The number of small and medium-sized enterprises in the United States was forecast to continuously decrease between 2024 and 2029 by in total 6.7 thousand enterprises (-2.24 percent). After the fourteenth consecutive decreasing year, the number is estimated to reach 291.94 thousand enterprises and therefore a new minimum in 2029. According to the OECD an enterprise is defined as the smallest combination of legal units, which is an organisational unit producing services or goods, that benefits from a degree of autonomy with regards to the allocation of resources and decision making. Shown here are small and medium-sized enterprises, which are defined as companies with 1-249 employees.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in more than 150 countries and regions worldwide. All input data are sourced from international institutions, national statistical offices, and trade associations. All data has been are processed to generate comparable datasets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

This data set tracks the number of established businesses, non-profits, and startups that the City of Austin Economic Development and Small and Minority Business Resources departments supported each year. The data set lists the programs each business was served through, the race or ethnicity of the CEO or Executive supported, and zipcode, if available. This data can be used to distinguish areas of Austin and around the globe that have received small business services as well as the racial makeup of the executives of these established businesses, non-profits, and startups.

View more details and insights related to this data set on the story page: data.austintexas.gov/stories/s/hgbb-jkth

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The Business Structure Database (BSD) contains a small number of variables for almost all business organisations in the UK. The BSD is derived primarily from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR), which is a live register of data collected by HM Revenue and Customs via VAT and Pay As You Earn (PAYE) records. The IDBR data are complimented with data from ONS business surveys. If a business is liable for VAT (turnover exceeds the VAT threshold) and/or has at least one member of staff registered for the PAYE tax collection system, then the business will appear on the IDBR (and hence in the BSD). In 2004 it was estimated that the businesses listed on the IDBR accounted for almost 99 per cent of economic activity in the UK. Only very small businesses, such as the self-employed were not found on the IDBR.

The IDBR is frequently updated, and contains confidential information that cannot be accessed by non-civil servants without special permission. However, the ONS Virtual Micro-data Laboratory (VML) created and developed the BSD, which is a 'snapshot' in time of the IDBR, in order to provide a version of the IDBR for research use, taking full account of changes in ownership and restructuring of businesses. The 'snapshot' is taken around April, and the captured point-in-time data are supplied to the VML by the following September. The reporting period is generally the financial year. For example, the 2000 BSD file is produced in September 2000, using data captured from the IDBR in April 2000. The data will reflect the financial year of April 1999 to March 2000. However, the ONS may, during this time, update the IDBR with data on companies from its own business surveys, such as the Annual Business Survey (SN 7451).

The data are divided into 'enterprises' and 'local units'. An enterprise is the overall business organisation. A local unit is a 'plant', such as a factory, shop, branch, etc. In some cases, an enterprise will only have one local unit, and in other cases (such as a bank or supermarket), an enterprise will own many local units.

For each company, data are available on employment, turnover, foreign ownership, and industrial activity based on Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)92, SIC 2003 or SIC 2007. Year of 'birth' (company start-up date) and 'death' (termination date) are also included, as well as postcodes for both enterprises and their local units. Previously only pseudo-anonymised postcodes were available but now all postcodes are real.

The ONS is continually developing the BSD, and so researchers are strongly recommended to read all documentation pertaining to this dataset before using the data.

Linking to Other Business Studies
These data contain IDBR reference numbers. These are anonymous but unique reference numbers assigned to business organisations. Their inclusion allows researchers to combine different business survey sources together. Researchers may consider applying for other business data to assist their research.

Latest Edition Information
For the sixteenth edition (March 2024), data files and a variable catalogue document for 2023 have been added.

Main Topics:

The following variables are available for enterprises and local units:

• employment (and employees)
• turnover
• Standard Industrial Classification (1992, 2003 and 2007 classifications are available)
• legal status (e.g. sole proprietor, partnership, public corporation, non-profit organisation etc)
• foreign ownership
• birth (company start date)
• death (termination date of trading)
• various geographical variables
  

'Employment' includes business owners, whereas 'employees' measures the number of staff, excluding owners.

