# US states by employer establishments: accommodation and food services, 2023

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_accommodation_food_services`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of establishments with paid employees in accommodation and food services (hotels, restaurants and bars) (NAICS 72), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), 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
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-accommodation-food-services/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 95,952 |
| 2 | Texas | 66,844 |
| 3 | New York | 55,397 |
| 4 | Florida | 48,853 |
| 5 | Illinois | 30,226 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 29,187 |
| 7 | Ohio | 25,953 |
| 8 | Georgia | 24,406 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 24,293 |
| 10 | New Jersey | 22,712 |
| 11 | Michigan | 21,720 |
| 12 | Virginia | 19,418 |
| 13 | Washington | 19,032 |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 18,127 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 15,530 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 15,443 |
| 17 | Colorado | 15,405 |
| 18 | Arizona | 15,040 |
| 19 | Indiana | 14,708 |
| 20 | Missouri | 13,846 |
| 21 | Maryland | 12,744 |
| 22 | Oregon | 12,533 |
| 23 | Minnesota | 12,374 |
| 24 | South Carolina | 12,228 |
| 25 | Louisiana | 10,548 |
| 26 | Alabama | 10,067 |
| 27 | Connecticut | 9,050 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 8,965 |
| 29 | Kentucky | 8,754 |
| 30 | Nevada | 7,979 |
| 31 | Iowa | 7,512 |
| 32 | Utah | 7,003 |
| 33 | Kansas | 6,658 |
| 34 | Arkansas | 6,577 |
| 35 | Mississippi | 6,301 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 4,882 |
| 37 | New Mexico | 4,732 |
| 38 | Idaho | 4,597 |
| 39 | Maine | 4,362 |
| 40 | Hawaii | 4,044 |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 3,885 |
| 42 | Montana | 3,850 |
| 43 | West Virginia | 3,684 |
| 44 | Rhode Island | 3,270 |
| 45 | District of Columbia | 2,817 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 2,696 |
| 47 | Delaware | 2,444 |
| 48 | Alaska | 2,288 |
| 49 | North Dakota | 2,154 |
| 50 | Vermont | 1,915 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 1,877 |