The Annual Business Survey (ABS) provides information on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. Further, the survey measures research and development (for microbusinesses), new business topics such as innovation and technology, as well as other business characteristics. The U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center conduct the ABS jointly for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation. The ABS replaces the five-year Survey of Business Owners (SBO) for employer businesses, the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE), the Business R&D and Innovation for Microbusinesses survey (BRDI-M), and the innovation section of the Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDI-S). https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs.html

The Annual Business Survey (ABS) provides information on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. Further, the survey measures research and development (for microbusinesses), new business topics such as innovation and technology, as well as other business characteristics. The U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center conduct the ABS jointly for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation. The ABS replaces the five-year Survey of Business Owners (SBO) for employer businesses, the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE), the Business R&D and Innovation for Microbusinesses survey (BRDI-M), and the innovation section of the Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDI-S). https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs.html

Key Table Information.Table Title.Annual Business Survey: Urban and Rural Classification of Firm Statistics for Employer Firms by Industry, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status for the U.S., States, Metro Areas, and Counties: 2022.Table ID.ABSCS2022.AB2200CSA05.Survey/Program.Economic Surveys.Year.2022.Dataset.ECNSVY Annual Business Survey Company Summary.Release Date.2024-12-19.Release Schedule.The Annual Business Survey (ABS) occurs every year, beginning in reference year 2017.For more information about ABS planned data product releases, see Tentative ABS Schedule..Dataset Universe.The dataset universe consists of employer firms that are in operation for at least some part of the reference year, are located in one of the 50 U.S. states, associated offshore areas, or the District of Columbia, have paid employees and annual receipts of $1,000 or more, and are classified in one of nineteen in-scope sectors defined by the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered..Sponsor.National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, U.S. National Science Foundation.Methodology.Data Items and Other Identifying Records.Number of employer firms (firms with paid employees)Sales and receipts of employer firms (reported in $1,000s of dollars)Number of employees (during the March 12 pay period)Annual payroll (reported in $1,000s of dollars)These data are aggregated by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status when classifiable.The data are also shown by the urban or rural classification of the firm:Urban/Rural Classification: Urban Rural Not classified Definitions can be found by clicking on the column header in the table or by accessing the Economic Census Glossary..Unit(s) of Observation.The reporting units for the ABS are employer companies or firms rather than establishments. A company or firm is comprised of one or more in-scope establishments that operate under the ownership or control of a single organization..Geography Coverage.The 2022 reference year data are shown for the total for all sectors (00) and the 2-digit NAICS code levels for:United StatesStates and the District of ColumbiaIn addition, data are shown for the total for all sectors (00) for:Metropolitan Statistical AreasCountiesFor information about geographies, see Geographies..Industry Coverage.The data are shown for the total of all sectors ("00"), and at the 2-digit NAICS code level depending on geography. Sector "00" is not an official NAICS sector but is rather a way to indicate a total for multiple sectors. Note: Other programs outside of ABS may use sector 00 to indicate when multiple NAICS sectors are being displayed within the same table and/or dataset.The following are excluded from the total of all sectors:Crop and Animal Production (NAICS 111 and 112)Rail Transportation (NAICS 482)Postal Service (NAICS 491)Monetary Authorities-Central Bank (NAICS 521)Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (NAICS 525)Office of Notaries (NAICS 541120)Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (NAICS 813)Private Households (NAICS 814)Public Administration (NAICS 92)For information about NAICS, see North American Industry Classification System..Sampling.The ABS sample includes firms that are selected with certainty if they have known research and development activities, were included in the 2022 BERD sample, or have high receipts, payroll, or employment. Total sample size is 850,000 firms. The universe is stratified by state, industry group, and expected demographic group. Firms selected to the sample receive a questionnaire. For all data on this table, firms not selected into the sample are represented with administrative, 2022 Economic Census, or other economic surveys records.For more information about the sample design, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Confidentiality.The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-7504866, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY24-0351).To protect confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses cell values to minimize the risk of identifying a particular business' data or identity.To comply with data quality standards, data rows with high relative standard errors (RSE) are not presented. Additionally, firm counts are suppressed when other select statistics in the same row are suppressed. More information on disclosure avoidance is available in the Annual Business Survey Methodology..Technical Documentation/Methodology.For detailed information about the methods used to collect data and produce statistics, survey questionnaires, Primary Business Activity/NAICS codes, and more, see Technical Documentation..Weights.For more information about weighting, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Table Information.FTP Download.https://www2.census.gov...

