Business Employment Dynamics - BD

Data - BLS

Last observation: 2026 (N = 33864)

First observation: 1992 (N = 63824)

Last data update: 02 nov. 2026, 21:58

Last compile: 02 nov. 2026, 22:05

bd.dataclass

bd.data.1.AllItems |>
  left_join(bd.series, by = "series_id") |>
  left_join(bd.dataclass, by = "dataclass_code") |>
  group_by(dataclass_code, dataclass_name) |>
  summarise(Nobs = n()) |>
  print_table_conditional()

dataclass_code	dataclass_name	Nobs
1	Gross Job Gains	746328
2	Expansions	746328
3	Openings	746328
4	Gross Job Losses	746328
5	Contractions	746328
6	Closings	746328
7	Establishment Births	74280
8	Establishment Deaths	74280

bd.dataelement

bd.data.1.AllItems |>
  left_join(bd.series, by = "series_id") |>
  left_join(bd.dataelement, by = "dataelement_code") |>
  group_by(dataelement_code, dataelement_name) |>
  summarise(Nobs = n()) |>
  print_table_conditional()

dataelement_code	dataelement_name	Nobs
1	Employment	2327844
2	Number of Establishments	2298684

bd.sizeclass

bd.data.1.AllItems |>
  left_join(bd.series, by = "series_id") |>
  left_join(bd.sizeclass, by = "sizeclass_code") |>
  group_by(sizeclass_code, sizeclass_name) |>
  summarise(Nobs = n()) %>%
  {if (is_html_output()) datatable(., filter = 'top', rownames = F) else .}

bd.state

bd.data.1.AllItems |>
  left_join(bd.series, by = "series_id") |>
  left_join(bd.state, by = "state_code") |>
  group_by(state_code, state_name) |>
  summarise(Nobs = n()) %>%
  {if (is_html_output()) datatable(., filter = 'top', rownames = F) else .}

bd.industry

bd.data.1.AllItems |>
  left_join(bd.series, by = "series_id") |>
  left_join(bd.industry, by = "industry_code") |>
  group_by(industry_code, industry_name) |>
  summarise(Nobs = n()) %>%
  {if (is_html_output()) datatable(., filter = 'top', rownames = F) else .}

bd.series

bd.data.1.AllItems |>
  left_join(bd.series, by = "series_id") |>
  group_by(series_id, series_title) |>
  summarise(Nobs = n()) %>%
  {if (is_html_output()) datatable(., filter = 'top', rownames = F) else .}