Census Bureau Resources for Small Businesses

The following information from the U.S. Census Bureau includes a wealth of statistics that are essential resources to help small businesses to succeed and grow.

Know Your Customers, Suppliers and Competitors

Statistics of U.S. Businesses
Find annual data for businesses by size, number of firms, employment and payroll down to the county level. census.gov/econ/susb

Survey of Business Owners
Identify the characteristics of business owners by industry, gender, race, ethnicity and veteran status, down to the city and county level. Updated every five years. census.gov/econ/sbo

County Business Patterns
Find annual information about establishments with paid employees down to the county level. census.gov/econ/cbp

Nonemployer Statistics
Find annual information about businesses with no paid employees down to the county level. census.gov/econ/nonemployer

Government Statistics
Learn about government activity within your community – including financial activities of state and local governments such as revenues, expenditures, debt and assets, federal spending, and employment for all levels of government. census.gov/govs

Go Global

Foreign Trade Statistics
Identify potential business markets and overseas trade opportunities. This data provides monthly measures of imports and exports of more than 15,000 commodities, by port, by country of origin or destination, and by state of origin or destination. census.gov/foreign-trade

Learn About Your Customers and Community

American Community Survey
Find a wealth of information about your community, including access to annual updated data on age, race, income, labor force, commute time to work, home value, veteran status, and other important data down to the census block group. census.gov/acs

Community Economic Development Hot Report
Useful for understanding economic changes. This database combines both economic and demographic data into one report for your community with helpful maps and charts. http://thedataweb.rm.census.gov/TheDataWeb_HotReport2/EPA2/EPA_HomePage2.hrml

2010 Census
Quickly identify the size of your market using counts of the nations’ population. This data includes age, sex, race, ethnicity, relationship and housing ownership. factfinder2.census.gov

Learn about your Industry

Industry Search
Find available data for and about your industry in one single query. Simply enter a keyword in the search box to find reports providing data for your industry… and more! census.gov/econ

Know your Business Environment

Economic Indicator Database
Quickly find data about the economy in a customizable and downloadable format. census.gov/econ/currentdata

Want to Know More?
Visit census.gov/econ or contact the Census Bureau Customer Service Department at 800-923-8282.