Learn how to access statistics on the characteristics of customers in your market and businesses in your industry, including data on sales, receipts, payroll, and much more using the Census Business Builder. This training is designed for entrepreneurs interested in growing their business, raising their awareness of their market and local competition, researching site locations, developing a business plan, among many other uses. The Census Business Builder allows you to visualize these data on a map of your selected area, as well as to produce a data report that can be used for your business plan and more. This webinar will also teach you how to access and use data available from the Census Bureau's Covid-19 Hub to better analyze the impact of the pandemic on education, housing and food security, business closures, furloughs, and the supply chain.

Eric Coyle presents this interactive webinar and serves as the Data Dissemination Specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau. He is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders through the
dissemination of Census data and information. Mr. Coyle’s primary responsibilities are to plan, coordinate, and implement data dissemination, and outreach. He conducts data access workshops and presentations every month to a variety of organizations, local governments, tribal nations, businesses, media, universities, etc.

This is a live webinar presented by the U.S. Small Business Administration in coordination with the U.S. Census Bureau. There is no fee to attend. However, you must register for the event and provide your email address in order to receive the connection link. The link is sent 24 hours, 2 hours and 1 minute prior to the start of the event. You may join the event 10 minutes prior to the start time.