About NETS Data
The 2020 National Establishment Time-Series High Technology Database© (NETS-HiTech) is a historical database that provides time-series information on establishment sales growth performance, job creation and destruction, changes in primary markets, merger and acquisitions, mobility patterns, and historical D&B ratings.
It contains annual time-series of information for over 6.8 million U.S. high technology establishments from January 1990 to January 2020 as defined using the detailed 8-digit SIC classification system (over 18,500 industries).
Access & Terms of Use
NETS-HiTech consists of a 1.5 GB compressed file of individual establishment time-series records in tab-delimited ASCII text format.
Registered users will be able to access the NETS-HiTech on a secure Duke Box.com folder and should download the data, and its accompanying documentation files as needed for use in their own database or statistical analysis software.
NETS-HiTech and its accompanying files are governed by the Terms of Use document linked below
You must affirm these Terms of Use during registration.
Register
Current Duke University students, faculty, and staff may register for NETS-HiTech below.
Upon verification, registered users will receive a folder-sharing email from Duke Box.com allowing access to NETS-HiTech.
Enter your Duke Net ID and password to register