Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Business Formations Within 4 Quarters for the United States (DISCONTINUED)

Title Business Formations Within 4 Quarters for the United States (DISCONTINUED)
Series ID BF4QSAUS
Source U.S. Census Bureau
Release Business Formation Statistics
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Quarterly
Units Number
Date Range 2004-07-01 to 2015-10-01
Last Updated 2020-10-14 11:01 AM CDT
Notes The Business Formation Statistics are now released on a monthly basis, and the quarterly series will no longer be updated. See BFBF4QTOTALSAUS for an alternative.

This series provides the number of employer businesses that originate from Business Applications (BA) within four quarters from the quarter of application. By definition, the end-point of this series is determined by the most recent quarter for which the administrative data is available on payroll.
DATE VALUE
2004-07-01 111569
2004-10-01 111471
2005-01-01 119485
2005-04-01 118652
2005-07-01 117889
2005-10-01 114025
2006-01-01 111675
2006-04-01 107896
2006-07-01 103516
2006-10-01 101948
2007-01-01 99907
2007-04-01 98368
2007-07-01 95663
2007-10-01 93038
2008-01-01 85356
2008-04-01 82996
2008-07-01 78372
2008-10-01 75784
2009-01-01 72700
2009-04-01 71824
2009-07-01 72607
2009-10-01 71314
2010-01-01 72753
2010-04-01 72585
2010-07-01 73600
2010-10-01 71926
2011-01-01 73440
2011-04-01 71493
2011-07-01 72720
2011-10-01 71313
2012-01-01 68623
2012-04-01 70706
2012-07-01 68344
2012-10-01 72984
2013-01-01 69518
2013-04-01 70546
2013-07-01 70699
2013-10-01 71340
2014-01-01 70365
2014-04-01 72067
2014-07-01 72603
2014-10-01 73809
2015-01-01 76609
2015-04-01 72703
2015-07-01 72607
2015-10-01 69335

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