Census Business Builder Version 5.11

On Feb. 25, the U.S. Census Bureau will release version 5.11 of the Census Business Builder (CBB) tool. This release will include new data for the 2024 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, a new variable for unemployment rate, metadata updates and bug fixes for previously known issues. More information on Census Business Builder is available online.

On Feb. 26, the U.S. Census Bureau will release the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) measures business conditions on an ongoing basis. BTOS experimental data products are representative of all employer businesses other than farms in the U.S. economy. The data allow greater insight into the state of the economy by providing continuous, timely information for key economic measures. Data are released biweekly and are available by sector, state, employment size and the 25 most populous metropolitan statistical areas. New questions on artificial intelligence were added Nov. 17 and will be released in 2026.