Observations for enterprises also include a variable for ownership if the enterprise is part of a large group of companies.

Local units have an additional ‘death code’ variable, which serves as an indicator as to why the plant closed (e.g. as a result of a merger). It should also be noted that there is no turnover information for individual plants. This is because the ONS does not collect financial information at the plant level, which is notoriously difficult, especially for manufacturing plants where often no financial transactions are processed.

The birth and death variables are particularly useful for research, although it should be noted that for businesses that began trading before 1973, their birth date will be set to 1973. This is the year that VAT was introduced in the UK, and hence the first point in time for VAT registration for these companies. Companies that began trading since 1973 have their ‘real’ date of birth listed.

The total amount of data created, captured, copied, and consumed globally is forecast to increase rapidly, reaching 149 zettabytes in 2024. Over the next five years up to 2028, global data creation is projected to grow to more than 394 zettabytes. In 2020, the amount of data created and replicated reached a new high. The growth was higher than previously expected, caused by the increased demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as more people worked and learned from home and used home entertainment options more often. Storage capacity also growing Only a small percentage of this newly created data is kept though, as just two percent of the data produced and consumed in 2020 was saved and retained into 2021. In line with the strong growth of the data volume, the installed base of storage capacity is forecast to increase, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 19.2 percent over the forecast period from 2020 to 2025. In 2020, the installed base of storage capacity reached 6.7 zettabytes.

Business licenses issued by the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection in the City of Chicago from 2006 to the present. This dataset contains a large number of records/rows of data and may not be viewed in full in Microsoft Excel. Therefore, when downloading the file, select CSV from the Export menu. Open the file in an ASCII text editor, such as Notepad or Wordpad, to view and search.

Data fields requiring description are detailed below.

APPLICATION TYPE: ‘ISSUE’ is the record associated with the initial license application. ‘RENEW’ is a subsequent renewal record. All renewal records are created with a term start date and term expiration date. ‘C_LOC’ is a change of location record. It means the business moved. ‘C_CAPA’ is a change of capacity record. Only a few license types may file this type of application. ‘C_EXPA’ only applies to businesses that have liquor licenses. It means the business location expanded.

LICENSE STATUS: ‘AAI’ means the license was issued. ‘AAC’ means the license was cancelled during its term. ‘REV’ means the license was revoked. 'REA' means the license revocation has been appealed.

LICENSE STATUS CHANGE DATE: This date corresponds to the date a license was cancelled (AAC), revoked (REV) or appealed (REA).

Business License Owner information may be accessed at: https://data.cityofchicago.org/dataset/Business-Owners/ezma-pppn. To identify the owner of a business, you will need the account number or legal name, which may be obtained from this Business Licenses dataset.

Data Owner: Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. Time Period: January 1, 2006 to present. Frequency: Data is updated daily.

Historical information about the total Employees and Businesses Dataset is a snapshot of the total number of businesses that are currently in Mesa, as well as the total number of employees that work in Mesa. Source: ESRI Community Analyst. It is important to note that in this dataset, a “Full-Time Employee (FTE)” in Mesa is someone who may not necessarily live in Mesa, however, they are employed at a business that is located in Mesa. This is a distinct difference between the “Employment” number in Mesa, which is stated in the “Employment Dataset.” Employment refers to the total number of Mesa residents that are employed, within or outside of the City of Mesa.

SOS Colorado Business Entities (corporations, LLCs, etc.) registered with the Colorado Secretary of State. The business registration goes back to the 1800's, with over 1 million records available. Contains business name, principal address, mailing address, owner name, owner address, entity status, type and creation date. Business location is geocoded and is referenced in the location field using the Principal Address information, however location is not guaranteed to be physical location of business in every case. As of January 2015 there are over 1.3 million unique business id's registered with the state of co, and there is a (very rough) average of 2,000 new businesses added each week.

This data set features businesses/individuals holding a DCA license so that they may legally operate in New York City. Note: Sightseeing guides and temporary street fair vendors are not included in this data set.

