Most of you may already be familiar with County Business Pattern data from the Census Bureau. County Business Patterns (CBP) is an annual series that
provides economic data by industry down to the county level. This series includes
the number of establishments, employment during the week of March
12, first quarter payroll, and annual payroll. This data is useful
for studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic
changes over time; and as a benchmark for other statistical series,
surveys, and databases between economic censuses. Businesses use
the data for analyzing market potential, measuring the effectiveness
of sales and advertising programs, setting sales quotas, and developing
budgets. Government agencies use the data for administration and
planning.
Well this data is also available on a ZIP code basis as well. If you
click this link to the CB County Business Pattern page you'll also see the area for accessing ZIP code level data:
Once you enter a ZIP code and click go, you will then be at a page full of data for the area - for example here is the headers for the Herkimer 13350 ZIP:
Note that once there you can change the ZIP Code or the year you want to see ! So if ZIP code data works better for you when it comes to business activity data, there's now an easy way to get to it !
