SMALL BUSINESSES BY INDUSTRY
Table 2: Michigan Small Businesses by Industry and Firm Size, 2015
Industry
1-499 Employees
1-20 Employees Nonemployer
Total Small Firms
Firms
Retail Trade 21,960 19,950 58,890 80,850
Other Services (except Public Administration) 21,199 19,775 123,070 144,269
Health Care and Social Assistance 19,566 16,939 62,763 82,329
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 19,309 17,693 85,129 104,438
Construction 18,333 17,149 77,236 95,569
Accommodation and Food Services 14,933 11,301 9,937 24,870
Manufacturing 10,818 7,678 12,214 23,032
Administrative, Support, and Waste Management 9,713 8,424 57,855 67,568
Wholesale Trade 8,407 6,792 11,157 19,564
Finance and Insurance 6,499 5,881 17,895 24,394
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 5,797 5,390 77,039 82,836
Transportation and Warehousing 5,001 4,339 33,515 38,516
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 3,134 2,701 34,797 37,931
Information 2,105 1,818 8,301 10,406
Educational Services 2,043 1,629 22,608 24,651
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing and Hunting 566 527 5,670 6,236
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 278 229 1,866 2,144
Utilities 82 63 312 394
Total 170,047 149,192 700,254 870,301
Figure 4 and Tables 1 and 2 display data from the 2015 SUSB. Table 2 includes additional data from the 2015 Nonemployer Statistics (NES). Data for
counties shown in white in Figure 4 were withheld by the Census Bureau because they do not meet publication standards or could disclose information
regarding individual businesses.
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 96 Michigan Small Business Profile, 2018