Census Business Builder 3.0

The Census Bureau released version 3.0 of both the Small Business Edition (SBE) and Regional Analyst Editions (RAE) of Census Business Builder. This release includes functionality updates, including automatic application of filters, shapefile download and upload and the ability to view all counties in the U.S. on the map. It also adds more data, including full NAICS drill down in RAE, and updates to the year of nearly all of the data in the tool. (Tentatively scheduled for release Feb. 3.)

2018 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey

The U.S. Census Bureau will release Annual Wholesale Trade Survey data for 2018. Data are released at the national level for agents, brokers and merchant wholesalers. Topics include sales, inventories, e-commerce, operating expenses, purchases and commissions. (Tentatively scheduled for release Feb. 6.)

The U.S. Census Bureau and Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership, in collaboration with the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) and the Labor Market Institute, welcomes Vivian Zheng as she presents, “How to Use Big Data Systems to Democratize Access to LED and Other Census Data.” (Scheduled for Feb. 19.)

Annual Retail Trade Survey

This report from the U.S. Census Bureau provides national estimates of total annual sales, e-commerce sales, end-of-year inventories, purchases, total and detailed operating expenses, gross margins and end-of-year accounts receivable for retail businesses located in the United States. The Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS) sample covers employer businesses classified in retail trade sector located in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. ARTS excludes data for businesses located in the U.S. territories. The data are published on a North American Industry Classification System basis and the estimates are used to benchmark the monthly retail sales and inventories estimates each spring. (Scheduled for release Feb. 20.)