The Economic Census occurs every five years, in years ending in 2 and 7.

The data in this file come from the 2022 Economic Census data files released on a flow basis starting in January 2024 with First Look Statistics. Preliminary U.S. totals released in January 2024 are superseded with final data shown in the releases of later economic census statistics through March 2026.

For more information about economic census planned data product releases, see 2022 Economic Census Release Schedule.

The dataset universe consists of all establishments that are in operation for at least some part of 2022, are located in one of the 50 U.S. states, associated offshore areas, or the District of Columbia, have paid employees, and are classified in one of nineteen in-scope sectors defined by the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Number of firms
Number of establishments
Sales, value of shipments, or revenue ($1,000)
Annual payroll ($1,000)
First-quarter payroll ($1,000)
Number of employees
Range indicating imputed percentage of total sales, value of shipments, or revenue
Range indicating imputed percentage of total annual payroll
Range indicating imputed percentage of total employees

Definitions can be found by clicking on the column header in the table or by accessing the Economic Census Glossary.

The reporting units for the economic census are employer establishments. An establishment is generally a single physical location where business is conducted or where services or industrial operations are performed. A company or firm is comprised of one or more in-scope establishments that operate under the ownership or control of a single organization. For some industries, the reporting units are instead groups of all establishments in the same industry belonging to the same firm.

The data are shown for the U.S., State, Combined Statistical Area, Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area, Metropolitan Division, Consolidated City, County (and equivalent), and Economic Place (and equivalent; incorporated and unincorporated) levels that vary by industry. For information about economic census geographies, including changes for 2022, see Geographies.

The data are shown at the 2- through 6-digit 2022 NAICS code levels for all sectors except Agriculture, which is releasing 3-through 6-digit NAICS code levels for 115 only. Data are also shown for selected 7- and 8-digit 2022 NAICS-based code levels for various sectors. For information about NAICS, see Economic Census Code Lists.

For Wholesale Trade (42), data are presented by Type of Operation (All establishments; Merchant Wholesalers, except Manufacturers’ Sales Branches and Offices; and Manufacturers’ Sales Branches and Offices).

For selected Services sectors, data are presented by Tax Status (All establishments, Establishments subject to federal income tax, and Establishments exempt from federal income tax).

The 2022 Economic Census sample includes all active operating establishments of multi-establishment firms and approximately 1.7 million single-establishment firms, stratified by industry and state. Establishments selected to the sample receive a questionnaire. For all data on this table, establishments not selected into the sample are represented with administrative data. For more information about the sample design, see 2022 Economic Census Methodology.

The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. 7504609, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY23-099).

To protect confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses cell values to minimize the risk of identifying a particular business’ data or identity.

To comply with disclosure avoidance guidelines, data rows with fewer than three contributing firms or three contributing establishments are not presented. Additionally, establishment counts are suppressed when other select statistics in the same row are suppressed. More information on disclosure avoidance is available in the 2022 Economic Census Methodology.

For detailed information about the methods used to collect data and produce statistics, survey questionnaires, Primary Business Activity/NAICS codes, NAPCS codes, and more, see Economic Census Technical Documentation.

No weighting applied as establishments not sampled are represented with administrative data.

Economic census data are housed in the Census Bureau Application Programming Interface (API).

D - Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
N - Not available or not comparable
S - Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability, poor response quality, or other concerns about the estimate quality. Unpublished estimates derived from this table by subtraction are subject to these same limitations and should not be attributed to the U.S. Census Bureau. For a description of publication standards and the total quantity response rate, see link to program methodology page.
X - Not applicable
A - Relative standard error of 100% or more
r - Revised
s - Relative standard error exceeds 40%

For a complete list of symbols, see Economic Census Data Dictionary.

Cell notes:
Transportation and Warehousing (48-49):
cell note 107- Rail Transportation (NAICS 482) and Postal Service (NAICS 491) are out of scope.

Agriculture (11):
cell note 110- Support Activities for Forestry (NAICS 1153) are out of scope.

Finance and Insurance (52):
cell note 115- Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (NAICS 525) are out of scope.

Educational Services (61):
cell note 117- Elementary and Secondary Schools (NAICS 6111), Junior Colleges (NAICS 6112) and Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 6113) are out of scope.

Other Services (except Public Administration) (81):
cell note 119- Religious Organizations (NAICS 8131), Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations (NAICS 81393), and Political Organizations (NAICS 81394) are out of scope.

cell note 120- Private Households (NAICS 814) are out of scope.

cell note 121- Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations (NAICS 81393), and Political Organizations (NAICS 81394) are out of scope.

Data users who create their own estimates using data from this file should cite the U.S. Census Bureau as the source of the original data only.

For more information about the survey, see Economic Census.

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