Mistake in BEA Historical Data
Macro
Historical Industry data not linked properly
Use caution: The BEA has the wrong hyperlink on their historical industry tables.
BEA has great data on Income by industry.
You can use the interactive tables to view various data concepts (Gross output, Value Added, etc..).
Thankfully you can easily acquire the CURRENT data view API or XLS
Unfortunately, the historical data is not available via API. Moreover, the download link for the historical XLS files is (accidentally) linked to the current XLS files.
I informed the BEA. As of 28July2025 I haven’t heard back and the error remains.
Current solution: use interactive viewer and click the Download icon.