Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Business Formations within 8 Quarters for the United States (DISCONTINUED)

Title Business Formations within 8 Quarters for the United States (DISCONTINUED)
Series ID BF8QNSAUS
Source U.S. Census Bureau
Release Business Formation Statistics
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Quarterly
Units Number
Date Range 2004-07-01 to 2014-10-01
Last Updated 2020-10-14 11:02 AM CDT
Notes The Business Formation Statistics are now released on a monthly basis, and the quarterly series will no longer be updated. See BFBF8QTOTALNSAUS for an alternative.

The number of employer businesses that originate from Business Applications (BA) within eight quarters from the quarter of application, similar to https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BF4QNSAUS. 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 118131
2004-10-01 113725
2005-01-01 149509
2005-04-01 139639
2005-07-01 124157
2005-10-01 116323
2006-01-01 141257
2006-04-01 127833
2006-07-01 109819
2006-10-01 104511
2007-01-01 125608
2007-04-01 115865
2007-07-01 100787
2007-10-01 95721
2008-01-01 107957
2008-04-01 98467
2008-07-01 84038
2008-10-01 79704
2009-01-01 93983
2009-04-01 86881
2009-07-01 79419
2009-10-01 76038
2010-01-01 94652
2010-04-01 88656
2010-07-01 80960
2010-10-01 77113
2011-01-01 95981
2011-04-01 87152
2011-07-01 79593
2011-10-01 76452
2012-01-01 89858
2012-04-01 86230
2012-07-01 75137
2012-10-01 77815
2013-01-01 92220
2013-04-01 87165
2013-07-01 78692
2013-10-01 77154
2014-01-01 94825
2014-04-01 89834
2014-07-01 81506
2014-10-01 80007

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