Source release schedules
Census business applications update monthly. Labor, tax, bankruptcy, lending, credit, and procurement sources follow separate release schedules, so rankings, state pages, and industry comparisons can change at different times.
Formation
Census Business Formation Statistics updates monthly and affects business application totals, high-propensity applications, and projected formations.
Employer base
BLS QCEW annual files affect establishment, job, wage, and payroll comparisons by state and industry.
Capital and stress
SBA FOIA files, U.S. Courts bankruptcy tables, IRS SOI tables, Fed SBCS context, and USAspending data refresh on separate release cycles.
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Current source periods
| Source | Current page period | What changes when it updates |
|---|---|---|
| Census Business Formation Statistics | Annual 2025 and Jan-May 2026 | Business application counts, high-propensity applications, projected formations, filing-distortion checks, and formation rankings. |
| Census county annual applications | Annual 2025 | County application tables and population-adjusted county rate charts. |
| BLS QCEW | Annual 2024 | Private-sector establishments, jobs, wages, payroll, and industry comparison pages. |
| SBA 7(a) and 504 FOIA files | FY2025 | SBA approval dollars, loan counts, sector tables, and county lending tables. |
| IRS SOI unincorporated business tables | Tax Year 2023 | Gross receipts, returns/forms, net income, and proprietor income measures. |
| U.S. Courts F-5A bankruptcy workbook | 12 months ending March 31, 2026 | Business bankruptcy cases, Chapter 11 cases, and stress rankings. |
| Federal Reserve Small Business Credit Survey | 2026 report appendix | National credit context used near business stress sections. |
| USAspending | FY2025 procurement obligations | Federal contract demand tables and state procurement rankings. |
Update cadence
Monthly Census application data usually changes first. Annual labor and tax files supply employer-base and receipts measures. Bankruptcy and procurement files can update independently, so a state page may change before every source has released a new annual file.
Every page labels partial-year, fiscal-year, tax-year, and trailing-12-month data near the metric that uses it.