SMALL BUSINESSES BY INDUSTRY
Table 2: Georgia 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 26,645 24,867 104,953 131,598
Retail Trade 20,627 19,074 64,078 84,705
Other Services (except Public Administration) 19,320 17,914 165,194 184,514
Health Care and Social Assistance 18,131 15,786 69,835 87,966
Construction 16,586 15,089 94,950 111,536
Accommodation and Food Services 14,009 10,359 15,378 29,387
Wholesale Trade 10,034 8,250 13,237 23,271
Administrative, Support, and Waste Management 9,789 8,518 99,092 108,881
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 8,412 7,910 75,243 83,655
Finance and Insurance 7,429 6,758 22,518 29,947
Manufacturing 6,005 4,397 10,850 16,855
Transportation and Warehousing 4,861 4,147 53,124 57,985
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 2,756 2,414 39,912 42,668
Educational Services 2,664 2,139 24,921 27,585
Information 2,082 1,730 10,883 12,965
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing and Hunting 919 822 5,904 6,823
Utilities 115 60 680 795
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 113 85 145 258
Total 170,618 150,817 870,897 1,041,515
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 48 Georgia Small Business Profile, 2018