The Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) is a newly designed survey that replaced seven existing annual business surveys. The AIES will produce the only comprehensive national data on business revenues, e-commerce, expenses, inventories, and capital expenditures on an annual basis. Subnational data will be produced for revenue, employment, and payroll. Beginning with the 2023 survey year, the following surveys were integrated into the AIES:

• Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES)
• Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS)
• Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)
• Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS)
• Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders Survey (M3UFO)
• Report of Organization (COS)
• Service Annual Survey (SAS)

Online reporting for the 2023 AIES opens March 2024.

To report online:

1. Sign-in or Register at https://portal.census.gov
2. Add your authentication code.
3. Report by clicking on “REPORT NOW.” You can return to your account over multiple sessions to complete.
4. For assistance completing this survey, please sign-in to your Census Bureau account at https://portal.census.gov and send us a secure message or call the customer help line at 1-800-681-3012, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
5. Please visit How Do I Get Started? for additional information.
6. Please visit How-To Videos for information on signing into the Respondent Portal, and other information on using the online reporting instrument.
7. For general information please visit our FAQs

To help you prepare for online reporting, a summary of content and instruction manual for the AIES collection is provided below.  All materials are for informational purposes only.  You may also view the letters sent to respondents about this survey by clicking on the links below.

How-To PDFs and Videos

Title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.), Sections 131 and 182 authorize this collection. Response to the AIES is mandatory per Sections 224 and 225.

The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Section 9 of Title 13 (United States Code) to keep your information confidential and can use your responses only to produce statistics. The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify your business, organization, or institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit your data.

Below are a few ways to verify the legitimacy of this survey:

1. Ensure the web address provided in the letter is a "census.gov" domain.
2. Correspondence sent in the form of a letter or email will contain reporting instructions and a phone number for survey assistance. Any email correspondence related to this survey will come from a census.gov address.
3. On the sign-in screen, a warning message should be present stating the respondent is accessing a U.S. Government computer.
4. After clicking on the “Report Now” button in the Respondent Portal, the OMB Number and OMB Approval Expiration information will appear in the lower left on all screens of the electronic reporting instrument.