SMALL BUSINESSES BY INDUSTRY
Table 2: Illinois 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 36,199 33,580 127,678 163,877
Other Services (except Public Administration) 29,471 27,259 151,746 181,217
Construction 28,330 26,614 91,574 119,904
Health Care and Social Assistance 25,775 22,310 93,006 118,781
Retail Trade 23,392 20,982 69,541 92,933
Accommodation and Food Services 21,156 16,564 13,181 34,337
Wholesale Trade 14,345 11,574 14,376 28,721
Administrative, Support, and Waste Management 14,166 12,492 75,182 89,348
Transportation and Warehousing 13,365 12,222 100,068 113,433
Finance and Insurance 11,835 10,597 30,380 42,215
Manufacturing 11,724 8,361 10,665 22,389
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 9,882 9,203 92,271 102,153
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 4,294 3,659 49,692 53,986
Educational Services 3,794 2,934 30,059 33,853
Information 2,828 2,332 11,435 14,263
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 437 379 1,969 2,406
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing and Hunting 300 286 4,957 5,257
Utilities 150 105 550 700
Total 251,324 221,965 968,330 1,219,654
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 60 Illinois Small Business Profile, 2018