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Back to datasetsKey Variables Business activity, supply chain, prices, staffing, AI adoption, work from home AI/Tech Tracking AI adoption questions; work from home module Access Details Publicly available (biweekly releases) Notes High-frequency business conditions; includes AI module (March 2024) and WFH module (Nov 2024-Jan 2025); panels rotate annually
BTOS
Business Trends and Outlook Survey
Labor outcomesPublicFirm-side
Visit Dataset- Specific Type
- Core firm survey
- Dataset Type
- Rotated panel
- Institution
- Census Bureau
- Institution Type
- Federal government
- Level of Focus
- Firm
- Most Granular Level
- 2-digit NAICS sector level
- Perspective
- Firm-side
- Time Coverage
- 2022-present
- Frequency
- Bi-weekly
- Sample Size
- ~1.2M firms (200K per panel)
- Geographic Detail
- National; state; 25 largest MSAs
- Occupational Classification
- Not specified
- Industrial Classification
- 2-digit NAICS 2017
- Other Classification
- Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Key Papers
Tracking Firm Use of AI in Real Time
Bonney, Breaux, Buffington, Dinlersoz, Foster, Goldschlag, Haltiwanger, Kroff, Savage (2024)
Measuring AI Uptake in the Workplace
Crane, Green, Soto (2025)
Bonney et al. (2024); Crane et al. (2025); Census Bureau Working Paper CES-WP-24-16 (2024)