The Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) is a newly designed survey that replaced seven existing annual business surveys. The AIES will produce the only comprehensive national data on business revenues, e-commerce, expenses, inventories, and capital expenditures on an annual basis. Subnational data will be produced for revenue, employment, and payroll. Beginning with the 2023 survey year, the following surveys were integrated into the AIES:
To report online:
To help you prepare for online reporting, survey questions, instructions, and How-To PDFs and videos are provided below. You may also view the letters sent to respondents about this survey.
All materials are for informational purposes only.
Preview questions on the Annual Integrated Economic Survey. This tool will allow users to select their type of business operation and view the questions collected at the company, industry, and establishment or location levels.
A high-level summary of content collected on the Annual Integrated Economic Survey.
Instructions to assist with gathering data for the Annual Integrated Economic Survey.
Information to assist with signing into the Respondent Portal, and other information on using the online reporting instrument.
Title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.), Sections 131 and 182 authorize this collection. Response to the AIES is mandatory per Sections 224 and 225.
The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Section 9 of Title 13 (United States Code) to keep your information confidential and can use your responses only to produce statistics. The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify your business, organization, or institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit your data.
Below are a few ways to verify the legitimacy of this survey: