# Employer establishments: professional, scientific and technical services in Utah

Employer establishments: professional, scientific and technical services in Utah was 13,540 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_professional_services`
- Place id: `us-state-49`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of establishments with paid employees in professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
- Note: 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.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all legal forms (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-professional-services/utah
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=cbp_establishments_professional_services&place=us-state-49

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 13,540 |
| 2022 | 13,166 |
| 2021 | 12,643 |
| 2020 | 12,007 |
| 2019 | 11,479 |
| 2018 | 11,224 |
| 2017 | 10,894 |
| 2016 | 10,519 |
| 2015 | 10,146 |
| 2014 | 9,743 |
| 2013 | 9,406 |
| 2012 | 9,078 |