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 BF8QSAUS
Source U.S. Census Bureau
Release Business Formation Statistics
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Quarterly
Units Number
Date Range 2004-07-01 to 2014-10-01
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 BFBF8QTOTALSAUS 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/BF4QSAUS. 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 126393
2004-10-01 125607
2005-01-01 134184
2005-04-01 133517
2005-07-01 132859
2005-10-01 128356
2006-01-01 126887
2006-04-01 122357
2006-07-01 117472
2006-10-01 115107
2007-01-01 112890
2007-04-01 111020
2007-07-01 107761
2007-10-01 105280
2008-01-01 97047
2008-04-01 94518
2008-07-01 89748
2008-10-01 87499
2009-01-01 84579
2009-04-01 83475
2009-07-01 84787
2009-10-01 83307
2010-01-01 85265
2010-04-01 85266
2010-07-01 86416
2010-10-01 84373
2011-01-01 86511
2011-04-01 83778
2011-07-01 85032
2011-10-01 83609
2012-01-01 80983
2012-04-01 82885
2012-07-01 80341
2012-10-01 85016
2013-01-01 83177
2013-04-01 83690
2013-07-01 84203
2013-10-01 84269
2014-01-01 85529
2014-04-01 86321
2014-07-01 87212
2014-10-01 87359

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