Industry · NAICS 00

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The United States has 8,361,342 employer establishments in all industries (248 per 10,000 residents), employing 139,831,742 people at an average annual pay of $68,342, plus 31,985,874 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
8,361,342
31,985,874 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
248
Paid employees
139,831,742
Average annual pay
$68,342

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
All industries by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Hanford-Corcoran, CA153,1971,821841190.48×28,791$51,7556,441
2Merced, CA294,3193,592821220.49×49,545$49,48215,002
3Wildwood-The Villages, FL151,8892,081731370.55×31,813$50,26010,019
4Anderson Creek, NC141,7721,960721380.56×24,279$40,67110,466
5Killeen-Temple, TX502,4977,200701430.58×118,554$53,60334,899
6Jacksonville, NC210,9553,080681460.59×38,655$37,59013,866
7El Centro, CA180,6832,677671480.60×34,323$46,92611,184
8McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX901,09613,393671490.60×227,682$36,895107,444
9Visalia, CA480,8167,189671500.60×107,492$52,68824,952
10Clarksville, TN-KY340,0835,129661510.61×82,188$45,16323,884
11Lumberton, NC118,0051,787661510.61×31,788$42,2089,226
12Monroe, MI155,5632,395651540.62×37,143$53,7809,354
13Bakersfield-Delano, CA917,59914,352641560.63×219,016$56,57959,790
14Brownsville-Harlingen, TX428,9066,732641570.63×123,749$36,64940,580
15Yuma, AZ214,2283,376631580.63×50,443$43,90113,837
16Springfield, OH135,3422,196621620.65×42,831$46,8948,170
17Fayetteville, NC392,3456,438611640.66×104,346$45,13228,542
18Warner Robins, GA200,7303,336601660.67×51,705$42,62318,288
19Las Cruces, NM225,9663,798591680.68×55,834$41,23116,213
20Tuscaloosa, AL279,7564,705591680.68×89,956$57,38019,128
21Stockton-Lodi, CA806,05513,638591690.68×232,910$56,82655,593
22Morristown, TN124,4312,110591700.68×42,010$45,5998,943
23Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL824,79413,992591700.68×232,278$50,15588,219
24Show Low, AZ109,1971,860591700.69×20,516$44,7796,635
25Yuba City, CA184,4023,158581710.69×36,769$55,49411,651

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $681.4B on contracts under all NAICS codes in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (4,256,706 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$135.1B20%
    289,785 awards
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$43.6B6.4%
    83,516 awards
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$16.7B2.4%
    110,937 awards
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$15.7B2.3%
    88,759 awards
  5. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$14.3B2.1%
    26,121 awards
  6. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$13.7B2.0%
    429,415 awards
  7. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$13.4B2.0%
    70,691 awards
  8. Tucson, AZ$13.1B1.9%
    3,767 awards
  9. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$13B1.9%
    22,789 awards
  10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$12B1.8%
    80,504 awards

Counties

  1. Fairfax County, VA$35.1B5.1%
    35,116 awards
  2. District of Columbia, DC$30B4.4%
    41,894 awards
  3. Spotsylvania County, VA$29.2B4.3%
    271 awards
  4. Dallas County, TX$27.2B4.0%
    58,951 awards
  5. Los Angeles County, CA$14.2B2.1%
    94,254 awards
  6. Tarrant County, TX$13.8B2.0%
    20,893 awards
  7. Arlington County, VA$13.8B2.0%
    4,528 awards
  8. Pima County, AZ$13.1B1.9%
    3,767 awards
  9. San Diego County, CA$13B1.9%
    22,789 awards
  10. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT$11.8B1.7%
    1,133 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Washington city, DC$30B4.4%
    41,894 awards
  2. Arlington CDP, VA$13.8B2.0%
    4,528 awards
  3. Irving city, TX$12.5B1.8%
    6,158 awards
  4. Grand Prairie city, TX$10.1B1.5%
    1,593 awards
  5. Seattle city, WA$8.7B1.3%
    63,236 awards
  6. Reston CDP, VA$8.3B1.2%
    16,023 awards
  7. San Diego city, CA$8.2B1.2%
    15,865 awards
  8. Tucson city, AZ$8B1.2%
    2,886 awards
  9. Oak Ridge city, TN$7B1.0%
    366 awards
  10. Fort Worth city, TX$6.7B1.0%
    18,273 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)