The U.S. Census Bureau released Census Business Builder: Small Business Edition,
a new Web tool that allows business owners and entrepreneurs to easily
navigate and use key demographic and economic data to help guide their
research into opening a new business or adding to an existing one.
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The
Census Business Builder was developed with user-centered design at its
core and incorporated feedback from customers and stakeholders,
including small business owners, trade associations and other government
agencies.
The
tool combines data from the American Community Survey, the economic
census, County Business Patterns and other economic surveys to provide a
complete business profile of an area. Business statistics include the
number of establishments, employment, payroll and sales. American
Community Survey statistics include population characteristics, economic
characteristics and housing characteristics.
If you want to go directly to the web tool, click here to launch the small business edition tool. Below is a sample screen shot for mapping the total consumer expenditures when dining out that might help a small business owner decide where they wanted to locate a new restaurant. Click the map to enlarge it.
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