Obtain County Business Patterns (CBP) Estimates per County

Usage

get_business_patterns(
  year = 2023,
  geo = "county",
  naics_code_digits = 2,
  naics_codes = NULL
)

Arguments

year: The vintage of CBP data desired. Data are available from 2008-2023. Earlier years use different NAICS classification systems that are not currently supported. Default is 2023.
geo: The level of geography of CBP data desired. Either "county" or "zipcode". Zipcode level data only The ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP) dataset includes the number of establishments, employment during the week of March 12th, first quarter and annual payroll for NAICS 00 (total for all sectors). Additionally, the number of establishments (but not employment or payroll) are available by employment size of the establishment for 2- through 6-digit NAICS.
naics_code_digits: One of c(2, 3). Default is 2. NAICS codes range in specificity; 2-digit codes describe the highest groupings of industries, while six-digit codes are exceedingly detailed. There are 20 2-digit NAICS codes and 196 3-digit codes. If more specific codes are desired, leave this argument as NULL and supply the desired codes as the argument to naics_codes.
naics_codes: A vector of NAICS codes to query. If NULL, the function will query all available codes with the specified number of digits. If not NULL, this argument overrides the naics_code_digits argument.

Value

A tibble with data on county-level employees, employers, and aggregate annual payrolls by industry and employer size

year: the year for which CBP data is pulled from
state: A two-digit state identifier.
county: A three-digit county identifier.
employees: number of individual employees employed in that particular industry and establishment size combination
employers: number of establishments of each employment size
annual_payroll: total annual payroll expenditures measured in $1,000's of USD
industry: industry classification according to North American Industry Classification System. Refer to details for additional information
employee_size_range_label: range for the employment size of establishments included in each given grouping
employee_size_range_code: three-digit code used to categorize employment sizes
naics_code: two to six-digit code used by the NAICS to categorize and sub-categorize industries

Details

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. Industry classification of business establishments in CBP is according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) https://www.census.gov/naics/

CBP data are useful for studying economic activity of small areas. Federal agencies use the data to determine employee concentrations and trends by industry. State and local government offices use the data to assess business changes, develop fiscal policies, and plan future policies and programs. CBP data are used to benchmark public and private sector statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic census years.

While similar to LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) data in it's coverage of employment statistics, CBP differs mainly due to its broader geographies (county vs. tract) and focus on framing the statistics at an establishment/company level rather than at the individual/job level found in LODES data. CBP also does not offer information on locations of the jobs in relation to where the employee actually resides.

The series excludes data on self-employed individuals, employees of private households, railroad employees, agricultural production employees, and most government employees. A certain amount of undercoverage occurs in the universe, as the Census Bureau does not create a multi-unit company structure in the Business Register for very small employers (less than 10 employees) identified in the Economic Census.

CBP covers most NAICS industries excluding Crop and Animal Production (NAICS 111,112); Rail Transportation (NAICS 482); Postal Service (NAICS 491); Pension, Health, Welfare, and Other Insurance Funds (NAICS 525110, 525120, 525190); Trusts, Estates, and Agency Accounts (NAICS 525920); Offices of Notaries (NAICS 541120); Private Households (NAICS 814); and Public Administration (NAICS 92)

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
get_business_patterns(
 year = 2023,
 naics_code_digits = 3)

get_business_patterns(
 year = 2017,
 naics_codes = c(221111, 221112))
} # }