Business establishments (QCEW)
Average number of establishments with jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. An establishment is a single place of business, such as a factory, store or office; a company with several locations has several.
Counts places of business, not firms: for firms use employer_firms. Changes in how large employers report their locations can move the count without any change in activity.
Key facts
- Business establishments (QCEW) in the United States was 12.11 million in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- California had the highest business establishments (QCEW) of 51 states in 2025, at 1.88 million, and Alaska the lowest, at 25,169. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Published for 3,195 places, with figures from 2001 to 2025.
Rankings
- US states
- US counties
- Counties in Texas
- Counties in Georgia
- Counties in Virginia
- Counties in Kentucky
- Counties in Missouri
- Counties in Kansas
- Counties in Illinois
- Counties in North Carolina
- Counties in Iowa
- Counties in Tennessee
US states by business establishments (QCEW), 2025
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Alaska
- Hawaii
- Alabama
- Idaho
Provinces and counties
- Los Angeles County
- Cook County
- Harris County
- Maricopa County
- San Diego County
- Orange County
- Miami-Dade County
- Dallas County
- Kings County
- Riverside County
- Montgomery County
- Lee County
- Johnston County
- Union County
- Montgomery County
- Prince George's County
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest business establishments (QCEW)? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"establishments_qcew","level":"region","within":"United States"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=establishments_qcew&level=region&within=United%20States