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BDS provides annual measures of business dynamics (such as job creation and destruction, establishment births and deaths, and firm startups and shutdowns) for the economy and aggregated by establishment and firm characteristics.
UPDATES
November 2020
2018 BDS Data Correction
Initial release of 2018 BDS contained an error in calculation of establishment entry and exit rates.
September 2020
2018 BDS Now Available
The BDS Data Tables covering the years 1978 to 2018 were released on September 30, 2020.
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BDS Data Tables
The 2018 BDS Data Tables are available in downloadable CSV format.
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