Data / Employer establishments: administrative support and waste management / Massachusetts

Employer establishments: administrative support and waste management in Massachusetts

Employer establishments: administrative support and waste management in Massachusetts was 11,796 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.1% from 2022. That is the 12th highest of 51 states in 2023.

2023, count11,796
Change on 2022-0.1%
Rank12th of 51US states ranked
Series high11,8082022
Series low10,0372012

Next release: Thursday, 24 June 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Employer establishments: administrative support and waste management in Massachusetts, 2012 to 2023

10K10.5K11K11.5K12K2012201420162018202020232012: 10,037 count2013: 10,235 count2014: 10,400 count2015: 10,549 count2016: 10,827 count2017: 11,152 count2018: 11,123 count2019: 11,222 count2020: 11,259 count2021: 11,543 count2022: 11,808 count2023: 11,796 count10K10.5K11K11.5K12K20122016202020232012: 10,037 count2013: 10,235 count2014: 10,400 count2015: 10,549 count2016: 10,827 count2017: 11,152 count2018: 11,123 count2019: 11,222 count2020: 11,259 count2021: 11,543 count2022: 11,808 count2023: 11,796 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-06-26.
All 12 values
Periodcount
202311,796
202211,808
202111,543
202011,259
201911,222
201811,123
201711,152
201610,827
201510,549
201410,400
201310,235
201210,037

Compared with United States

Place2023
Massachusetts11,796
United States451,014

Massachusetts compared with nearby places

Alabama: 5,120 countAlaska: 1,248 countArizona: 9,681 countArkansas: 3,148 countCalifornia: 48,724 countColorado: 9,600 countConnecticut: 5,404 countDelaware: 1,833 countDistrict of Columbia: 970 countFlorida: 42,614 countGeorgia: 14,364 countHawaii: 1,920 countIdaho: 3,273 countIllinois: 16,966 countIndiana: 8,230 countIowa: 4,015 countKansas: 3,806 countKentucky: 4,401 countLouisiana: 5,169 countMaine: 2,475 countMaryland: 8,340 countMassachusetts: 11,796 countMichigan: 13,736 countMinnesota: 7,939 countMississippi: 2,510 countMissouri: 7,719 countMontana: 2,231 countNebraska: 2,904 countNevada: 5,086 countNew Hampshire: 2,572 countNew Jersey: 14,693 countNew Mexico: 2,041 countNew York: 27,335 countNorth Carolina: 14,976 countNorth Dakota: 1,176 countOhio: 14,001 countOklahoma: 4,739 countOregon: 6,407 countPennsylvania: 16,519 countRhode Island: 1,919 countSouth Carolina: 6,897 countSouth Dakota: 1,350 countTennessee: 8,258 countTexas: 32,936 countUtah: 5,527 countVermont: 1,252 countVirginia: 11,577 countWashington: 10,759 countWest Virginia: 1,531 countWisconsin: 8,048 countWyoming: 1,279 count
  • Under 1,900
  • 1,900 to 3,200
  • 3,200 to 5,400
  • 5,400 to 8,300
  • 8,300 to 14K
  • 14K and over
Employer establishments: administrative support and waste management, 2023, count. Massachusetts is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

Definition

Number of establishments with paid employees in administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.

County Business Patterns: establishments (single physical locations, not firms) with paid employees during the pay period including 12 March. Excludes the self-employed and businesses without employees (nonemployer_establishments_*), government employers, crop and animal production, rail transportation, the Postal Service and private households. Establishment counts are not perturbed; the noise Census adds since 2017 applies to employment and payroll, which are not served here. Published about 18 months after the reference year.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms (Employer establishments: administrative support and waste management, Massachusetts, 2012 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/

MLA 9

County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms, Employer establishments: administrative support and waste management, Massachusetts, 2012 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 26 June 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-administrative-support/massachusetts. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms. Employer establishments: administrative support and waste management, Massachusetts, 2012 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-administrative-support/massachusetts.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms, Employer establishments: administrative support and waste management, Massachusetts, 2012 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-administrative-support/massachusetts (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_establishments_administrative_support_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms: Employer establishments: administrative support and waste management, Massachusetts, 2012 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-administrative-support/massachusetts. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms: Employer establishments: administrative support and waste management, Massachusetts, 2012 to 2023
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/06/26
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-administrative-support/massachusetts
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-administrative-support/massachusetts.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employer establishments: administrative support and waste management in Massachusetts? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"cbp_establishments_administrative_support","place":"us-state-25"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=cbp_establishments_administrative_support&place=us-state-25

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employer establishments: administrative support and waste management in Massachusetts?

Employer establishments: administrative support and waste management in Massachusetts was 11,796 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.1% from 2022. That is the 12th highest of 51 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), all legal forms. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employer establishments: administrative support and waste management in Massachusetts?

11,808 in 2022, the highest value since 2012 in this series.

Employer establishments: administrative support and waste management elsewhere in United States

Related statistics for Massachusetts

All statistics for Massachusetts | Massachusetts in figures