VBSI Open Data: Veteran Datasets, Free to Use
VETERAN BUSINESS SUPER INTELLIGENCE℠ · SPONSORED BY NATIONAL INVEST IN VETERANS WEEK®OPEN DATA · 6 RELEASES · CC BY 4.0
Open Data

Veteran data, open to everyone

Every VBSI dataset in one place: VA disability compensation by county, veteran lending and credit, owner diversity, state relocation rankings, advocacy and the military family. Free to download and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Seventy VBSI datasets are already indexed in Google Dataset Search.

70datasets in Google Dataset Search
6featured releases, CSV & JSON
CC BY 4.0free to reuse with credit
Aggregates onlyno personal information
Benefits

VA Disability Compensation by County, FY 2025

County-level counts of U.S. veterans receiving VA disability compensation on September 30, 2025, for 3,144 counties and county equivalents. Each county carries total recipients, combined service-connected rating bands (0-20%, 30-40%, 50-60%, 70-90%, 100%), age groups and sex, plus SBA-certified service-disabled veteran-owned firms in the county and straight-line miles to the nearest major military installation, with five county rankings. Built from the Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics FY 2025 release. Small counts are suppressed; aggregates only.

Updated 2026-10-243,144 countiesCoverage 2025-09-30United States
VA disability compensationveteranscountydisability ratingSDVOSBmilitary installations
All files (11)
Business

VBSI Sand Table baseline datasets

The baseline behind the VBSI Sand Table: 131 datasets in 13 families covering veterans and the force by state, vetrepreneur firms and owner diversity, business capabilities, the frontier and connectivity, advocacy and legislative support, capital and lending, federal training reach, credit conditions, the military community, military children and the next generation, and military spouses and caregiving. 3,961 rows across the 50 states and national series. Aggregates only; counts under 5 are shown as under 5.

Updated 2026-10-23131 datasets, 3,961 rowsCoverage 2017 to 2026United States
veteransveteran-owned businessmilitary familiesmilitary spousesmilitary childrenstate data
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Business

VBSI Open Data Vault, FY2019-2024

Fourteen datasets on U.S. veteran entrepreneurship: SBA 7(a), Express, 504 and Microloan lending to veterans and average loan sizes, USDA farm lending, federal training program reach, Federal Reserve credit conditions for veteran-owned employer firms, Census ownership change by industry, FINRA financial resilience, SBA-certified firms by congressional district, capabilities by certification, profile activity, veteran AI and SI firm projections, military installations and the SI Desert Index. 927 rows in all. Aggregates only; counts under 5 are shown as under 5.

Updated 2026-10-2214 datasets, 927 rowsCoverage 2017 to 2026United States
veteran-owned businessSBA loansUSDASDVOSBcongressional districtsmall business credit survey
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Geography

Veteran Founder Relocation Index

Ten datasets ranking the 50 states for aspiring veteran entrepreneurs on the density of fellow veterans, certified veteran-owned firms, business momentum, defense demand, household broadband, state taxes, rural reach and official National Invest In Veterans Week support, combined into a balanced relocation index. Includes military spouse capability, childcare and caregiving measures and a Montana spotlight. Aggregates only.

Updated 2026-10-2210 datasets, 50 statesCoverage 2022 to 2026United States
veteran entrepreneursrelocationbest statesmilitary spousesbroadbandrural veterans
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Business

Veteran Owner Diversity Datasets

Five datasets on the diversity of certified veteran business owners in the United States: Black American, women, Native American, Hispanic and Asian American ownership across SBA certification, the Federal Reserve credit survey, Census ownership change and FINRA financial resilience, by state and congressional district. Connects certification data with employer-firm survey data that is rarely compared side by side. Aggregates only; counts under 5 are shown as under 5.

Updated 2026-10-225 datasetsCoverage 2020 to 2026United States
veteran-owned businessBlack veteran ownerswomen veteran ownersNative AmericanSDVOSBSBA
All files (7)
Advocacy

Vetrepreneur Intelligence Advocate Tracker

A tracker of elected officials and public figures who have supported National Invest In Veterans Week and whether they were reelected, including the 124 South Carolina sponsors of House Resolution 3825 and advocates such as Montana Governor Greg Gianforte and the Douglas County, Oregon commissioners. Includes reelection rates, votes won and a statistical test of whether supporting the week is associated with reelection. Aggregates and public election records only.

Updated 2026-10-2232 advocates, 124 SC sponsorsCoverage 2021 to 2026United States
veteran advocacylegislationreelectionNational Invest In Veterans WeekSouth Carolina H. 3825

How to use this data

Each dataset is free to use, share and build on under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Please credit Veteran Business Super Intelligence. Figures are aggregates; counts under 5 are suppressed, and no personal information is included.

Veteran Business Super Intelligence (2026). VBSI Open Data [Data catalog]. Sponsored by National Invest In Veterans Week. https://www.veteransuperintelligence.com/open-data

Formats
Every release offers CSV files and a combined JSON file; most also offer a zip of all CSVs.
Finding it in Google
Seventy VBSI datasets are already indexed in Google Dataset Search, published on veteranbusiness.si. This page carries structured metadata for each featured release so Google can index these as well. The button at the top shows the full set; each card links to its own result.
Sources
Primary U.S. government and research data: the Department of Veterans Affairs, SBA, the Federal Reserve, the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Department of Defense and others. Each dataset's page lists its sources.
Updates
Datasets are rebuilt when a new source release is published. The version and update date appear on each card.

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