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CBP

County Business Patterns

Labor outcomesPublicFirm-side
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Specific Type
Core firm survey
Dataset Type
Pooled cross-sectional
Institution
Census Bureau
Institution Type
Federal government
Level of Focus
Establishment
Most Granular Level
County, ZIP code level
Perspective
Firm-side
Time Coverage
1986-present
Frequency
Annual
Sample Size
All establishments (~8M total)
Geographic Detail
County; ZIP
Occupational Classification
Not specified
Industrial Classification
6-digit NAICS 2017
Other Classification
ZIP code level; employment size class; legal form of organization
Key Variables
Establishments, employment, payroll by detailed industry and geography
AI/Tech Tracking
Not specified
Access Details
Publicly available (CSV downloads)
Notes
Complete enumeration with size class detail; March snapshot; excludes self-employed, agricultural, household workers