County Business Patterns (CBP) is an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. 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.
The 2010 series shows that U.S. businesses (with employees) declined of 36,800 establishments from 2009, marking the third consecutive year of decline. Between 2008 and 2009 there was a decline of 168,000 establishments.
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The data series shows the number of Utah establishments peaking in 2007 at roughly 71,900. Between 2007 and 2010, the number of Utah businesses dropped 3,060 to 68,800—the same level as in 2006.
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