Release briefing · September 6, 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
592Utilitiesimproving
593Finance and insurancedeteriorating
564Health care and social assistanceimproving
565Professional, scientific, and technical servicesstable
546Informationstable
517Administrative and support and waste management and remediation servicesstable
518Transportation and warehousingimproving
51Weakest industries
1Agriculture, forestry, fishing and huntingdeteriorating
332Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extractiondeteriorating
373Arts, entertainment, and recreationdeteriorating
424Wholesale tradestable
435Accommodation and food servicesimproving
436Other services (except public administration)deteriorating
447Constructionstable
458Management of companies and enterprisesdeteriorating
46The 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.