NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Number of Operating Businesses for United States Series ID: Q1097AUSQ557SNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Quarterly Units: Thousands of Firms Date Range: 1945-01-01 to 1962-04-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 3:19 PM CDT Notes: Source: Survey Of Current Business, Data For 1945-1955: Issue Of May 1959, Table 1, P. 17; Data For 1956-1962: Following Monthly Issues This NBER data series q10097a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 10 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter10.html. NBER Indicator: q10097a DATE VALUE 1945-01-01 3051 1945-04-01 3098 1945-07-01 3160 1945-10-01 3256 1946-01-01 3374 1946-04-01 3486 1946-07-01 3582 1946-10-01 3665 1947-01-01 3735 1947-04-01 3791 1947-07-01 3841 1947-10-01 3887 1948-01-01 3923 1948-04-01 3955 1948-07-01 3978 1948-10-01 3998 1949-01-01 4008 1949-04-01 4012 1949-07-01 4013 1949-10-01 4022 1950-01-01 4034 1950-04-01 4051 1950-07-01 4067 1950-10-01 4081 1951-01-01 4094 1951-04-01 4105 1951-07-01 4118 1951-10-01 4132 1952-01-01 4149 1952-04-01 4167 1952-07-01 4184 1952-10-01 4201 1953-01-01 4219 1953-04-01 4232 1953-07-01 4244 1953-10-01 4253 1954-01-01 4260 1954-04-01 4271 1954-07-01 4283 1954-10-01 4300 1955-01-01 4323 1955-04-01 4347 1955-07-01 4371 1955-10-01 4395 1956-01-01 4419 1956-04-01 4443 1956-07-01 4464 1956-10-01 4484 1957-01-01 4502 1957-04-01 4518 1957-07-01 4538 1957-10-01 4545 1958-01-01 4553 1958-04-01 4565 1958-07-01 4580 1958-10-01 4596 1959-01-01 4615 1959-04-01 4635 1959-07-01 4654 1959-10-01 4672 1960-01-01 4691 1960-04-01 4708 1960-07-01 4722 1960-10-01 4732 1961-01-01 4738 1961-04-01 4748 1961-07-01 4758 1961-10-01 4768 1962-01-01 4779 1962-04-01 4790