Release briefing · August 9, 2026
What changed in American business?
Fast scan of the strongest and weakest Business Pulse Momentum readings in the latest BTOS data.
Leading industries
1Educational servicesimproving
582Health care and social assistanceimproving
563Agriculture, forestry, fishing and huntingimproving
554Finance and insurancestable
555Professional, scientific, and technical servicesimproving
556Management of companies and enterprisesimproving
557Manufacturingstable
518Other services (except public administration)improving
51Weakest industries
1Utilitiesdeteriorating
322Accommodation and food servicesimproving
443Retail tradeimproving
454Constructionstable
465Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extractionimproving
476Real estate and rental and leasingstable
487Administrative and support and waste management and remediation servicesimproving
488Arts, entertainment, and recreationdeteriorating
48The ranking is our analytical layer over public BTOS estimates. It is designed to surface direction and momentum, not to replace Census methodology or imply causal conclusions.