Success.ai offers a cutting-edge solution for businesses and organizations seeking Company Financial Data on private and public companies. Our comprehensive database is meticulously crafted to provide verified profiles, including contact details for financial decision-makers such as CFOs, financial analysts, corporate treasurers, and other key stakeholders. This robust dataset is continuously updated and validated using AI technology to ensure accuracy and relevance, empowering businesses to make informed decisions and optimize their financial strategies.

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Women's Business Centers (WBCs) represent a national network of nearly 100 educational centers throughout the United States and its territories, which are designed to assist women in starting and growing small businesses. WBCs seek to "level the playing field" for women entrepreneurs, who still face unique obstacles in the business world. SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership (OWBO) oversees the WBC network, which provides entrepreneurs (especially women who are economically or socially disadvantaged) comprehensive training and counseling on a variety of topics in several languages

The Department of State keeps a record of every filing for every incorporated business in the state of New York. This dataset contains information on all active corporations as of the last business day of the specified month and year.

Unlock the potential of the global writing, editing, and publishing industry with Success.ai's Small Business Contact Data. Our extensive database provides access to verified profiles of professionals worldwide, curated from a dataset that encompasses over 700 million global entries. This specialized collection includes work emails, phone numbers, and comprehensive professional information, tailored to meet the needs of small businesses and independent professionals in the writing, editing, and publishing sectors.

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This dataset contains the owner information for all the accounts listed in the Business License Dataset, and is sorted by Account Number. To identify the owner of a business, you will need the account number or legal name, which may be obtained from theBusiness Licenses dataset: https://data.cityofchicago.org/dataset/Business-Licenses/r5kz-chrr. Data Owner: Business Affairs & Consumer Protection. Time Period: 2002 to present. Frequency: Data is updated daily.

This data set is of certified small businesses (SBF), where the ownership and control is race and gender neutral. This dataset includes businesses that are small as defined by the Office of Supplier Diversity based on a three-year average of either or both Full Time Equivalent employees (FTEs) and/or a three-year average of gross revenue. This data set is updated daily and is searchable and exportable at this link: http://directory.osd.gss.omb.delaware.gov/index.shtml. The eligibility and size for an SBF certified business is viewable at: http://gss.omb.delaware.gov/osd/certify.shtml where you can review the application and eligibility requirements. The Office of Supplier Diversity's mission is to assist the entire supplier diversity community of minority, women, veteran, service disabled veteran, and individuals with disabilities owned businesses as well as small businesses of a unique size in competing for the provision of commodities, services, and construction to State departments, agencies, authorities, school districts, higher education institutions and all businesses. The Office of Supplier Diversity (OSD) sits within the Division of Small Business (DSB), a Division of the Department of State (DOS).

This dataset contains all current and active business licenses issued by the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. This dataset contains a large number of records /rows of data and may not be viewed in full in Microsoft Excel. Therefore, when downloading the file, select CSV from the Export menu. Open the file in an ASCII text editor, such as Notepad or Wordpad, to view and search.

Data fields requiring description are detailed below.

APPLICATION TYPE: 'ISSUE' is the record associated with the initial license application. 'RENEW' is a subsequent renewal record. All renewal records are created with a term start date and term expiration date. 'C_LOC' is a change of location record. It means the business moved. 'C_CAPA' is a change of capacity record. Only a few license types my file this type of application. 'C_EXPA' only applies to businesses that have liquor licenses. It means the business location expanded.

LICENSE STATUS: 'AAI' means the license was issued.

Business license owners may be accessed at: http://data.cityofchicago.org/Community-Economic-Development/Business-Owners/ezma-pppn To identify the owner of a business, you will need the account number or legal name.

Data Owner: Business Affairs and Consumer Protection

Time Period: Current

Frequency: Data is updated daily

This dataset contains all current and active business licenses issued by the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. This dataset contains a large number of records /rows of data and may not be viewed in full in Microsoft Excel. Therefore, when downloading the file, select CSV from the Export menu. Open the file in an ASCII text editor, such as Notepad or Wordpad, to view and search.

Data fields requiring description are detailed below.