The Annual Business Survey (ABS) provides information on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. Further, the survey measures research and development (for microbusinesses), new business topics such as innovation and technology, as well as other business characteristics. The U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center conduct the ABS jointly for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation. The ABS replaces the five-year Survey of Business Owners (SBO) for employer businesses, the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE), the Business R&D and Innovation for Microbusinesses survey (BRDI-M), and the innovation section of the Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDI-S). https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs.html

The Annual Business Survey (ABS) provides information on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. Further, the survey measures research and development (for microbusinesses), new business topics such as innovation and technology, as well as other business characteristics. The U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center conduct the ABS jointly for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation. The ABS replaces the five-year Survey of Business Owners (SBO) for employer businesses, the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE), the Business R&D and Innovation for Microbusinesses survey (BRDI-M), and the innovation section of the Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDI-S). https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs.html

Key Table Information.Table Title.Annual Business Survey: Statistics for Employer Firms by Veteran Status for the U.S.: 2021.Table ID.ABSCS2021.AB00MYCSA01D.Survey/Program.Economic Surveys.Year.2021.Dataset.ECNSVY Annual Business Survey Company Summary.Release Date.2023-10-26.Release Schedule.The Annual Business Survey (ABS) occurs every year, beginning in reference year 2017.For more information about ABS planned data product releases, see Tentative ABS Schedule..Dataset Universe.The dataset universe consists of employer firms that are in operation for at least some part of the reference year, are located in one of the 50 U.S. states, associated offshore areas, or the District of Columbia, have paid employees and annual receipts of $1,000 or more, and are classified in one of nineteen in-scope sectors defined by the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered..Sponsor.National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, U.S. National Science Foundation.Methodology.Data Items and Other Identifying Records.Number of employer firms (firms with paid employees)Sales and receipts of employer firms (reported in $1,000s of dollars)Number of employees (during the March 12 pay period)Annual payroll (reported in $1,000s of dollars)These data are aggregated by the following demographic classifications of firm for:All firms Classifiable (firms classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Veteran Status (defined as having served in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces) Veteran Equally veteran/nonveteran Nonveteran Unclassifiable (firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Definitions can be found by clicking on the column header in the table or by accessing the Economic Census Glossary..Unit(s) of Observation.The reporting units for the ABS are employer companies or firms rather than establishments. A company or firm is comprised of one or more in-scope establishments that operate under the ownership or control of a single organization..Geography Coverage.The data are shown for the U.S. only.For information about geographies, see Geographies..Industry Coverage.The data are shown for the total of all sectors ("00") NAICS code. Sector "00" is not an official NAICS sector but is rather a way to indicate a total for multiple sectors. Note: Other programs outside of ABS may use sector 00 to indicate when multiple NAICS sectors are being displayed within the same table and/or dataset.The following are excluded from the total of all sectors:Crop and Animal Production (NAICS 111 and 112)Rail Transportation (NAICS 482)Postal Service (NAICS 491)Monetary Authorities-Central Bank (NAICS 521)Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (NAICS 525)Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (NAICS 813)Private Households (NAICS 814)Public Administration (NAICS 92)For information about NAICS, see North American Industry Classification System..Sampling.The ABS sample includes firms that are selected with certainty if they have known research and development activities, were included in the 2021 BERD sample, or have high receipts, payroll, or employment. Total sample size is 300,000 firms. The universe is stratified by state, industry group, and expected demographic group. Firms selected to the sample receive a questionnaire. For all data on this table, firms not selected into the sample are represented with administrative, 2017 Economic Census, or other economic surveys records.For more information about the sample design, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Confidentiality.The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-7504866, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY23-0479).To protect confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses cell values to minimize the risk of identifying a particular business' data or identity.To comply with data quality standards, data rows with high relative standard errors (RSE) are not presented. Additionally, firm counts are suppressed when other select statistics in the same row are suppressed. More information on disclosure avoidance is available in the Annual Business Survey Methodology..Technical Documentation/Methodology.For detailed information about the methods used to collect data and produce statistics, survey questionnaires, Primary Business Activity/NAICS codes, and more, see Technical Documentation..Weights.For more information about weighting, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Table Information.FTP Download.https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/data/2021/.API Information.Annual Business Survey (ABS) data are housed in the Census Bureau Application Programming Interface (API)..Symbols.D - Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; data are included in hi...

