Company Statistics Programs
The Census Bureau's Company Statistics Division (CSD) provides data for six major statistical programs:
Every 5 years:
The Survey of Business Owners (SBO), part of
the Economic Census, provides the only comprehensive, regularly collected source of information on U.S.
business owners by gender,
Hispanic or Latino origin, and race. Data are collected for years ending in 2 and 7.
The Economic Census of Island Areas provides
periodic, comprehensive data on the economic structure and activity of Puerto Rico, American Samoa,
Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Data are collected for years
ending in 2 and 7.
Annually:
The Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES)
provides detailed and timely information on capital investment in new and used structures and
equipment by nonfarm businesses. ACES data cover the period 1993 to the present.
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Survey,
a supplement to the ACES, collects information on technology investments falling below a company's capitalization threshold.
ICT data cover the period 2003 to the present.
Quarterly:
The Quarterly Financial Report (QFR) provides timely,
accurate data on business financial conditions of public and private companies. QFR data cover the period 1947 to the present.
Statistics of U.S. Businesses:
The Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB) program
provides business performance data by enterprise size, geographic area, and industry.
These data cover most of the country's economic activity for U.S. paid employer firms and can be used
to derive statistics on small businesses. SUSB data cover the period 1988 to the present.
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Protection of Information about Individual Companies:
The Census Bureau is committed to protect the confidentiality of the data it collects.
Title 13, U.S. Code, prohibits disclosure of Census data on individual businesses
to the public and to any other government agency, including the Internal Revenue Service,
for a period of 30 years. For more information, go to Data Protection and Privacy Policy.
Notes on the Data:
Enterprise vs. Establishment Data: In contrast to many other economic statistics programs, CSD programs collect data at the company rather than the establishment level.
An establishment is a single physical location at which business is conducted or where services or industrial operations are performed.
An enterprise is a business organization consisting of one or more domestic establishments under common ownership or control.
Employer vs. Nonemployer Data: Some CSD programs like SUSB provide data only for U.S. paid employer
firms. For a total of all companies, data from SUSB must be combined with
Nonemployers.
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New Releases
Quarterly
Financial Report for Manufacturing, Mining, and
Trade Corporations -- Second Quarter 2008
Quarterly
Financial Report for Manufacturing, Mining, and
Trade Corporations -- First Quarter 2008
Press Releases
Special Projects
2007
Capital Spending Report: U.S. Capital Spending
Patterns, 1999-2005
Characteristics of Veteran-Owned Businesses: 2002
Characteristics of Veteran Business Owners: 2002
Custom Tabulations on Request
In addition to regularly published data, Bureau staff prepare
special tabulations on a cost basis. Data in these tabulations are summaries subject to the same rules prohibiting
disclosure of confidential company-specific information that govern regular
Census Bureau publications.
Email your custom data request to
csd@census.gov
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