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 Survey of Business Owners 2012
 2012 Survey of Business Owners: Company Summary
 Provides data for all businesses by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status by detailed geography, industry, and size of firm
API Call: api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cs
Examples: api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cs/examples.html
Geographies: api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cs/geography.html
Variables: api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cs/variables.html
Example Call: US Level All firms data:api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cs?get=FIRMALL,NAICS2012_TTL,GEO_TTL,EMPSZFI,EMPSZFI_TTL&for=us:*
For detailed information about the values available in this API, please see “Technical Information for SBO API – Company Summary” at www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sbo/technical-documentation/api.html
 2012 Survey of Business Owners: Characteristics of Businesses
 Provides national data for all respondent firms by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status by industry sector, including detailed business characteristics.
API Call: api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cscb.html
Examples: api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cscb/examples.html
Geographies: api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cscb/geography.html
Variables: api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cscb/variables.html
Example Call: US Level All firms data for SPOUSES business characteristic:api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cscb?get=FIRMALL,FIRMPDEMP_PCT_S,RCPALL,FIRMNOPD_S,RCPNOPD,FIRMNOPD_PCT,FIRMNOPD,EMP_S,PAYANN,RCPPDEMP,RCPPDEMP_F,RCPNOPD_PCT_S,FIRMALL_S,SPOUSES,CBGROUP_TTL,EMP,RCPPDEMP_S,EMP_PCT,YEAR,RCPNOPD_PCT,FIRMNOPD_PCT_S,EMP_PCT_S,CBGROUP,NAICS2012_TTL,PAYANN_PCT_S,PAYANN_S,GEO_TTL,RCPALL_PCT,RCPPDEMP_PCT_S,PAYANN_PCT,SPOUSES_TTL,RCPALL_PCT_S,RCPNOPD_S,FIRMPDEMP_PCT,FIRMPDEMP_S,FIRMPDEMP,FIRMALL_PCT,FIRMALL_PCT_S,RCPPDEMP_PCT&for=us:*
For detailed information about the values available in this API, please see “Technical Information for SBO API – Characteristics of Businesses” at www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sbo/technical-documentation/api.html
 2012 Survey of Business Owners: Characteristics of Business Owners
 Provides national data for all respondent firms by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status by industry sector, including detailed business characteristics.
API Call: api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cscbo.html
Examples: api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cscbo/examples.html
Geographies: api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cscbo/geography.html
Variables: api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cscbo/variables.html
Example Call: US Level Owners data for ACQBUS characteristic of business owners:api.census.gov/data/2012/sbo/cscbo?get=OWNALL_PCT_S,OWNNOPD,ACQBUS,OWNNOPD_PCT_S,NAICS2012_TTL,OWNPDEMP,OWNALL_S,OWNPDEMP_PCT_S,OWNNOPD_S,OWNPDEMP_PCT,OWNALL_PCT,ACQBUS_TTL,OWNNOPD_PCT,OWNALL,OWNPDEMP_S&for=us:*
For detailed information about the values available in this API, please see “Technical Information for SBO API – Characteristics of Business Owners” at www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sbo/technical-documentation/api.html
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            Provides estimates on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses & business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. Removal of Broken Survey of Business Owner 2012 Endpoint
            
            February 03, 2022

            The older legacy Survey of Business Owner 2012 endpoint for Company Statistics that has been broken has been removed.
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