Key Table Information.Table Title.Annual Business Survey: Statistics for Employer Firms by Sex for the U.S.: 2021.Table ID.ABSCS2021.AB00MYCSA01A.Survey/Program.Economic Surveys.Year.2021.Dataset.ECNSVY Annual Business Survey Company Summary.Release Date.2023-10-26.Release Schedule.The Annual Business Survey (ABS) occurs every year, beginning in reference year 2017.For more information about ABS planned data product releases, see Tentative ABS Schedule..Dataset Universe.The dataset universe consists of employer firms that are in operation for at least some part of the reference year, are located in one of the 50 U.S. states, associated offshore areas, or the District of Columbia, have paid employees and annual receipts of $1,000 or more, and are classified in one of nineteen in-scope sectors defined by the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered..Sponsor.National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, U.S. National Science Foundation.Methodology.Data Items and Other Identifying Records.Number of employer firms (firms with paid employees)Sales and receipts of employer firms (reported in $1,000s of dollars)Number of employees (during the March 12 pay period)Annual payroll (reported in $1,000s of dollars)These data are aggregated by the following demographic classifications of firm for:All firms Classifiable (firms classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Sex Female Male Equally male/female Unclassifiable (firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Definitions can be found by clicking on the column header in the table or by accessing the Economic Census Glossary..Unit(s) of Observation.The reporting units for the ABS are employer companies or firms rather than establishments. A company or firm is comprised of one or more in-scope establishments that operate under the ownership or control of a single organization..Geography Coverage.The data are shown for the U.S. only.For information about geographies, see Geographies..Industry Coverage.The data are shown for the total of all sectors ("00") NAICS code. Sector "00" is not an official NAICS sector but is rather a way to indicate a total for multiple sectors. Note: Other programs outside of ABS may use sector 00 to indicate when multiple NAICS sectors are being displayed within the same table and/or dataset.The following are excluded from the total of all sectors:Crop and Animal Production (NAICS 111 and 112)Rail Transportation (NAICS 482)Postal Service (NAICS 491)Monetary Authorities-Central Bank (NAICS 521)Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (NAICS 525)Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (NAICS 813)Private Households (NAICS 814)Public Administration (NAICS 92)For information about NAICS, see North American Industry Classification System..Sampling.The ABS sample includes firms that are selected with certainty if they have known research and development activities, were included in the 2021 BERD sample, or have high receipts, payroll, or employment. Total sample size is 300,000 firms. The universe is stratified by state, industry group, and expected demographic group. Firms selected to the sample receive a questionnaire. For all data on this table, firms not selected into the sample are represented with administrative, 2017 Economic Census, or other economic surveys records.For more information about the sample design, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Confidentiality.The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-7504866, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY23-0479).To protect confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses cell values to minimize the risk of identifying a particular business' data or identity.To comply with data quality standards, data rows with high relative standard errors (RSE) are not presented. Additionally, firm counts are suppressed when other select statistics in the same row are suppressed. More information on disclosure avoidance is available in the Annual Business Survey Methodology..Technical Documentation/Methodology.For detailed information about the methods used to collect data and produce statistics, survey questionnaires, Primary Business Activity/NAICS codes, and more, see Technical Documentation..Weights.For more information about weighting, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Table Information.FTP Download.https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/data/2021/.API Information.Annual Business Survey (ABS) data are housed in the Census Bureau Application Programming Interface (API)..Symbols.D - Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; data are included in higher level totalsS - Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability...

The Annual Business Survey (ABS) provides information on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. Further, the survey measures research and development (for microbusinesses), new business topics such as innovation and technology, as well as other business characteristics. The U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center conduct the ABS jointly for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation. The ABS replaces the five-year Survey of Business Owners (SBO) for employer businesses, the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE), the Business R&D and Innovation for Microbusinesses survey (BRDI-M), and the innovation section of the Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDI-S). https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs.html

The Annual Business Survey (ABS) is conducted by the Census Bureau in partnership with the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation. The ABS collects data on research and development (for businesses with one to nine employees), innovation, technology, intellectual property, and business owner characteristics, with additional rotating content that changes from year to year.

