The nonfarm business sector output in the United States increased by 3.3 percent during the second quarter of 2024. The data are seasonally adjusted at annual rates. Business sector output is a chain-type, current-weighted index constructed after excluding from the gross domestic product (GDP) the following outputs: general government, nonprofit institutions, and private households (including owner-occupied housing). Corresponding exclusions are also made in labor inputs.

The Economic Census is the U.S. Government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy. It is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, and response is required by law. In October through December of the census year, forms are sent out to nearly 4 million businesses, including large, medium and small companies representing all U.S. locations and industries. Respondents were asked to provide a range of operational and performance data for their companies. This dataset presents company, establishments, value of shipments, value of product shipments, percentage of product shipments of the total value of shipments, and percentage of distribution of value of product shipments.

Graph and download economic data for Value Added by Industry: Professional and Business Services as a Percentage of GDP (VAPGDPPBS) from Q1 2005 to Q1 2025 about value added, professional, private industries, business, percent, services, private, industry, GDP, and USA.

Every five years, the U.S. Census Bureau collects extensive statistics about businesses that are essential to understanding the American economy. This official count, better known as the Economic Census, serves as the foundation for the measurement of U.S. businesses and their economic impact.

During the third quarter of 2024, the nonfarm business sector labor hours increased by 1.2 percent annual rate in the United States. The data are seasonally adjusted at annual rates. Labor hours data for the labor productivity and cost measures include hours for all persons working in the business sector — wage and salary workers, the self-employed, and unpaid family workers.

Graph and download economic data for Chain-Type Quantity Index for Real GDP: Management of Companies and Enterprises (55) in Colorado (COMNGCOENTPRQQGSP) from Q1 2005 to Q1 2025 about management, enterprises, quantity index, professional, companies, CO, GSP, private industries, business, services, private, industry, GDP, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Gross Domestic Product: Professional and Business Services (54, 55, 56) in the United States (USPROBUSNGSP) from 1997 to 2024 about professional, GSP, private industries, business, services, private, industry, GDP, and USA.

The U.S. Census Bureau.s economic indicator surveys provide monthly and quarterly data that are timely, reliable, and offer comprehensive measures of the U.S. economy. These surveys produce a variety of statistics covering construction, housing, international trade, retail trade, wholesale trade, services and manufacturing. The survey data provide measures of economic activity that allow analysis of economic performance and inform business investment and policy decisions. Other data included, which are not considered principal economic indicators, are the Quarterly Summary of State & Local Taxes, Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions, and the Manufactured Homes Survey. For information on the reliability and use of the data, including important notes on estimation and sampling variance, seasonal adjustment, measures of sampling variability, and other information pertinent to the economic indicators, visit the individual programs' webpages - http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm.

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Data was collected from the FRED website.

Contains economic indicators often associated with recessions along with recession status data. Data collected on smallest time unit and earliest time date available for each indicator which results in many nulls but increased flexibility for the users of this dataset.

• recession: "1" recessionary period, "0" non-recessionary period (Monthly)
• cpi: CPI (1982-1984=INDEX 100) (Monthly)
• gdp: Real GDP Billions of Chained 2017 Dollars (Quarterly)
• unemployment: Unemployment Rate (Monthly)
• m2: M2 Billions of Dollars (Monthly)
• fed_funds: Federal Funds Rate (Monthly)
• ten_two: 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 2-Year Treasury Constant Maturity (Monthly)
• residential: Real Residential Property Price Rate (Quarterly)

Comprehensive description of each variable can be found at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/

The private equity sector in the United States is estimated to have contributed to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) with ************ U.S. dollars - or approximately ***** percent of the total in 2024. Also, private equity-backed businesses employ over ** million people, with employee earnings amounting to over ************ U.S. dollars.

The Economic Census is the U.S. Government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy. It is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, and response is required by law. In October through December of the census year, forms are sent out to nearly 4 million businesses, including large, medium and small companies representing all U.S. locations and industries. Respondents were asked to provide a range of operational and performance data for their companies.This dataset presents data for a variety of industry-specific topics for establishments of firms with payroll. Presentation of data varies by kind of business.

In 2024, the finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing industry contributed the highest amount of value to the GDP of the U.S. at 21.2 percent. The construction industry contributed around four percent of GDP in the same year.

