Small Establishments, Employees, and Payroll, by Employment-Size Class and Industry statistics

[Data are based on the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). Covers establishments with payroll. Employees are for the week including March 12. Most government employees are excluded. For statement on methodology, see Appendix III and summary below]


		1994				1994					1994

Employment size-class		All								Finance
	Unit	indus-	Agricultural					Wholesale	Retail	and
		tries ¹	services ²	Mining	Construction	Manufacturing	Transportation ³	trade	trade	insurance ⁴	Services

Establishments, total	Number	6,509,276	104,390	28,313	620,852	386,868	276,188	512,489	1,564,175	617,374	2,342,302
1 to 4 employees	Number	3,575,704	71,526	14,430	404,769	136,642	146,993	253,265	716,811	383,065	1,396,052
5 to 9 employees	Number	1,286,260	18,647	4,583	108,659	65,516	46,488	109,360	369,284	111,517	449,333
10 to 19 employees	Number	799,561	9,571	3,879	61,013	59,478	34,671	78,536	235,166	65,375	250,922
20 + employees	Number	847,751	4,646	5,421	46,411	125,232	48,036	71,328	242,914	57,417	245,995

Employees, total	1,000	96,733	586	608	4,709	18,098	5,714	6,366	20,320	7,002	33,253
1 to 4 employees	1,000	6,135	101	24	626	243	245	466	1,312	654	2,430
5 to 9 employees	1,000	8,492	(D)	(D)	711	441	307	727	2,459	735	2,941
10 to 19 employees	1,000	10,745	126	53	814	817	472	1,061	3,159	874	3,356
20 + employees	1,000	71,361	162	349	2,559	16,597	4,689	4,111	13,391	4,740	24,526

Annual payroll	Mil. dol	2,488,228	11,204	25,120	136,532	597,896	190,877	210,157	282,293	239,030	793,953
1 to 4 employees	Mil. dol	164,102	2,240	940	16,641	7,611	7,389	15,805	22,718	19,584	70,337
5 to 9 employees	Mil. dol	178,344	(D)	(D)	16,246	10,356	7,510	21,063	30,868	19,819	69,338
10 to 19 employees	Mil. dol	236,564	2,342	1,724	21,381	21,108	12,428	32,210	38,550	25,523	81,208
20 + employees	Mil. dol	1,909,217	3,135	14,376	82,264	558,821	163,550	141,080	190,157	174,104	573,070

		1995				1995					1995

			Agricul-							Finance
EMPLOYMENT SIZE-CLASS		All	tural	Mining	Con-	Manufac-	Transpor-	Whole	Retail	and	Serv-
	Unit	indus-	serv-		struction	turing	tation ³	sale	trade	insur-	ices
		tries ¹	ices ²					trade		ance ⁴

Establishments, total	Number	6,613,218	108,353	27,356	634,030	389,925	284,986	517,737	1,567,884	628,499	2,385,532
1 to 4 employees	Number	3,615,126	73,279	13,844	406,601	135,382	151,898	255,883	709,670	393,204	1,411,854
5 to 9 employees	Number	1,299,747	19,618	4,438	112,651	65,750	47,953	108,576	367,964	113,021	456,142
10 to 19 employees	Number	817,905	10,257	3,748	64,150	60,336	35,490	79,004	240,456	65,666	257,549
20 + employees	Number	880,440	5,199	5,326	50,628	128,457	49,645	74,274	249,794	56,608	259,987

Employees, total	1,000	100,335	630	627	5,039	18,612	5,924	6,606	21,085	6,998	34,707
1 to 4 employees	1,000	6,202	(D)	(D)	646	241	253	468	1,301	673	2,450
5 to 9 employees	1,000	8,583	129	30	738	442	317	723	2,450	743	2,988
10 to 19 employees	1,000	11,000	135	52	858	830	483	1,070	3,234	874	3,447
20 + employees	1,000	74,550	(D)	(D)	2,797	17,099	4,871	4,345	14,100	4,708	25,823

Annual payroll	Mil. dol	2,666,412	12,099	25,697	147,274	631,000	200,880	226,993	300,040	256,153	864,352
1 to 4 employees	Mil. dol	173,034	(D)	(D)	16,636	7,752	7,647	16,787	23,366	21,510	74,938
5 to 9 employees	Mil. dol	185,709	2,171	930	16,744	10,563	7,848	21,769	31,495	21,367	72,585
10 to 19 employees	Mil. dol	249,640	2,551	1,688	22,627	21,828	13,055	33,680	40,269	27,057	86,729
20 + employees	Mil. dol	2,058,029	(D)	(D)	91,266	590,857	172,331	154,757	204,910	186,219	630,100

