Census Bureau News: 2012 Business Dynamics Statistics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 2014
2012 Business Dynamics Statistics
The
Business Dynamics Statistics provide annual statistics on establishments,
firms, and job creation and job destruction from 1976 to 2012 by firm age and
size. These statistics are crucial to understanding current and historical U.S.
entrepreneurial activity. The statistics come from a collaboration between the
Census Bureau's Center for Economic Studies, the Small Business Administration,
and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, an American nonprofit organization
that focuses on entrepreneurship.
For the
first time, this data will be available in the <application programming interface>.
The API allows more access and easier customization of
data products. Developers could use the statistics available through the API to
create a variety of apps and tool.