APPLICATION TYPE: 'ISSUE' is the record associated with the initial license application. 'RENEW' is a subsequent renewal record. All renewal records are created with a term start date and term expiration date. 'C_LOC' is a change of location record. It means the business moved. 'C_CAPA' is a change of capacity record. Only a few license types my file this type of application. 'C_EXPA' only applies to businesses that have liquor licenses. It means the business location expanded.

LICENSE STATUS: 'AAI' means the license was issued.

Business license owners may be accessed at: http://data.cityofchicago.org/Community-Economic-Development/Business-Owners/ezma-pppn To identify the owner of a business, you will need the account number or legal name.

Data Owner: Business Affairs and Consumer Protection

Time Period: Current

Frequency: Data is updated daily

This dataset contains all current and active business licenses issued by the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. This dataset contains a large number of records /rows of data and may not be viewed in full in Microsoft Excel. Therefore, when downloading the file, select CSV from the Export menu. Open the file in an ASCII text editor, such as Notepad or Wordpad, to view and search.

Data fields requiring description are detailed below.

APPLICATION TYPE: 'ISSUE' is the record associated with the initial license application. 'RENEW' is a subsequent renewal record. All renewal records are created with a term start date and term expiration date. 'C_LOC' is a change of location record. It means the business moved. 'C_CAPA' is a change of capacity record. Only a few license types my file this type of application. 'C_EXPA' only applies to businesses that have liquor licenses. It means the business location expanded.

LICENSE STATUS: 'AAI' means the license was issued.

Business license owners may be accessed at: http://data.cityofchicago.org/Community-Economic-Development/Business-Owners/ezma-pppn To identify the owner of a business, you will need the account number or legal name.

Data Owner: Business Affairs and Consumer Protection

Time Period: Current

Frequency: Data is updated daily

The data in this dataset were collected in the result of the survey of Latvian society (2021) aimed at identifying high-value data set for Latvia, i.e. data sets that, in the view of Latvian society, could create the value for the Latvian economy and society.
The survey is created for both individuals and businesses.
It being made public both to act as supplementary data for "Towards enrichment of the open government data: a stakeholder-centered determination of High-Value Data sets for Latvia" paper (author: Anastasija Nikiforova, University of Latvia) and in order for other researchers to use these data in their own work.

The survey was distributed among Latvian citizens and organisations. The structure of the survey is available in the supplementary file available (see Survey_HighValueDataSets.odt)

