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Business Expenses
census.data.commerce.gov | Last Updated 2015-03-25T20:57:19.000ZThe Business Expenses Supplement (BES) compiles statistics on business operating expenses during the Economic Census year. Detailed operating expenses are collected for Wholesale Distributors, Retail Trade, Accomodation and Food Services, Manufacturing, Construction, and Mining. Business expenses data are used routinely by government program officials, particularly the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis which uses the data for the Nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates and in developing the National Accounts input-output tables. Other users of business expenses data include market researchers, economic analysts, academics and business owners.
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Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization
census.data.commerce.gov | Last Updated 2015-03-25T20:57:22.000ZProvides quarterly statistics on the rates of capacity utilization for the U.S. manufacturing and publishing sectors. The QPC survey collects statistics on establishment operational status, value of actual production, estimated production attainable at full and emergency conditions, and reasons for operating at less than full production capacity. The survey also collects data on work patterns by shift. These data include days per week in operation, plant hours per week in operation, and weeks in operation in the Quarter. The Federal Reserve Board benchmarks monthly estimates of capacity output and utilization. In addition, analyze the change in use of capital, capital stocks and inputs related to capacity growth. The Department of Defense uses the data to assess readiness to meet demand for goods under selected national emergency scenarios.
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North American Product Classification System (NAPCS)
census.data.commerce.gov | Last Updated 2015-03-25T20:57:22.000ZThe North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) is a joint multi-phase initiative to develop a comprehensive demand-oriented product classification developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Work to date has focused on the products produced by service industries in 12 NAICS sectors 48-49 through 81. With that work provisionally complete, this web page provides an overview of and progress report on the NAPCS initiative and presents the final versions of the product lists developed so far for the service industries included in those 12 sectors. Work is underway developing NAPCS products of industries in NAICS sectors not yet covered (Sector 11: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, Sector 21: Mining, Sector 22: Utilities, Sector 23: Construction, Sector 31-33: Manufacturing, Sector 42: Wholesale Trade, and Sector 44-45: Retail Trade). Provisional lists will be announced on this site as they are decided.
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Annual Retail Trade Survey
census.data.commerce.gov | Last Updated 2015-03-25T20:57:21.000ZThe Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS) produces national estimates of total annual sales, e-commerce sales, end-of-year inventories, inventory-to-sales ratios, purchases, total operating expenses, inventories held outside the United States, gross margins, and end-of-year accounts receivable for retail businesses and annual sales and e-commerce sales for accommodation and food service firms located in the U.S.
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Annual Wholesale Trade
census.data.commerce.gov | Last Updated 2015-03-25T20:57:22.000ZProvides estimates on annual sales, end-of-year inventories, inventory valuation, purchases, operating expenses and e-commerce data for merchant wholesalers and manufacturers' sales branches and offices. Additionally, AWTS publishes estimates of sales, commissions, and operating expenses for wholesale agents and brokers.
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Information and Communication Technology Survey
census.data.commerce.gov | Last Updated 2015-03-25T20:57:21.000ZProvides national level estimates on both noncapitalized and capitalized spending for information and communication technology (ICT) equipment and computer software by U.S. nonfarm businesses with employees for NAICS 2-digit and selected 3-digit industries. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Federal Reserve Board, Bureau of Labor Statistics and industry analysts use these data to evaluate future productivity and economic growth prospects. In addition, the proposed survey provides improved source data significant to the BEA's investment component of gross domestic product, estimates of capital stock and capital flow, and permits the reconciliation of important differences between reported production and consumption of technology.