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Census County Business Patterns

By olyport.com Verified namespace

Establishment counts, employment, and payroll by geography and NAICS code from Census CBP

WebsiteDeveloper tools & code
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Checks passed
10 / 22

4 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
529 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
3

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Responded

The server completed its last measured handshake. This is an observation, not a guarantee.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
220
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
222

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 529 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name census-cbp.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 3 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 529 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 529 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Fail
    Parameters documented

    0 of 10 parameters have a description (0%). The bar is 80%.

  • Fail
    Safety hints

    3 tools set neither readOnlyHint nor destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Pass
    Website matches publisher

    The website host matches the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Fail
    Source repo linked

    No repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Fail
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-04-04T06:07:09.262202Z, which is older than 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using Census County Business Patterns

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http census-county-business-patterns https://mcp.olyport.com/census-cbp/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 3

compare_county_industries

Get a breakdown of all industries in a county. Returns business pattern data for all 2-digit NAICS sectors in a specific county. Useful for understanding the economic composition of a community for grant narratives. Args: state: Two-letter state abbreviation (e.g. 'CA', 'TX', 'NY'). county_fips: 3-digit county FIPS code (e.g. '037' for Los Angeles County). year: Data year (default 2021). Available: 2012-2021.

Discovered
get_county_business_patterns

Get business establishment, employment, and payroll data by county. Returns County Business Patterns data from the Census Bureau showing the number of business establishments, employees, and annual payroll for a given geography and optional industry filter. Args: state: Two-letter state abbreviation (e.g. 'CA', 'TX', 'NY'). county_fips: 3-digit county FIPS code (e.g. '037' for Los Angeles). If omitted, returns data for all counties in the state. naics_code: NAICS 2017 industry code to filter by (e.g. '72' for Accommodation/Food, '62' for Healthcare, '23' for Construction). If omitted, returns totals across all industries. year: Data year (default 2021). Available: 2012-2021.

Discovered
get_state_business_summary

Get state-level business pattern summary. Returns aggregate establishment, employment, and payroll data for an entire state, optionally filtered by industry. Useful for state-level economic overviews in grant applications. Args: state: Two-letter state abbreviation (e.g. 'CA', 'TX', 'NY'). naics_code: NAICS 2017 industry code to filter by (e.g. '72' for Accommodation/Food, '62' for Healthcare). Omit for all industries. year: Data year (default 2021). Available: 2012-2021.

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected529 ms3

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