Key Table Information.Table Title.Annual Business Survey: Statistics for Employer Firms by Ethnicity for the U.S.: 2020.Table ID.ABSCS2020.AB00MYCSA01B.Survey/Program.Economic Surveys.Year.2020.Dataset.ECNSVY Annual Business Survey Company Summary.Release Date.2022-11-10.Release Schedule.The Annual Business Survey (ABS) occurs every year, beginning in reference year 2017.For more information about ABS planned data product releases, see Tentative ABS Schedule..Dataset Universe.The dataset universe consists of employer firms that are in operation for at least some part of the reference year, are located in one of the 50 U.S. states, associated offshore areas, or the District of Columbia, have paid employees and annual receipts of $1,000 or more, and are classified in one of nineteen in-scope sectors defined by the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered..Sponsor.National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, U.S. National Science Foundation.Methodology.Data Items and Other Identifying Records.Number of employer firms (firms with paid employees)Sales and receipts of employer firms (reported in $1,000s of dollars)Number of employees (during the March 12 pay period)Annual payroll (reported in $1,000s of dollars)These data are aggregated by the following demographic classifications of firm for:All firms Classifiable (firms classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Ethnicity Hispanic Equally Hispanic/non-Hispanic Non-Hispanic Unclassifiable (firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Definitions can be found by clicking on the column header in the table or by accessing the Economic Census Glossary..Unit(s) of Observation.The reporting units for the ABS are employer companies or firms rather than establishments. A company or firm is comprised of one or more in-scope establishments that operate under the ownership or control of a single organization..Geography Coverage.The data are shown for the U.S. only.For information about geographies, see Geographies..Industry Coverage.The data are shown for the total of all sectors ("00") NAICS code. Sector "00" is not an official NAICS sector but is rather a way to indicate a total for multiple sectors. Note: Other programs outside of ABS may use sector 00 to indicate when multiple NAICS sectors are being displayed within the same table and/or dataset.The following are excluded from the total of all sectors:Crop and Animal Production (NAICS 111 and 112)Rail Transportation (NAICS 482)Postal Service (NAICS 491)Monetary Authorities-Central Bank (NAICS 521)Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (NAICS 525)Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (NAICS 813)Private Households (NAICS 814)Public Administration (NAICS 92)For information about NAICS, see North American Industry Classification System..Sampling.The ABS sample includes firms that are selected with certainty if they have known research and development activities, were included in the 2020 BERD sample, or have high receipts, payroll, or employment. Total sample size is 300,000 firms. The universe is stratified by state, industry group, and expected demographic group. Firms selected to the sample receive a questionnaire. For all data on this table, firms not selected into the sample are represented with administrative, 2017 Economic Census, or other economic surveys records.For more information about the sample design, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Confidentiality.The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-7504866, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY22-308).To protect confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses cell values to minimize the risk of identifying a particular business' data or identity.To comply with data quality standards, data rows with high relative standard errors (RSE) are not presented. Additionally, firm counts are suppressed when other select statistics in the same row are suppressed. More information on disclosure avoidance is available in the Annual Business Survey Methodology..Technical Documentation/Methodology.For detailed information about the methods used to collect data and produce statistics, survey questionnaires, Primary Business Activity/NAICS codes, and more, see Technical Documentation..Weights.For more information about weighting, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Table Information.FTP Download.https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/data/2020/.API Information.Annual Business Survey (ABS) data are housed in the Census Bureau Application Programming Interface (API)..Symbols.D - Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; data are included in higher level totalsS - Estimate does not meet publication standards becau...