		1996				1996					1996

			Agricul-							Finance
EMPLOYMENT SIZE-CLASS		All	tural	Mining	Con-	Manufac-	Transpor-	Whole	Retail	and	Serv-
	Unit	indus-	serv-		struction	turing	tation ³	sale	trade	insur-	ices
		tries¹	services ²					trade		ance ⁴

Establishments, total	Number	6,738,541	113,000	26,857	657,718	393,060	295,205	531,220	1,579,264	650,161	2,461,235
1 to 4 employees	Number	3,698,120	76,367	13,830	424,691	136,245	160,078	268,251	716,010	410,078	1,464,163
5 to 9 employees	Number	1,316,760	20,129	4,282	114,845	66,776	48,942	109,463	368,278	116,285	466,138
10 to 19 employees	Number	827,726	10,913	3,643	65,696	60,894	35,699	78,635	241,646	66,513	263,517
20 + employees	Number	895,935	5,591	5,102	52,486	129,145	50,486	74,871	253,330	57,285	267,417

Employees, total	1,000	102,199	664	574	5,207	18,558	6,057	6,665	21,487	7,194	35,750
1 to 4 employees	1,000	6,287	107	23	667	243	262	486	1,299	692	2,491
5 to 9 employees	1,000	8,701	132	29	752	450	323	728	2,455	765	3,056
10 to 19 employees	1,000	11,127	144	50	879	838	487	1,063	3,245	886	3,527
20 + employees	1,000	76,084	(D)	473	2,910	17,027	4,985	4,388	14,487	4,851	26,676

Annual payroll	Mil. dol	2,848,955	13,289	26,489	160,877	659,644	211,880	240,314	317,660	285,032	933,003
1 to 4 employees	Mil. dol	185,512	2,443	904	18,335	8,429	8,180	17,898	24,561	23,628	80,586
5 to 9 employees	Mil. dol	196,430	2,323	949	17,987	11,224	8,318	22,805	32,616	23,520	76,600
10 to 19 employees	Mil. dol	264,870	2,796	1,793	24,397	23,196	13,680	34,907	42,354	29,699	91,978
20 + employees	Mil. dol	2,202,144	(D)	22,842	100,147	616,795	181,702	164,704	218,129	208,185	683,839

		1997				1997					1997

			Agricul-							Finance
EMPLOYMENT SIZE-CLASS		All	tural	Mining	Con-	Manufac-	Transpor-	Whole	Retail	and	Serv-
	Unit	indus-	serv-		struction	turing	tation ³	sale	trade	insur-	ices
		tries¹	ices ²					trade		ance ⁴

Establishments, total	Number	6,894,869	116,588	(NA)	(NA)	393,091	300,644	529,993	1,588,717	676,799	2,543,677
1 to 4 employees	Number	3,757,627	77,601	(NA)	(NA)	135,131	162,768	264,055	705,461	429,866	1,493,572
5 to 9 employees	Number	1,354,488	21,001	(NA)	(NA)	66,215	49,766	111,167	372,908	122,067	487,741
10 to 19 employees	Number	856,118	11,831	(NA)	(NA)	61,214	36,205	79,840	248,575	67,182	279,606
20 + employees	Number	926,636	6,155	(NA)	(NA)	130,531	51,905	74,931	261,773	57,684	282,758

Employees, total	1,000	105,299	727	(NA)	(NA)	18,633	6,247	6,810	22,003	7,367	37,380
1 to 4 employees	1,000	6,433	111	(NA)	(NA)	242	270	487	1,314	729	2,562
5 to 9 employees	1,000	8,950	138	(NA)	(NA)	446	329	740	2,485	802	3,200
10 to 19 employees	1,000	11,501	156	(NA)	(NA)	843	494	1,077	3,338	893	3,739
20 + employees	1,000	78,416	(D)	(NA)	(NA)	17,102	5,154	4,581	14,866	4,943	27,878

Annual payroll	Mil. dol	3,047,907	15,062	(NA)	(NA)	688,629	226,026	255,865	330,334	313,257	1,013,965
1 to 4 employees	Mil. dol	196,234	2,617	(NA)	(NA)	8,824	8,566	18,537	24,515	26,972	85,479
5 to 9 employees	Mil. dol	209,651	2,515	(NA)	(NA)	11,598	8,820	24,088	34,203	25,613	82,692
10 to 19 employees	Mil. dol	282,352	3,114	(NA)	(NA)	24,138	14,473	36,842	44,531	31,459	99,940
20 + employees	Mil. dol	2,359,670	(D)	(NA)	(NA)	644,071	51,303	176,399	227,085	229,213	745,855

D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; data are included in higher-level totals.
1 Includes nonclassifiable establishments not shown separately.
2 Includes forestry and fisheries.
3 Includes other public utilities.
4 Includes real estate.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, annual.

