Business Information Tracking Series

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000197",
  "term": "Business Information Tracking Series",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "A file which links establishments in the annual County Business Patterns data from year to year. We use a series of matches to link establishments across years. The primary match links establishments having the same census identification number in both the initial and subsequent years. These are establishments which have undergone no ownership or organizational changes.\n\nThe remainder of the matches uses establishment identification numbers such as the employer identification number, as well as establishment attributes like business name and address, ZIP code, and industry code to create links for establishments that have remained in existence but have undergone ownership or organizational changes which lead to changes in the census file numbers across years.",
  "abbreviation": "BITS",
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/business-information-tracking-series/"
}