Key Table Information.Table Title.Annual Business Survey: Statistics for Employer Firms by Sex for the U.S.: 2017.Table ID.ABSCS2017.AB00MYCSA01A.Survey/Program.Economic Surveys.Year.2017.Dataset.ECNSVY Annual Business Survey Company Summary.Release Date.2020-05-19.Release Schedule.The Annual Business Survey (ABS) occurs every year, beginning in reference year 2017.For more information about ABS planned data product releases, see Tentative ABS Schedule..Dataset Universe.The dataset universe consists of employer firms that are in operation for at least some part of the reference year, are located in one of the 50 U.S. states, associated offshore areas, or the District of Columbia, have paid employees and annual receipts of $1,000 or more, and are classified in one of nineteen in-scope sectors defined by the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered..Sponsor.National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, U.S. National Science Foundation.Methodology.Data Items and Other Identifying Records.Number of employer firms (firms with paid employees)Sales and receipts of employer firms (reported in $1,000s of dollars)Number of employees (during the March 12 pay period)Annual payroll (reported in $1,000s of dollars)These data are aggregated by the following demographic classifications of firm for:All firms Classifiable (firms classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Sex Female Male Equally male/female Unclassifiable (firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Definitions can be found by clicking on the column header in the table or by accessing the Economic Census Glossary..Unit(s) of Observation.The reporting units for the ABS are employer companies or firms rather than establishments. A company or firm is comprised of one or more in-scope establishments that operate under the ownership or control of a single organization..Geography Coverage.The data are shown for the U.S. only.For information about geographies, see Geographies..Industry Coverage.The data are shown for the total of all sectors ("00") NAICS code. Sector "00" is not an official NAICS sector but is rather a way to indicate a total for multiple sectors. Note: Other programs outside of ABS may use sector 00 to indicate when multiple NAICS sectors are being displayed within the same table and/or dataset.The following are excluded from the total of all sectors:Crop and Animal Production (NAICS 111 and 112)Rail Transportation (NAICS 482)Postal Service (NAICS 491)Monetary Authorities-Central Bank (NAICS 521)Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (NAICS 525)Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (NAICS 813)Private Households (NAICS 814)Public Administration (NAICS 92)For information about NAICS, see North American Industry Classification System..Sampling.The ABS sample includes firms that are selected with certainty if they have known research and development activities, were included in the 2017 BERD sample, or have high receipts, payroll, or employment. Total sample size is 850,000 firms. The universe is stratified by state, industry group, and expected demographic group. Firms selected to the sample receive a questionnaire. For all data on this table, firms not selected into the sample are represented with administrative, 2017 Economic Census, or other economic surveys records.For more information about the sample design, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Confidentiality.The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-7504866, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY20-008).To protect confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses cell values to minimize the risk of identifying a particular business' data or identity.To comply with data quality standards, data rows with high relative standard errors (RSE) are not presented. Additionally, firm counts are suppressed when other select statistics in the same row are suppressed. More information on disclosure avoidance is available in the Annual Business Survey Methodology..Technical Documentation/Methodology.For detailed information about the methods used to collect data and produce statistics, survey questionnaires, Primary Business Activity/NAICS codes, and more, see Technical Documentation..Weights.For more information about weighting, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Table Information.FTP Download.https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/data/2017/.API Information.Annual Business Survey (ABS) data are housed in the Census Bureau Application Programming Interface (API)..Symbols.D - Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; data are included in higher level totalsS - Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability,...

