Source:
U.S. Census Bureau
Release:
Business Formation Statistics
Units:
Number, Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:
Quarterly
Notes:
Business Applications (BA) that have a high propensity of turning into businesses with payroll. The identification of high-propensity applications is based on the characteristics of applications revealed on the IRS Form SS-4 that are associated with a high rate of business formation. High-propensity applications include applications: (a) for a corporate entity, (b) that indicate they are hiring employees, purchasing a business or changing organizational type, (c) that provide a first wages-paid date (planned wages); or (d) that have a NAICS industry code in manufacturing (31-33), retail stores (44), health care (62), or restaurants/food service (72).
Suggested Citation:
U.S. Census Bureau,
High-Propensity Business Applications for Georgia [HPBUSAPPSAGA],
retrieved from FRED,
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis;
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HPBUSAPPSAGA,
January 26, 2021.