VendorCensus · Prepared 2026-10-30

ATS counting and denominator worksheet

Define the population and counting unit before publishing a percentage. This is a planning record, not a calculator or a live dataset.

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All six companies and their counts are fictional. The percentages illustrate counting choices; they are not Greenhouse or Ashby market-share estimates and are not VendorCensus's live observation totals.

1. Research question and proposed headline

2. Target population and how the reviewed sample was selected

3. Observation window, source versions, and failed checks

4. Company identity rule: parent, subsidiary, region, and aliases

5. Provider relationship evidence and treatment of overlaps

6. Job-post inclusion and duplicate-removal rules

7. Numerator and denominator for each proposed percentage

8. Unknown or uncovered entities and sensitivity to their exclusion

9. Supported interpretation and claims the sample cannot establish

10. Underlying-row references, reviewer, and next comparable review