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COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS

County Business Patterns is an annual series that includes a separate report for each State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and a U.S. Summary. Each report presents State- and county-level mid-March employment, first-quarter and annual payrolls, total number of establishments, and number of establishments by employment-size class. The data are tabulated by industry as defined in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual: 1987. Most of the economic divisions of the Nation's economy are covered in these reports; i.e., agricultural services; mining; construction; manufacturing; transportation, public utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, real estate; and services.

This series represents an extension of a program that has been published annually since 1964 and at irregular intervals dating back to 1946. The comparability of data may be affected by: a definitional change to an "establishment" basis of tabulation from a "reporting unit" concept prior to 1974; the determination of "active" status of an establishment prior to 1983; and changes in industrial classification beginning in 1988. A description of previous publications is provided on the inside back cover. The data generally represent the types of employment covered by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). Data for employees of establishments totally exempt from FICA are excluded, as are self-employed persons, domestic service workers, railroad employees, agricultural production workers, most government employees, and employees on ocean borne vessels or in foreign countries. County Business Patterns is the only series that provides annual subnational data by two-, three-, and four-digit levels of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The series, therefore, is most useful for making basic economic studies of small areas, for analyzing the industrial structure of regions, and as a benchmark for statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses. The series serves various business uses; e.g., analyzing market potential, measuring the effectiveness of sales and advertising programs, and setting sales quotas and budgets. The data are also used by government agencies for administration and planning.

SOURCES OF DATA

County Business Patterns basic data items are extracted from the Standard Statistical Establishment List, a file of all known single and multi establishment companies maintained and updated by the Bureau of the Census. The Annual Company Organization Survey provides individual establishment data for multilocation firms. Data for single-location firms are obtained from various programs conducted by the Census Bureau, such as the Annual Report of Organization, the Annual Survey of Manufactures, and Current Business Surveys, as well as from administrative records of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

DEFINITIONS OF BASIC DATA ITEMS

Establishments

An establishment is a single physical location at which business is conducted or where services or industrial operations are performed. It is not necessarily identical with a company or enterprise, which may consist of one establishment or more. All activities carried on at a location generally are grouped together and classified on the basis of the major reported activity, and all data for the establishment are included in that classification. Administrative and auxiliary establishments primarily manage, administer, service, or support the activities of other establishments of the same company rather than the establishments of other business firms or the general public. Employment and payroll for these establishments are shown separately by industry division for each State and county.

Establishment-size designations are determined by paid employment in the mid-March pay period. The size group "1 to 4" includes establishments that did not report any paid employees in the mid-March pay period but paid wages to at least one employee at some time during the year.

Establishment counts represent the number of locations determined to be active any time during the year (payroll reported in any quarter). In years prior to 1983, the count of establishments represented the number of businesses active in the fourth quarter. A comparison of the number of establishments based on both definitions was presented by major industry group for the United States as a whole in Appendix D of the 1982 U.S. Summary. This report excludes governmental establishments classified in the covered industries except for liquor stores (SIC 592) and wholesale liquor establishments (SIC 518) operated by State and local governments and all hospitals (SIC 806) beginning with 1989 data.

Payroll

Total annual payroll includes all forms of compensation, such as salaries, wages, commissions, bonuses, vacation allowances, sick-leave pay, and the value of payments in kind (e.g., free meals and lodgings) paid during the year to all employees. Tips and gratuities received by employees from patrons and reported to employers are included. For corporations, it includes amounts paid to officers and executives; for unincorporated businesses, it does not include profit or other compensation of proprietors or partners. Payroll is reported before deductions for Social Security, income tax, insurance, union dues, etc. This definition of payroll is the same as that used on IRS Form 941. First- quarter payroll consists of payroll, as defined above, paid to persons employed at any time during the January-to-March quarter.

Mid-March Employment

Paid employment consists of full- and part-time employees, including salaried officers and executives of corporations, who were on the payroll in the pay period including March 12. Included are employees on paid sick leave, holidays, and vacations; not included are proprietors and partners of unincorporated businesses. The definition of paid employees is the same as that used on IRS Form 941

Industry Classification

Beginning with the 1988 County Business Patterns series, industry classifications are based on the 1987 edition of the SIC Manual. Because of time and cost limitations, it was not possible to retabulate 1987 data based on the revised SIC codes. Although the 1988 U.S. Summary contained appendixes describing the relation between old and new classification systems, users should exercise caution when analyzing changes in reported levels between 1988 and 1987 data years for industries affected by the SIC revision. In a few instances, the most detailed industrial classification for which data are shown represents a combination of more detailed SIC industries. These classifications are explained in an appendix in the U.S. Summary. The industry titles used throughout this publication are the short SIC titles; complete descriptions are contained in the SIC Manual. Typically, "unclassified establishments" includes new businesses that cannot be classified in any major industry group because of insufficient kind-of-business information.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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