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: Business Formations Within 4 Quarters for Rhode Island (DISCONTINUED) Series ID: BF4QSARI 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: 2019-07-31 2:18 PM CDT Notes: The Business Formation Statistics are now released on a monthly basis, and the quarterly series will no longer be updated. See BFBF4QTOTALSARI (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BFBF4QTOTALSARI) 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 2004-07-01 393 2004-10-01 426 2005-01-01 431 2005-04-01 456 2005-07-01 405 2005-10-01 389 2006-01-01 407 2006-04-01 360 2006-07-01 354 2006-10-01 370 2007-01-01 316 2007-04-01 326 2007-07-01 336 2007-10-01 296 2008-01-01 284 2008-04-01 257 2008-07-01 275 2008-10-01 242 2009-01-01 232 2009-04-01 260 2009-07-01 245 2009-10-01 252 2010-01-01 261 2010-04-01 232 2010-07-01 258 2010-10-01 256 2011-01-01 246 2011-04-01 243 2011-07-01 208 2011-10-01 214 2012-01-01 234 2012-04-01 233 2012-07-01 244 2012-10-01 263 2013-01-01 210 2013-04-01 222 2013-07-01 218 2013-10-01 245 2014-01-01 248 2014-04-01 236 2014-07-01 237 2014-10-01 205 2015-01-01 246 2015-04-01 255 2015-07-01 242 2015-10-01 220