The Bureau of Economic Analysis

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce that provides economic data to policymakers, businesses, and the general public. The BEA collects and analyzes a wide range of economic indicators, including gross domestic product (GDP), personal income, and trade data. Through its reports and analysis, the BEA helps inform decision-making at all levels of government and helps businesses and individuals understand the state of the economy. The BEA Data API provides programmatic access to all published economic statistics including NIPA, regional data, international accounts, and industry-level data.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Industry API, International API, Metadata API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Economics, Federal-Government, GDP, National Accounts, and Open Data.

The The Bureau of Economic Analysis catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, signup flow, getting-started guide, and 8 more developer resources.

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1 APIs

Economics Federal-Government GDP National Accounts Open Data Statistics

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Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 17

Access Clarity 4.9 / 17

Operational Transparency 1.2 / 11

Contract Governance 1.4 / 10

Discoverability 5.8 / 9

Regulatory Posture 4.7 / 15

Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

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Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis Industry API

GDP by industry, input-output accounts, and sector-level data.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis International API

International transactions, investment position, and multinational enterprise data.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis Metadata API

Methods for discovering available datasets, parameters, and valid values.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis National Accounts API

National Income and Product Accounts, Fixed Assets, and related national economic statistics.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional API

State, metropolitan area, and county level economic data.

Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Bureau of Economic Analysis Industry API

OPEN COLLECTION

Bureau of Economic Analysis Industry International API

OPEN COLLECTION

Bureau of Economic Analysis Industry Metadata API

OPEN COLLECTION

Bureau of Economic Analysis Industry National Accounts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Bureau of Economic Analysis Industry Regional API

OPEN COLLECTION

Bureau of Economic Analysis API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

The Bureau Of Economic Analysis Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

The Bureau Of Economic Analysis Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

The Bureau Of Economic Analysis Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

The Bureau Of Economic Analysis Context

8 classes · 20 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

The Bureau of Economic Analysis API Rules

10 rules · 4 errors 6 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

BEA Data Point

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

BEA Dataset

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

The Bureau Of Economic Analysis Data Response Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

The Bureau Of Economic Analysis Getdatasetlist Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

The Bureau Of Economic Analysis Getnipadata Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

The Bureau Of Economic Analysis Getregionaldata Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

The Bureau Of Economic Analysis Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

The Bureau Of Economic Analysis Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

The Bureau Of Economic Analysis Agentic Access

10 operations

10 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

InteractiveData

InteractiveData

RSS

RSS

Source (apis.yml)

aid: the-bureau-of-economic-analysis
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-bureau-of-economic-analysis/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: the-bureau-of-economic-analysis:the-bureau-of-economic-analysis-industry-api
  name: The Bureau of Economic Analysis Industry API
  description: GDP by industry, input-output accounts, and sector-level data.
  humanURL: https://www.bea.gov/resources/for-developers
  baseURL: https://apps.bea.gov/api/data
  tags:
  - Industry
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-bureau-of-economic-analysis-industry-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bea.gov/resources/for-developers
  - type: Signup
    url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/signup/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/_pdf/bea_web_service_api_user_guide.pdf
- aid: the-bureau-of-economic-analysis:the-bureau-of-economic-analysis-international-api
  name: The Bureau of Economic Analysis International API
  description: International transactions, investment position, and multinational enterprise data.
  humanURL: https://www.bea.gov/resources/for-developers
  baseURL: https://apps.bea.gov/api/data
  tags:
  - International
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-bureau-of-economic-analysis-international-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bea.gov/resources/for-developers
  - type: Signup
    url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/signup/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/_pdf/bea_web_service_api_user_guide.pdf
- aid: the-bureau-of-economic-analysis:the-bureau-of-economic-analysis-metadata-api
  name: The Bureau of Economic Analysis Metadata API
  description: Methods for discovering available datasets, parameters, and valid values.
  humanURL: https://www.bea.gov/resources/for-developers
  baseURL: https://apps.bea.gov/api/data
  tags:
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-bureau-of-economic-analysis-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bea.gov/resources/for-developers
  - type: Signup
    url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/signup/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/_pdf/bea_web_service_api_user_guide.pdf
- aid: the-bureau-of-economic-analysis:the-bureau-of-economic-analysis-national-accounts-api
  name: The Bureau of Economic Analysis National Accounts API
  description: National Income and Product Accounts, Fixed Assets, and related national economic statistics.
  humanURL: https://www.bea.gov/resources/for-developers
  baseURL: https://apps.bea.gov/api/data
  tags:
  - National Accounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-bureau-of-economic-analysis-national-accounts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bea.gov/resources/for-developers
  - type: Signup
    url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/signup/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/_pdf/bea_web_service_api_user_guide.pdf
- aid: the-bureau-of-economic-analysis:the-bureau-of-economic-analysis-regional-api
  name: The Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional API
  description: State, metropolitan area, and county level economic data.
  humanURL: https://www.bea.gov/resources/for-developers
  baseURL: https://apps.bea.gov/api/data
  tags:
  - Regional
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-bureau-of-economic-analysis-regional-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bea.gov/resources/for-developers
  - type: Signup
    url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/signup/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/_pdf/bea_web_service_api_user_guide.pdf
name: The Bureau of Economic Analysis
tags:
- Economics
- Federal-Government
- GDP
- National Accounts
- Open Data
- Statistics
tags_raw:
- Economics
- Federal Government
- GDP
- National Accounts
- Open Data
- Statistics
kind: contract
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/the-bureau-of-economic-analysis.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-14'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consuming
description: The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce that provides economic
  data to policymakers, businesses, and the general public. The BEA collects and analyzes a wide range of economic indicators,
  including gross domestic product (GDP), personal income, and trade data. Through its reports and analysis, the BEA helps
  inform decision-making at all levels of government and helps businesses and individuals understand the state of the economy.
  The BEA Data API provides programmatic access to all published economic statistics including NIPA, regional data, international
  accounts, and industry-level data.
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/the-bureau-of-economic-analysis-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/the-bureau-of-economic-analysis-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/the-bureau-of-economic-analysis-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bea.gov/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.bea.gov/resources/for-developers
- type: Signup
  url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/signup/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/_pdf/bea_web_service_api_user_guide.pdf
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/us-bea
- type: OpenAPI
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-bureau-of-economic-analysis/refs/heads/main/openapi/the-bureau-of-economic-analysis-openapi.yml
- type: InteractiveData
  url: https://apps.bea.gov/itable
- type: RSS
  url: https://apps.bea.gov/rss/rss.xml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'

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