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US Census Firm Concentration Data, 1972-2012 (ICPSR 37961)

Released/updated on: 2021-08-26

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1972-01-01--2012-12-31

Since the passing of the 1953 Title 13 U.S. Code, Congress gave the Census Bureau authority to conduct an economic census every 5 years on years that end in a 2 or 7. This code mandated that all economic firms must provide requested information, and it required the Bureau to maintain the confidentiality of the individual records. Respondents are asked to provide a range of operational and performance data for their companies.

This collection is compiled from publicly available U.S. Census Bureau data and publications. This data comes from a mix of digitized paper documents, CD-ROMs/Floppy discs, now-discontinued FTP servers, and the US Census Bureau website. However, this data is not a complete sample of the US economic census. This collection has variables related to the type of establishment, year, business sector, payroll, number of employees, number of firms, and shipments. Some inquiries apply to some industries but not others, such as materials consumed and franchising

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Census of Wholesale and Retail Trade, 1972 (ICPSR 36459)

Released/updated on: 2016-12-15

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1972-01-01--1972-12-31

The Census of Wholesale and Retail Trade combines two parts of the Economic Census conducted by the United States Census Bureau. These censuses were designed to measure the economic activity of several types of businesses within the United States. The retail and wholesale censuses conducted in 1972 recorded the number of establishments, sales, payroll, and number of paid employees for a wide variety of business categories, including general merchandise, food, automotive, gasoline, apparel, furniture, restaurants, and drug retailers. Additionally, the wholesale census logged number of establishments, sales, inventories, and payroll for merchant wholesalers, manufacturer sales branches, and merchandise agents and brokers. Both the retail and wholesale censuses provide statistics organized by type of business or operation and by city size.