SMALL BUSINESSES BY INDUSTRY
Table 2: Maryland 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 17,733 15,843 77,143 94,876
Construction 13,736 12,249 41,705 55,441
Other Services (except Public Administration) 12,656 11,522 63,924 76,580
Health Care and Social Assistance 12,091 10,420 52,135 64,226
Retail Trade 10,934 9,860 33,041 43,975
Accommodation and Food Services 8,994 6,884 7,468 16,462
Administrative, Support, and Waste Management 6,864 5,837 38,484 45,348
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 4,334 3,947 49,092 53,426
Wholesale Trade 4,263 3,396 5,727 9,990
Finance and Insurance 3,863 3,444 11,621 15,484
Transportation and Warehousing 2,875 2,456 34,642 37,517
Manufacturing 2,624 2,011 4,559 7,183
Educational Services 1,904 1,472 17,792 19,696
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 1,835 1,516 27,711 29,546
Information 1,204 981 6,619 7,823
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing and Hunting 191 183 3,265 3,456
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 51 37 89 140
Utilities 37 27 501 538
Total 106,194 92,411 475,518 581,712
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 88 Maryland Small Business Profile, 2018