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OMB Control No: 0607-1024	ICR Reference No: 202603-0607-006
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202601-0607-002
Agency/Subagency: DOC/CENSUS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Annual Integrated Economic Survey
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 03/30/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2029	03/31/2029
Responses	358,750	305,340
Time Burden (Hours)	807,188	687,015
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: Since survey year 2023 (collected in calendar year 2024), the Census Bureau has conducted the AIES on an annual basis. The AIES was created to integrate seven annual business surveys into one comprehensive survey. It was designed to combine Census Bureau collections to reduce respondent burden and increase data quality. The AIES provides the only comprehensive national and subnational data on business revenues and expenses on an annual basis. The survey covers domestic, nonfarm employer businesses with operations during the survey year. Data users of the AIES estimates include, but are not limited to, private businesses, educators and students, economic researchers, trade and professional organizations, and other federal agencies

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 13 USC 131 and 182

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 40814	08/21/2025
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 2330	01/20/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Annual Integrated Economic Survey	Electronic Instrument Selected Screenshots for , 2025 AIES Content	,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	358,750	305,340	53,410
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	807,188	687,015	120,173
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The 2025 AIES burden hours (807,188) are slightly higher than the 2024 AIES burden hours (784,950). However, the average time to complete the survey decreased when comparing the 2025 AIES to the 2024 AIES. A primary objective of the agency is to reduce the burden imposed on individual respondents while maintaining the statistical quality of our data products. The new modular, subsampled content strategy introduced for survey year 2025 achieves that goal. Specifically, the average time to complete the 2025 AIES is estimated to be 2 hours and 15 minutes, a 12 percent reduction compared to the 2024 AIES (2 hours and 34 minutes). The 2024 AIES sample was larger than the 2025 AIES sample. However, some 2024 sampled cases did not actually receive the survey (i.e., “non-mailed companies”), as was explained in the 2024 AIES Information Collection Review (ICR) request. Because of the introduction of the modular, subsampled content strategy, having “non-mailed companies” was not an option during survey year 2025. Thus, the number of 2025 AIES respondents (358,750) is higher than the number of companies that actually received the 2024 AIES (305,340). This caused the increase in total burden hours when comparing the 2025 AIES against the 2024 AIES. Moving forward, the Census Bureau plans on investigating if it is possible to reintroduce the concept of “non-mailed companies” while using a modular, subsampled content strategy to reduce respondent burden.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $31,000,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Edward Watkins 301 763-4750

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