Enterprise Statistics

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The Census Bureau will resume publication of Enterprise Statistics reports with the 2012 Economic Census.

Data from the Business Register, administrative records, and survey responses will be combined to produce the 2012 reports. Enterprise Statistics reports will be published in November 2015 following publication of economic census industry reports.

In developing methodology for use with the 2012 Enterprise Statistics reports, the Census Bureau prepared several prototype tables using the 2007 Business Register and administrative records (see below). The Census Bureau also developed the Enterprise Classification System, an industry classification system for use with enterprises (in contrast to the North American Industry Classification System [NAICS], a system for classifying establishments).

A summary of the research completed through May 2012, "Restoring the Enterprise Statistics Program (ESP) for the 2012 Economic Census" [pdf, 628K], is available.

Background

From the 1954 through the 1992 Economic Censuses, the Census Bureau published a collection of Enterprise Statistics reports. As stated in the most recent report of this series (for 1992):

"Essentially, the enterprise statistics program involves aggregating the census data records of establishments that are under common ownership or control and assigning company codes to show various economic characteristics of the firms that own or control the establishments."

Over the years, the number of reports published in each census has varied. In 1954, two reports were published — a company summary report and a report on auxiliary units (central administrative offices and auxiliaries). For 1958, 1963, and 1967, a report linking census establishment reports with tax return reports was published but subsequently discontinued due to limited use (though these tables were still provided to the Bureau of Economic Analysis for several more censuses). In later economic censuses, tables on mergers and acquisitions and tables presenting data for large companies were published. The last report was published in 1992; it included a company summary, large company data, and data on auxiliary units.

2007 Prototype Tables

Please email questions and comments about these data to csd.sbo@census.gov.

See the Table Notes for detailed information about the contents of each table.