The Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) provides insight into the state of the economy by providing timely data for key economic measures and business expectations about future conditions. By providing detailed geographic and subsector data, BTOS provides local, state, and federal officials near real-time data for policy and decision-making including after natural disasters or during economic crises. The BTOS provides insight into recovery after these events.

Data are released every two weeks and are available by 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sector, by state and for the 25 most populous Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Data are also available by subsector (three-digit NAICS) and state by sector. See "Market and Industry Information" tab for details on NAICS.

The ABS Program combines data results from survey respondents and administrative records to produce data on business ownership. The survey is collected from employer businesses and the nonemployer data are compiled from administrative records.

The Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) is a newly designed survey that replaces and integrates seven annual business surveys into one survey. The purpose is to provide key intercensal measures of economic activity for the public and private sectors. Data produced from the AIES are based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Some key statistics are tabulated including: capital expenditures, employment, expenses, inventories, payroll, and sales, shipments, receipts or revenue

County Business Patterns (CBP) is an annual series that provides subnational economic data for establishments with paid employees by industry and employment size. This series includes the number of establishments, employment during the week of March 12, first quarter payroll, and annual payroll.

Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB) is an annual series that provides subnational economic data for U.S. establishments with paid employees by establishment industry and enterprise size. This series includes the number of firms & establishments, employment during the week of March 12, and annual payroll.

The U.S. government's open data platform. Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more. Select the User Guide button in the top right corner to learn how to navigate the platform.

Short for Federal Reserve Economic Data, FRED is an online database consisting of hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from scores of national, international, public, and private sources. FRED was created and is maintained by the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. It combines data with a mix of tools that help the user understand, interact with, display, and disseminate the data.

ALFRED allows you to retrieve each economic data release (vintage) that was available on a specific date in history. In general, economic data for past observation periods are revised as more accurate estimates become available. As a result, previous vintages of data can be superseded and may no longer be available from various data sources. ALFRED makes it possible to gather data as reported by a source on past dates in history. The Research Division hopes that ALFRED will provide users with the tools they need to reproduce past research, build more accurate forecasting models, and analyze economic policy decisions of the past with data that were available at the time.