SMALL BUSINESSES BY INDUSTRY
Table 2: California Small Businesses by Industry and Firm Size, 2015
Industry
1-499 Employees
1-20 Employees Nonemployer
Total Small Firms
Firms
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 112,446 104,922 548,841 661,287
Health Care and Social Assistance 90,191 82,057 270,162 360,353
Retail Trade 69,266 63,031 236,204 305,470
Construction 68,623 62,392 222,031 290,654
Other Services (except Public Administration) 66,292 61,262 489,079 555,371
Accommodation and Food Services 63,456 49,241 46,460 109,916
Wholesale Trade 50,495 43,661 62,926 113,421
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 41,346 39,350 324,150 365,496
Administrative, Support, and Waste Management 36,101 31,524 251,710 287,811
Manufacturing 35,088 27,151 47,837 82,925
Finance and Insurance 28,170 26,195 87,348 115,518
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 22,276 20,434 210,277 232,553
Transportation and Warehousing 18,373 16,102 241,833 260,206
Information 15,903 13,989 61,246 77,149
Educational Services 12,112 9,498 88,655 100,767
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing and Hunting 1,815 1,587 12,994 14,809
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 540 436 3,616 4,156
Utilities 477 419 1,589 2,066
Total 734,243 656,542 3,206,958 3,941,201
Figure 4 and Tables 1 and 2 display data from the 2015 SUSB. Table 2 includes additional data from the 2015 Nonemployer Statistics (NES).
REFERENCES
The Small Business Profiles, source data, and methodology are available at https://go.usa.gov/xQT4w.
ASE Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, US Census Bureau
BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce
BDM Business Employment Dynamics, BLS
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor
CPS Current Population Survey, BLS
FDIC Call Reports, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FFIEC Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
ITA International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce
NES Nonemployer Statistics, US Census Bureau
SBO Survey of Business Owners, US Census Bureau
SUSB Statistics of US Businesses, US Census Bureau
SBA Office of Advocacy 24 California Small Business Profile, 2018