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. 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).
2019-2022 ABS estimates are available on select economic and demographic characteristics of employer businesses and their owners by sector, sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status for the nation, states, and metro areas. For the 2018 ABS, estimates are also available for counties, and economic places.
Datasets include:
Read more information about the ABS at www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/about.html.
For a complete description of the ABS methodology, please visit www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/technical-documentation/methodology.html
The 2019 ABS asked questions on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. Data were also collected on R&D (for businesses with 1-9 employees), innovation, technology, and financing. The 2019 ABS covers data for reference year 2018.
Example Call: US Level Employer-firm data:
For detailed information about the values available, please see “Technical Information for ABS API – Company Summary” at www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/technical-documentation/api.html.
Example Call: US Level Employer firms data for SPOUSES business characteristic:
For detailed information about the values available, please see “Technical Information for ABS API – Characteristics of Businesses” at www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/technical-documentation/api.html.
Example Call: US Level Owners data for YRACQBUS characteristic of business owners:
For detailed information about the values available, please see “Technical Information for ABS API – Characteristics of Business Owners” at www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/technical-documentation/api.html.
Example Call: US Level Employer-firm data for FACTORS_P technology characteristic:
For detailed information about the values available, please see “Technical Information for ABS API – Technology Characteristics of Businesses” at www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/technical-documentation/api.html.