Key Table Information.Table Title.Annual Business Survey: Statistics for Employer Firms by Ethnicity for the U.S.: 2021.Table ID.ABSCS2021.AB00MYCSA01B.Survey/Program.Economic Surveys.Year.2021.Dataset.ECNSVY Annual Business Survey Company Summary.Release Date.2023-10-26.Release Schedule.The Annual Business Survey (ABS) occurs every year, beginning in reference year 2017.For more information about ABS planned data product releases, see Tentative ABS Schedule..Dataset Universe.The dataset universe consists of employer firms that are in operation for at least some part of the reference year, are located in one of the 50 U.S. states, associated offshore areas, or the District of Columbia, have paid employees and annual receipts of $1,000 or more, and are classified in one of nineteen in-scope sectors defined by the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered..Sponsor.National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, U.S. National Science Foundation.Methodology.Data Items and Other Identifying Records.Number of employer firms (firms with paid employees)Sales and receipts of employer firms (reported in $1,000s of dollars)Number of employees (during the March 12 pay period)Annual payroll (reported in $1,000s of dollars)These data are aggregated by the following demographic classifications of firm for:All firms Classifiable (firms classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Ethnicity Hispanic Equally Hispanic/non-Hispanic Non-Hispanic Unclassifiable (firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Definitions can be found by clicking on the column header in the table or by accessing the Economic Census Glossary..Unit(s) of Observation.The reporting units for the ABS are employer companies or firms rather than establishments. A company or firm is comprised of one or more in-scope establishments that operate under the ownership or control of a single organization..Geography Coverage.The data are shown for the U.S. only.For information about geographies, see Geographies..Industry Coverage.The data are shown for the total of all sectors ("00") NAICS code. Sector "00" is not an official NAICS sector but is rather a way to indicate a total for multiple sectors. Note: Other programs outside of ABS may use sector 00 to indicate when multiple NAICS sectors are being displayed within the same table and/or dataset.The following are excluded from the total of all sectors:Crop and Animal Production (NAICS 111 and 112)Rail Transportation (NAICS 482)Postal Service (NAICS 491)Monetary Authorities-Central Bank (NAICS 521)Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (NAICS 525)Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (NAICS 813)Private Households (NAICS 814)Public Administration (NAICS 92)For information about NAICS, see North American Industry Classification System..Sampling.The ABS sample includes firms that are selected with certainty if they have known research and development activities, were included in the 2021 BERD sample, or have high receipts, payroll, or employment. Total sample size is 300,000 firms. The universe is stratified by state, industry group, and expected demographic group. Firms selected to the sample receive a questionnaire. For all data on this table, firms not selected into the sample are represented with administrative, 2017 Economic Census, or other economic surveys records.For more information about the sample design, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Confidentiality.The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-7504866, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY23-0479).To protect confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses cell values to minimize the risk of identifying a particular business' data or identity.To comply with data quality standards, data rows with high relative standard errors (RSE) are not presented. Additionally, firm counts are suppressed when other select statistics in the same row are suppressed. More information on disclosure avoidance is available in the Annual Business Survey Methodology..Technical Documentation/Methodology.For detailed information about the methods used to collect data and produce statistics, survey questionnaires, Primary Business Activity/NAICS codes, and more, see Technical Documentation..Weights.For more information about weighting, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Table Information.FTP Download.https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/data/2021/.API Information.Annual Business Survey (ABS) data are housed in the Census Bureau Application Programming Interface (API)..Symbols.D - Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; data are included in higher level totalsS - Estimate does not meet publication standards beca...

“We cannot measure what we cannot count.” NWBC entered into an Interagency Agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau to fund the development of custom tabulations on women-owned employer and nonemployer firms. The unique custom tabulations, which utilize data from both the Annual Business Survey (ABS) and the Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics (NES-D), are featured here as raw data to serve primarily as a resource for researchers and practitioners. To learn more about the ABS and NES-D, we encourage you to visit the U.S. Census Bureau’s website at: https://fanyv88.com:443/https/www.census.gov/. Sources: Annual Business Survey Annual Nonemployer Demographics Statistics (NES-D)

The Annual Business Survey (ABS) provides information on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. Further, the survey measures research and development (for microbusinesses), new business topics such as innovation and technology, as well as other business characteristics. The U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center conduct the ABS jointly for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation. The ABS replaces the five-year Survey of Business Owners (SBO) for employer businesses, the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE), the Business R&D and Innovation for Microbusinesses survey (BRDI-M), and the innovation section of the Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDI-S). https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs.html

This data set provides statistics about employer and nonemployer businesses from 2020 for the nation, states, and metropolitan statistical areas (MSA). It includes the number of firms, revenue, number of employees, and annual payroll, broken down by industry and owner demographics including as sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status.About NES-DThe Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics series (NES-D) provides information on the demographic characteristics of nonemployer businesses. The NES-D is the result of a research project by the Census Bureau to complete the picture of U.S. business ownership by demographics for the United States. Historically, the quinquennial Survey of Business Owners (SBO) provided the only comprehensive source of information on both employer and nonemployer businesses by demographic characteristics of the business owners. In 2017, the SBO was replaced by the Annual Business Survey (ABS). The ABS is an annual survey that collects demographic characteristics from employer businesses. However, the ABS excludes the collection of demographic data from nonemployer businesses. The NES-D was developed to produce similar estimates as ABS on owner demographics for nonemployer businesses. The NES-D is not a survey; rather, it leverages existing individual-level administrative records to assign demographic characteristics to the universe of nonemployer businesses. Demographic characteristics including sex, ethnicity, race, veteran status, owner age, place of birth, and U.S. citizenship are assigned to nonemployer business owners.Together, the NES-D and the ABS will continue to provide the only source of detailed and comprehensive statistics on the scope, nature and activities of all U.S. businesses by the demographic characteristics of the business owners. NES-D data will be available annually by detailed geography and industry levels, receipt-size class, and legal form of organization (LFO). Beginning with the 2019 NES-D, the data will include urban and rural classification.

