Release briefing · August 23, 2026
What changed in American business?
Fast scan of the strongest and weakest Business Pulse Momentum readings in the latest BTOS data.
Leading industries
1Finance and insuranceimproving
592Educational servicesdeteriorating
563Utilitiesimproving
564Health care and social assistancedeteriorating
535Professional, scientific, and technical servicesdeteriorating
536Management of companies and enterprisesdeteriorating
517Administrative and support and waste management and remediation servicesimproving
518Informationstable
50Weakest industries
1Accommodation and food servicesdeteriorating
422Retail tradedeteriorating
423Wholesale tradedeteriorating
444Constructiondeteriorating
445Agriculture, forestry, fishing and huntingdeteriorating
446Transportation and warehousingdeteriorating
447Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extractionstable
458Manufacturingdeteriorating
47The 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.