Number of Businesses

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns.

http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html

County Business Patterns is an annual series that provides economic data by industry. County Business Patterns covers most of the country's economic activity

The series excludes data on self-employed individuals, employees of private households, railroad employees, agricultural production employees, and most government employees.

Updated annually.

Definition:

Number of Businesses-- The total number of business establishments in a county. 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 are 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. Establishments with paid employees include all locations with paid employees any time during the year.

These data exclude governmental establishments except for wholesale liquor establishments (NAICS 4228), retail liquor stores (NAICS 44531), Federally-chartered savings institutions (NAICS 522120), Federally-chartered credit unions (NAICS 522130), and hospitals (NAICS 622).

More information:

·        about County Business Patterns

·        about relationships between County Business Patterns and Economic Census data

·        Nonemployer Statistics, covering businesses not included in CBP or the Economic Census