***Description of the data in this data set: structure of the survey and pre-defined answers (if any)***
1. Have you ever used open (government) data? - {(1) yes, once; (2) yes, there has been a little experience; (3) yes, continuously, (4) no, it wasn’t needed for me; (5) no, have tried but has failed}
2. How would you assess the value of open govenment data that are currently available for your personal use or your business? - 5-point Likert scale, where 1 – any to 5 – very high
3. If you ever used the open (government) data, what was the purpose of using them? - {(1) Have not had to use; (2) to identify the situation for an object or ab event (e.g. Covid-19 current state); (3) data-driven decision-making; (4) for the enrichment of my data, i.e. by supplementing them; (5) for better understanding of decisions of the government; (6) awareness of governments’ actions (increasing transparency); (7) forecasting (e.g. trendings etc.); (8) for developing data-driven solutions that use only the open data; (9) for developing data-driven solutions, using open data as a supplement to existing data; (10) for training and education purposes; (11) for entertainment; (12) other (open-ended question)
4. What category(ies) of “high value datasets” is, in you opinion, able to create added value for society or the economy? {(1)Geospatial data; (2) Earth observation and environment; (3) Meteorological; (4) Statistics; (5) Companies and company ownership; (6) Mobility}
5. To what extent do you think the current data catalogue of Latvia’s Open data portal corresponds to the needs of data users/ consumers? - 10-point Likert scale, where 1 – no data are useful, but 10 – fully correspond, i.e. all potentially valuable datasets are available
6. Which of the current data categories in Latvia’s open data portals, in you opinion, most corresponds to the “high value dataset”? - {(1)Foreign affairs; (2) business econonmy; (3) energy; (4) citizens and society; (5) education and sport; (6) culture; (7) regions and municipalities; (8) justice, internal affairs and security; (9) transports; (10) public administration; (11) health; (12) environment; (13) agriculture, food and forestry; (14) science and technologies}
7. Which of them form your TOP-3? - {(1)Foreign affairs; (2) business econonmy; (3) energy; (4) citizens and society; (5) education and sport; (6) culture; (7) regions and municipalities; (8) justice, internal affairs and security; (9) transports; (10) public administration; (11) health; (12) environment; (13) agriculture, food and forestry; (14) science and technologies}
8. How would you assess the value of the following data categories?
8.1. sensor data - 5-point Likert scale, where 1 – not needed to 5 – highly valuable
8.2. real-time data - 5-point Likert scale, where 1 – not needed to 5 – highly valuable
8.3. geospatial data - 5-point Likert scale, where 1 – not needed to 5 – highly valuable
9. What would be these datasets? I.e. what (sub)topic could these data be associated with? - open-ended question
10. Which of the data sets currently available could be valauble and useful for society and businesses? - open-ended question
11. Which of the data sets currently NOT available in Latvia’s open data portal could, in your opinion, be valauble and useful for society and businesses? - open-ended question
12. How did you define them? - {(1)Subjective opinion; (2) experience with data; (3) filtering out the most popular datasets, i.e. basing the on public opinion; (4) other (open-ended question)}
13. How high could be the value of these data sets value for you or your business? - 5-point Likert scale, where 1 – not valuable, 5 – highly valuable
14. Do you represent any company/ organization (are you working anywhere)? (if “yes”, please, fill out the survey twice, i.e. as an individual user AND a company representative) - {yes; no; I am an individual data user; other (open-ended)}
15. What industry/ sector does your company/ organization belong to? (if you do not work at the moment, please, choose the last option) - {Information and communication services; Financial and ansurance activities; Accommodation and catering services; Education; Real estate operations; Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; transport and storage; construction; water supply; waste water; waste management and recovery; electricity, gas supple, heating and air conditioning; manufacturing industry; mining and quarrying; agriculture, forestry and fisheries professional, scientific and technical services; operation of administrative and service services; public administration and defence; compulsory social insurance; health and social care; art, entertainment and recreation; activities of households as employers;; CSO/NGO; Iam not a representative of any company
16. To which category does your company/ organization belong to in terms of its size? - {small; medium; large; self-employeed; I am not a representative of any company}
17. What is the age group that you belong to? (if you are an individual user, not a company representative) - {11..15, 16..20, 21..25, 26..30, 31..35, 36..40, 41..45, 46+, “do not want to reveal”}
18. Please, indicate your education or a scientific degree that corresponds most to you? (if you are an individual user, not a company representative) - {master degree; bachelor’s degree; Dr. and/ or PhD; student (bachelor level); student (master level); doctoral candidate; pupil; do not want to reveal these data}

***Format of the file***
.xls, .csv (for the first spreadsheet only), .odt

***Licenses or restrictions***
CC-BY

This dataset contains all current and active business licenses issued by the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. This dataset contains a large number of records /rows of data and may not be viewed in full in Microsoft Excel. Therefore, when downloading the file, select CSV from the Export menu. Open the file in an ASCII text editor, such as Notepad or Wordpad, to view and search.

Data fields requiring description are detailed below.

APPLICATION TYPE: 'ISSUE' is the record associated with the initial license application. 'RENEW' is a subsequent renewal record. All renewal records are created with a term start date and term expiration date. 'C_LOC' is a change of location record. It means the business moved. 'C_CAPA' is a change of capacity record. Only a few license types my file this type of application. 'C_EXPA' only applies to businesses that have liquor licenses. It means the business location expanded.

LICENSE STATUS: 'AAI' means the license was issued.

Business license owners may be accessed at: http://data.cityofchicago.org/Community-Economic-Development/Business-Owners/ezma-pppn To identify the owner of a business, you will need the account number or legal name.

Data Owner: Business Affairs and Consumer Protection

Time Period: Current

Frequency: Data is updated daily