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Nonemployer businesses: manufacturing in Alabama

Nonemployer businesses: manufacturing in Alabama was 5,834 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 4.3% from 2023. That is the 25th highest of 51 states in 2024.

2024, count5,834
Change on 2023+4.3%
Rank25th of 51US states ranked
Series high5,8342024
Series low4,4252013
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Nonemployer businesses: manufacturing in Alabama, 2012 to 2024

4,0004,5005,0005,5006,00020122014201620182020202220242012: 4,472 count2013: 4,425 count2014: 4,519 count2015: 4,547 count2016: 4,646 count2017: 4,570 count2018: 4,663 count2019: 4,820 count2020: 4,921 count2021: 5,125 count2022: 5,634 count2023: 5,595 count2024: 5,834 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-29.
All 13 values
Periodcount
20245,834
20235,595
20225,634 Series break
20215,125
20204,921
20194,820
20184,663 Series break
20174,570
20164,646
20154,547
20144,519
20134,425
20124,472

Compared with United States

Place2024
Alabama5,834
United States421,812

Rankings

Definition

Number of businesses without paid employees in manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.

Nonemployer Statistics: businesses with no paid employees that are subject to federal income tax, mostly the self-employed, counted from tax records, with receipts above small minimum amounts. Census says some years are not comparable with earlier ones, and they are marked as series breaks: 2018 in every sector (businesses were reclassified from their descriptions, which moved many out of other services), 2022 in every sector (new receipts cutoffs) and 2017 in utilities (the same reclassification). Most nonemployers are sole proprietors whose business may be a side activity. Published about 18 months after the reference year.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms (Nonemployer businesses: manufacturing, Alabama, 2012 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/

MLA 9

Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms, Nonemployer businesses: manufacturing, Alabama, 2012 to 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Sept. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/nonemployer-businesses-manufacturing/alabama. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms. Nonemployer businesses: manufacturing, Alabama, 2012 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/nonemployer-businesses-manufacturing/alabama.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms, Nonemployer businesses: manufacturing, Alabama, 2012 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/nonemployer-businesses-manufacturing/alabama (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the nonemployer businesses: manufacturing in Alabama?

Nonemployer businesses: manufacturing in Alabama was 5,834 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 4.3% from 2023. That is the 25th highest of 51 states in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest nonemployer businesses: manufacturing in Alabama?

5,834 in 2024, the highest value since 2012 in this series.

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