APRIL 24, 2025 – The U.S. Census Bureau today released new Establishment and Firm Size Statistics data tables from the 2022 Economic Census.

The release includes seven tables providing data for the nation by revenue and employment size categories of establishments and firms for most sectors, including statistics on single unit and multiunit firms, concentration of the largest firms, legal form of organization, number of establishments, and number of firms at the two- to six-digit 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) levels. Data vary by sector and include sales, value of shipments, or revenue; annual payroll; number of employees; operating expenses; and inventories.

Highlights: Selected statistics from today’s release.

• The Wholesale Trade (NAICS 42) sector had 14,320 establishments with sales of $100 million or more, the highest among all sectors.
• The Health Care and Social Assistance (NAICS 62) sector had the most establishments (4,360) of any sector with 500 or more employees, amounting to a combined 7,164,388 employees and $518.4 billion in annual payroll.
• The 50 largest firms in terms of revenue in the Information sector consisted of 34,617 establishments with $1.3 trillion in revenue, out of a total of $2.2 trillion in revenue for the entire sector. This sector also had the highest concentration of revenue for the top 50 firms of any sector as measured by the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, or HHI. The HHI is a common measure of industry concentration. Details on how the HHI is calculated are available in the Concentration of Largest Firms for the U.S.: 2022 table.

For more information on the economic census, visit coverage for industries included, 2022 Economic Census Methodology, 2022 Geographies, and Economic Census by Year.

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