Key Table Information.Table Title.Annual Business Survey: Statistics for Employer Firms by Ethnicity for the U.S.: 2022.Table ID.ABSCS2022.AB00MYCSA01B.Survey/Program.Economic Surveys.Year.2022.Dataset.ECNSVY Annual Business Survey Company Summary.Release Date.2024-12-19.Release Schedule.The Annual Business Survey (ABS) occurs every year, beginning in reference year 2017.For more information about ABS planned data product releases, see Tentative ABS Schedule..Dataset Universe.The dataset universe consists of employer firms that are in operation for at least some part of the reference year, are located in one of the 50 U.S. states, associated offshore areas, or the District of Columbia, have paid employees and annual receipts of $1,000 or more, and are classified in one of nineteen in-scope sectors defined by the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered..Sponsor.National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, U.S. National Science Foundation.Methodology.Data Items and Other Identifying Records.Number of employer firms (firms with paid employees)Sales and receipts of employer firms (reported in $1,000s of dollars)Number of employees (during the March 12 pay period)Annual payroll (reported in $1,000s of dollars)These data are aggregated by the following demographic classifications of firm for:All firms Classifiable (firms classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Ethnicity Hispanic Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano Puerto Rican Cuban Other Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish Equally Hispanic/non-Hispanic Non-Hispanic Unclassifiable (firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Definitions can be found by clicking on the column header in the table or by accessing the Economic Census Glossary..Unit(s) of Observation.The reporting units for the ABS are employer companies or firms rather than establishments. A company or firm is comprised of one or more in-scope establishments that operate under the ownership or control of a single organization..Geography Coverage.The data are shown for the U.S. only.For information about geographies, see Geographies..Industry Coverage.The data are shown for the total of all sectors ("00") NAICS code. Sector "00" is not an official NAICS sector but is rather a way to indicate a total for multiple sectors. Note: Other programs outside of ABS may use sector 00 to indicate when multiple NAICS sectors are being displayed within the same table and/or dataset.The following are excluded from the total of all sectors:Crop and Animal Production (NAICS 111 and 112)Rail Transportation (NAICS 482)Postal Service (NAICS 491)Monetary Authorities-Central Bank (NAICS 521)Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (NAICS 525)Office of Notaries (NAICS 541120)Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (NAICS 813)Private Households (NAICS 814)Public Administration (NAICS 92)For information about NAICS, see North American Industry Classification System..Sampling.The ABS sample includes firms that are selected with certainty if they have known research and development activities, were included in the 2022 BERD sample, or have high receipts, payroll, or employment. Total sample size is 850,000 firms. The universe is stratified by state, industry group, and expected demographic group. Firms selected to the sample receive a questionnaire. For all data on this table, firms not selected into the sample are represented with administrative, 2022 Economic Census, or other economic surveys records.For more information about the sample design, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Confidentiality.The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-7504866, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY24-0351).To protect confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses cell values to minimize the risk of identifying a particular business' data or identity.To comply with data quality standards, data rows with high relative standard errors (RSE) are not presented. Additionally, firm counts are suppressed when other select statistics in the same row are suppressed. More information on disclosure avoidance is available in the Annual Business Survey Methodology..Technical Documentation/Methodology.For detailed information about the methods used to collect data and produce statistics, survey questionnaires, Primary Business Activity/NAICS codes, and more, see Technical Documentation..Weights.For more information about weighting, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Table Information.FTP Download.https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/data/2022/.API Information.Annual Business Survey (ABS) data are housed in the Census Bureau Application Programming Interface (API)..Symbols.D - Withheld to avoid disclosing da...

The Annual Business Survey (ABS) provides information on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. Further, the survey measures research and development (for microbusinesses), new business topics such as innovation and technology, as well as other business characteristics. The U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center conduct the ABS jointly for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation. The ABS replaces the five-year Survey of Business Owners (SBO) for employer businesses, the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE), the Business R&D and Innovation for Microbusinesses survey (BRDI-M), and the innovation section of the Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDI-S). https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs.html

The Business Research and Development and Innovation Survey, successor to the Survey of Industrial Research and Development, is the primary source of information on research and development performed or funded by businesses within the United States from 2008-2010. The survey is conducted by the Census Bureau in accordance with an interagency agreement with the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. Results are used to assess trends in the performance and funding of business R&D. The annual survey examines a nationally representative sample of companies in manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries.

