# US states by employer establishments: construction, 2023

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

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_construction`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of establishments with paid employees in construction (NAICS 23), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), construction (NAICS 23), 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), construction (NAICS 23), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-construction/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 86,763 |
| 2 | Florida | 68,008 |
| 3 | Texas | 56,287 |
| 4 | New York | 51,349 |
| 5 | Illinois | 29,457 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 28,752 |
| 7 | North Carolina | 28,390 |
| 8 | Washington | 27,190 |
| 9 | New Jersey | 22,502 |
| 10 | Georgia | 22,475 |
| 11 | Massachusetts | 21,631 |
| 12 | Ohio | 21,399 |
| 13 | Michigan | 21,298 |
| 14 | Virginia | 21,118 |
| 15 | Colorado | 20,473 |
| 16 | Minnesota | 17,568 |
| 17 | Arizona | 15,551 |
| 18 | Indiana | 14,935 |
| 19 | Oregon | 14,907 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 14,679 |
| 21 | Missouri | 14,570 |
| 22 | Maryland | 14,528 |
| 23 | Utah | 13,022 |
| 24 | Tennessee | 12,692 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 11,981 |
| 26 | Idaho | 9,895 |
| 27 | Iowa | 9,067 |
| 28 | Alabama | 8,982 |
| 29 | Oklahoma | 8,966 |
| 30 | Louisiana | 8,900 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 8,201 |
| 32 | Connecticut | 8,152 |
| 33 | Kansas | 7,398 |
| 34 | Nebraska | 6,931 |
| 35 | Montana | 6,766 |
| 36 | Arkansas | 6,366 |
| 37 | Nevada | 5,975 |
| 38 | Maine | 5,826 |
| 39 | New Hampshire | 4,949 |
| 40 | New Mexico | 4,638 |
| 41 | Mississippi | 4,169 |
| 42 | South Dakota | 3,802 |
| 43 | Rhode Island | 3,528 |
| 44 | West Virginia | 3,149 |
| 45 | Wyoming | 2,981 |
| 46 | North Dakota | 2,946 |
| 47 | Hawaii | 2,924 |
| 48 | Vermont | 2,870 |
| 49 | Alaska | 2,627 |
| 50 | Delaware | 2,518 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 506 |