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United States CSI: Economic: Business Conditions Trends data was reported at 128.000 1966=100 in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 123.000 1966=100 for Apr 2018. United States CSI: Economic: Business Conditions Trends data is updated monthly, averaging 109.000 1966=100 from Jan 1978 (Median) to May 2018, with 485 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 159.000 1966=100 in Jan 2000 and a record low of 25.000 1966=100 in Jun 2008. United States CSI: Economic: Business Conditions Trends data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by University of Michigan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.H028: Consumer Sentiment Index: Economic Conditions.

United States US: BERD Financed: Business Sector data was reported at 87.582 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 87.277 % for 2021. United States US: BERD Financed: Business Sector data is updated yearly, averaging 84.710 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2022, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 91.635 % in 2001 and a record low of 68.104 % in 1987. United States US: BERD Financed: Business Sector data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.OECD.MSTI: Business Enterprise Investment on Research and Development: OECD Member: Annual.

For the United States, from 2021 onwards, changes to the US BERD survey questionnaire allowed for more exhaustive identification of acquisition costs for ‘identifiable intangible assets’ used for R&D. This has resulted in a substantial increase in reported R&D capital expenditure within BERD. In the business sector, the funds from the rest of the world previously included in the business-financed BERD, are available separately from 2008. From 2006 onwards, GOVERD includes state government intramural performance (most of which being financed by the federal government and state government own funds). From 2016 onwards, PNPERD data are based on a new R&D performer survey. In the higher education sector all fields of SSH are included from 2003 onwards.

Following a survey of federally-funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) in 2005, it was concluded that FFRDC R&D belongs in the government sector - rather than the sector of the FFRDC administrator, as had been reported in the past. R&D expenditures by FFRDCs were reclassified from the other three R&D performing sectors to the Government sector; previously published data were revised accordingly. Between 2003 and 2004, the method used to classify data by industry has been revised. This particularly affects the ISIC category “wholesale trade” and consequently the BERD for total services.

U.S. R&D data are generally comparable, but there are some areas of underestimation:

1. i) Up to 2008, Government sector R&D performance covers only federal government activities. That by State and local government establishments is excluded;
2. ii) Except for the Government and the Business Enterprise sectors, the R&D data exclude most capital expenditures. For the Business Enterprise sector, depreciation is reported in place of gross capital expenditures up to 2014. Higher education (and national total) data were revised back to 1998 due to an improved methodology that corrects for double-counting of R&D funds passed between institutions.

Breakdown by type of R&D (basic research, applied research, etc.) was also revised back to 1998 in the business enterprise and higher education sectors due to improved estimation procedures.

The methodology for estimating researchers was changed as of 1985. In the Government, Higher Education and PNP sectors the data since then refer to employed doctoral scientists and engineers who report their primary work activity as research, development or the management of R&D, plus, for the Higher Education sector, the number of full-time equivalent graduate students with research assistantships averaging an estimated 50 % of their time engaged in R&D activities. As of 1985 researchers in the Government sector exclude military personnel. As of 1987, Higher education R&D personnel also include those who report their primary work activity as design.

Due to lack of official data for the different employment sectors, the total researchers figure is an OECD estimate up to 2019. Comprehensive reporting of R&D personnel statistics by the United States has resumed with records available since 2020, reflecting the addition of official figures for the number of researchers and total R&D personnel for the higher education sector and the Private non-profit sector; as well as the number of researchers for the government sector. The new data revise downwards previous OECD estimates as the OECD extrapolation methods drawing on historical US data, required to produce a consistent OECD aggregate, appear to have previously overestimated the growth in the number of researchers in the higher education sector.

Pre-production development is excluded from Defence GBARD (in accordance with the Frascati Manual) as of 2000. 2009 GBARD data also includes the one time incremental R&D funding legislated in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Beginning with the 2000 GBARD data, budgets for capital expenditure – “R&D plant” in national terminology - are included. GBARD data for earlier years relate to budgets for current costs only.

Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) in United States was reported at 213 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. United States - Market capitalization of listed companies (% of GDP) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

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United States - Chicago Fed Survey of Business Conditions: 12 month Outlook for the US Economy in Federal Reserve District 7: Chicago was -2.15054 Index in July of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Chicago Fed Survey of Business Conditions: 12 month Outlook for the US Economy in Federal Reserve District 7: Chicago reached a record high of 76.59550 in June of 2021 and a record low of -70.64847 in March of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Chicago Fed Survey of Business Conditions: 12 month Outlook for the US Economy in Federal Reserve District 7: Chicago - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Value Added by Industry: Professional and Business Services: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services as a Percentage of GDP (VAPGDPPST) from Q1 2005 to Q1 2025 about science, value added, professional, private industries, percent, business, services, private, industry, GDP, and USA.