Retail Trade Industries
Monthly & Annual Retail Trade The Advance Monthly and Monthly Retail Trade Surveys (MARTS and MRTS), the Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS), and the Quarterly E-Commerce Report work together to produce the most comprehensive data available on retail economic activity in the United States.
Whole Sale Industries
Annual Wholesale Trade (US Census Bureau)
The Monthly Wholesale Trade report provides national estimates of monthly sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios by kind of business for wholesale firms located in the United States (excluding manufacturers’ sales branches and offices). Data from this survey provide business leaders and policymakers with an up-to-date picture of the nation’s economic condition, and are a key element in estimating the quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Service Industries
Annual & Quarterly Services (US Census Bureau)
The Quarterly Services Survey (QSS) is the only source of service industry indicator performance providing timely estimates of revenue and expenses for selected service industries. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) uses QSS data in its estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Manufacturing Industries
Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES)
The Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) is a re-engineered survey designed to integrate and replace seven existing annual business surveys into a streamlined single survey. It is designed to be easier for businesses to complete, result in better and more timely data, and allow the Census Bureau to reduce costs and operate more efficiently.
Research and Development (R&D) Expenses
Business Research and Development and Innovation (National Science Foundation).This series reviews trends in research and development activities of the U.S. business sector. These data are collected in the Business Enterprise Research and Development Survey (BERD) for 2019 and subsequent years for businesses with 10 or more employees and in the Annual Business Survey (ABS)
US Census Bureau
County Business Patterns View the data in tables or download the data.
Business Dynamics Statistics - Annual measures of business dynamics (such as job creation and destruction, establishment births and deaths, and firm startups and shutdowns) for the economy overall and aggregated by establishment and firm characteristics.
Exports from Manufacturing Exports from Manufacturing Establishments includes estimates for the value of manufactured exports and related employment. This report shows estimates at the national and state level for "direct" exports (exports manufactured in the United States (U.S.) and consumed in foreign markets), supporting shipments (intermediate goods and services required to manufacture exported goods), and related employment for the manufacturing sector.
Data.census.gov, (US Census Bureau) Data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, including demographic, social, economic, and housing statistics.
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Bureau of Economics Analysis - Data Section Economic Data by the DEA, customizable by several different categories.
