Louisville, Kentucky

How to read the survival figure

Each sector's five-year establishment survival rate, weighted by how many of this city's businesses sit in that sector. It is a property of the MIX, not of these businesses — it says what survival this composition would imply at US private-sector rates, because no Canadian equivalent series exists.

Weighted over 97.8% of the coded base — public administration carries no curve. Source: Business Employment Dynamics — Table 7, Survival of private sector establishments by opening year, US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

And what it does not measure

A "mixed" trait is one that genuinely spans codes — "computers" covers systems design, repair and supply. The clear share is how much of this reading rests on unambiguous coding. Business density also reflects how completely the directory covers a place, not only how many businesses are in it — so it compares poorly between a city the register knows well and one it does not.

The one thing to keep in mind

Five-year estimates pooled over 2019–2023, so a figure is an average of the period rather than a single year, and every value carries a margin of error this extract does not keep. Unlike the Canadian census, which counts everyone, the ACS is a sample — a small place's figures are correspondingly uncertain. ACS five-year estimate for the incorporated place, which is the city proper. It will differ from the figure in wander.regions, which is sometimes a metropolitan population.

Source: American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates — Table-based summary file, 2023, United States Census Bureau, under the US federal government work, public domain. National comparison: The United States row of the same ACS tables, not an average of places — roughly a third of Americans live outside any incorporated place, so summing places would understate the country.

On "how many doors"

How many doors a landlord holds is not in any of this. The register files an apartment building under the building, not its owner, and carries no unit count; there is no open dataset of Canadian landlords by portfolio. Where this research has established ownership it is in the /property record for the city, building by building, which is a different and much slower exercise.

In the business register

Where schooling shows up as a business rather than an institution — which is where K-12, tutoring and childcare appear.

Matched on the name "hospital"

• Anchorage Animal Hospital — 12460 Lagrange Rd
• Evergreen Animal Hospital — 11618 Shelbyville Rd
• Baptist Hospital East Bhvrl — 11901 Shelbyville Rd
• Central State Hospital Library — 10510 Lagrange Rd
• Central State Hospital — 10510 Lagrange Rd
• Inphynet Hospital Service — 14008 Crossbranch Ct
• Jewish Hospital — 3920 Dutchmans Ln
• Uhs Universal Hospital Service — 11509 Commonwealth Dr # 5
• Gateway Rehab Hospital — 315 E Broadway
• Springhurst Animal Hospital — 9909 Brownsboro Rd
• Audubon Animal Hospital — 1311 Durrett Ln
• Auburndale Animal Hospital — 7136 Southside Dr
• Gailor Animal Hospital — 7422 Old 3rd Street Rd
• Dental Health Center — 2323 Lime Kiln Ln
• Banfield The Pet Hospital — 10308 Westport Rd
• Westport Animal Hospital — 4100 Murphy Ln
• Crockett Veterinary Hospital — 10008 Whipps Mill Rd
• Whipps Mill Animal Hospital — 9321 New Lagrange Rd # A
• Barbour Lane Animal Hospital — 3303 Barbour Ln
• Kentucky Hospital Association — 2501 Nelson Miller Pkwy # 200
• Jefferson Animal Hospital — 5400 Delmaria Way
• Cherokee Animal Hospital — 1601 Eastern Pkwy
• Baptist Hospital East Home — 6420 Dutchmans Pkwy # 360
• Newburg Health Center — 4810 Exeter Ave
• Seneca Animal Hospital — 2706 Taylorsville Rd
• Abrams Animal Hospital — 4210 Poplar Level Rd
• Dahlem Animal Hospital — 3035 Hunsinger Ln
• Banfield The Pet Hospital — 3580 S Hurstbourne Pkwy
• Regional Hospital Services — 1801 Research Dr
• Breckenridge Animal Hospital — 3451 Breckenridge Ln
• Hurstbourne Animal Hospital — 3509 S Hurstbourne Pkwy
• Phoenix Health Center — 712 E Muhammad Ali Blvd
• Inn At Jewish Hospital — 100 E Jefferson St
• Family Health Center — 914 E Broadway # 100
• Community Health Center — 2516 W Madison St
• Hospital Internal Medicine — 201 Abraham Flexner Way # 1003
• Kindred Hospital Louisville — 200 Abraham Flexner Way
• Jewish Hospital Cardiac Rehab — 200 Abraham Flexner Way
• Jewish Hospital Health Network — 200 Abraham Flexner Way
• Jewish Hospital Healthcare Service — 539 S 4th St
• Jewish Hospital — 217 E Chestnut St
• Jewish Hospital Med Library — 200 Abraham Flexner Way
• Jewish Hospital Employcare — 200 Abraham Flexnor Way
• Jewish Hospital Physician — 410 S 1st St
• Blue Cross Animal Hospital — 827 E Broadway
• Kindred Hospital Loiusville — 1313 Saint Anthony Pl
• Hospital Hospitality House — 201 E Main St
• Kosair Childrens Hospital — 231 E Chestnut St
• Audubon Dental Health Center — 1430 Poplar Level Rd
• Norton Audubon Hospital — 1 Audubon Plaza Dr
• Audubon Hospital — 1 Audubon Plaza Dr
• Family Health Center — 2215 Portland Ave
• Crescent Hill Animal Hospital — 2265 Frankfort Ave
• Va Hospital Library — 800 Zorn Ave
• Baptist Hospital East Gift Sp — 4000 Kresge Way
• Baptist Hospital East — 4000 Kresge Way
• Norton Southwest Hospital — 9820 3rd Street Rd
• Hillview Animal Hospital — 156 Hillview Blvd
• Jewish Hospital Regional Service — 5000 Commerce Crossings Dr
• Jewish Hospital Occupational — 100 High Rise Dr
• Grimes and Wood Animal Hospital — 4529 Poplar Level Rd
• Banfield The Pet Hospital — 4601 Outer Loop
• Jefferson Animal Hospital — 4504 Outer Loop
• Family Health Center — 7215 Dixie Hwy

Built from

• geonet.louisville — the local business register
• wander.regions — city name, population, metro
• search.local — trait vocabulary and the come-to-you services
• search.cozfranchises — 2,024 franchise brands