2017 PRA Testing

Census Business Builder:
Small Business Edition
(CBB: SBE) v.2.2

CBB: SBE at a Glance
Census Business Builder: Small Business Edition provides
easy access to information about potential customers and
similar businesses for those starting or planning a business.
The data are presented in a map-based interface that is
accessed in four simple steps.
CBB: SBE leverages Esri’s ArcGIS platform and is the first U.S.
Census Bureau data tool released on the cloud. The tool
dynamically combines Census geography and data through an
API to deliver updated content to the user.

Data Included
The Small Business Edition contains
the following data:
Demographic, socioeconomic,
and housing data from the
American Community Survey
Business data from the County
Business Patterns, Non-employer
Statistics, Economic Census, and
Survey of Business Owners
Imports and Exports data from
the International Trade program

Consumer Spending data from

Esri
Farms data from the Census of
Agriculture (USDA)
Your own data (via Excel file
upload feature)

Mobile Friendly
While CBB was designed primarily
for desktop, laptop, or largeformat tablet computers, CBB: SBE
is Mobile Friendly! Each of the
splash pages, map menus, and
reports have been redesigned to
be accessed on your mobile
device.

As a website, accessing CBB:SBE
on your mobile devise does not
require you to download
anything... merely launch your
favorite web browser and access
the same URL as you would use
for your desktop.

Demographic and Consumer Spending data are shown at the
State, County, City/Town (“Place”), ZIP Code, and Census Tract
levels.
Economic data are shown at the State, County, and City/
Town (“Place”) levels.
Agriculture and Trade data are shown at the state level only.

June 2017

Map Features

Data in the map can
be downloaded as
an Excel or .csv file
using the download
button.

Interactive and
customizable dashboard includes charts that show Historical data for many of the mapped data
variables as well as a comparison of the selected area to the state and nation. Users can change map
variables by clicking the edit icon (pencil).

Data in the map can be downloaded as an Excel or .csv file using the download button.

Interactive Report
Fully interactive, customizable, printable, and downloadable report with direct
access to specific sections
via a Content
panel. The charts in each
section are interactive too
and users can select which
variable to graph via the
icons next to the variable.

The Local Business Profile Report provide access to the Margins of Error (MoEs) for the demographic data.

Full Industry Access on Splash Page
SBE gives users access, using icons, to the 54 Most
Popular business types and access to all types of
businesses via a Search System. This Search accesses the
full list of NAICS codes covered by the Economic Census.
Users can type in an industry title, keyword, or NAICS code,
and the tool brings back a full list of all the associated
industries

Contact Us
To learn more about CBB visit: census.gov/data/data-tools/cbb/html
To access the current version of CBB: SBE, see: https://cbb.census.gov/sbe/#
To access the current version of CBB: RAE, see: https://cbb.census.gov/rae/#
If you need help using CBB, would like to schedule a webinar or in person demonstration, please contact
Andy Hait at: andrew.w.hait@census.gov or (301)763-6747