non-Metro
• NAICS Sector and Subsector

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