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE.Documented on September 2, 2025. Database that provides access to population, housing, economic, and geographic data from several censuses and surveys about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. Census data may be compiled into tables, maps and downloadable files, which can be viewed or printed. A large selection of pre-made tables and maps satisfies many information requests. By law, no one is permitted to reveal information from these censuses and surveys that could identify any person, household, or business. The following data are available: * American Community Survey * ACS Content Review * American Housing Survey * Annual Economic Surveys * Annual Surveys of Governments * Census of Governments * Decennial Census * Economic Census * Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation * Population Estimates Program * Puerto Rico Community Survey

Key Table Information.Table Title.Annual Business Survey: Statistics for Employer Firms by Sex for the U.S.: 2022.Table ID.ABSCS2022.AB00MYCSA01A.Survey/Program.Economic Surveys.Year.2022.Dataset.ECNSVY Annual Business Survey Company Summary.Release Date.2024-12-19.Release Schedule.The Annual Business Survey (ABS) occurs every year, beginning in reference year 2017.For more information about ABS planned data product releases, see Tentative ABS Schedule..Dataset Universe.The dataset universe consists of employer firms that are in operation for at least some part of the reference year, are located in one of the 50 U.S. states, associated offshore areas, or the District of Columbia, have paid employees and annual receipts of $1,000 or more, and are classified in one of nineteen in-scope sectors defined by the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered..Sponsor.National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, U.S. National Science Foundation.Methodology.Data Items and Other Identifying Records.Number of employer firms (firms with paid employees)Sales and receipts of employer firms (reported in $1,000s of dollars)Number of employees (during the March 12 pay period)Annual payroll (reported in $1,000s of dollars)These data are aggregated by the following demographic classifications of firm for:All firms Classifiable (firms classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Sex Female Male Equally male/female Unclassifiable (firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Definitions can be found by clicking on the column header in the table or by accessing the Economic Census Glossary..Unit(s) of Observation.The reporting units for the ABS are employer companies or firms rather than establishments. A company or firm is comprised of one or more in-scope establishments that operate under the ownership or control of a single organization..Geography Coverage.The data are shown for the U.S. only.For information about geographies, see Geographies..Industry Coverage.The data are shown for the total of all sectors ("00") NAICS code. Sector "00" is not an official NAICS sector but is rather a way to indicate a total for multiple sectors. Note: Other programs outside of ABS may use sector 00 to indicate when multiple NAICS sectors are being displayed within the same table and/or dataset.The following are excluded from the total of all sectors:Crop and Animal Production (NAICS 111 and 112)Rail Transportation (NAICS 482)Postal Service (NAICS 491)Monetary Authorities-Central Bank (NAICS 521)Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (NAICS 525)Office of Notaries (NAICS 541120)Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (NAICS 813)Private Households (NAICS 814)Public Administration (NAICS 92)For information about NAICS, see North American Industry Classification System..Sampling.The ABS sample includes firms that are selected with certainty if they have known research and development activities, were included in the 2022 BERD sample, or have high receipts, payroll, or employment. Total sample size is 850,000 firms. The universe is stratified by state, industry group, and expected demographic group. Firms selected to the sample receive a questionnaire. For all data on this table, firms not selected into the sample are represented with administrative, 2022 Economic Census, or other economic surveys records.For more information about the sample design, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Confidentiality.The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-7504866, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY24-0351).To protect confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses cell values to minimize the risk of identifying a particular business' data or identity.To comply with data quality standards, data rows with high relative standard errors (RSE) are not presented. Additionally, firm counts are suppressed when other select statistics in the same row are suppressed. More information on disclosure avoidance is available in the Annual Business Survey Methodology..Technical Documentation/Methodology.For detailed information about the methods used to collect data and produce statistics, survey questionnaires, Primary Business Activity/NAICS codes, and more, see Technical Documentation..Weights.For more information about weighting, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Table Information.FTP Download.https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/data/2022/.API Information.Annual Business Survey (ABS) data are housed in the Census Bureau Application Programming Interface (API)..Symbols.D - Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; data are included in higher level totalsS - Estimate does not meet publication standards bec...