# US states by employer establishments: management of companies, 2023

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

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_management_companies`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of establishments with paid employees in management of companies and enterprises (head offices and holding companies) (NAICS 55), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), management of companies and enterprises (NAICS 55), 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), management of companies and enterprises (NAICS 55), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-management-companies/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 4,587 |
| 2 | Texas | 4,404 |
| 3 | New York | 2,755 |
| 4 | Florida | 2,682 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 2,190 |
| 6 | Ohio | 2,106 |
| 7 | Illinois | 2,003 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 1,697 |
| 9 | Georgia | 1,505 |
| 10 | Michigan | 1,470 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 1,366 |
| 12 | Missouri | 1,356 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 1,311 |
| 14 | Virginia | 1,169 |
| 15 | Maryland | 1,165 |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 1,128 |
| 16 | Minnesota | 1,128 |
| 18 | Washington | 1,046 |
| 19 | Colorado | 1,012 |
| 20 | Arkansas | 987 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 975 |
| 22 | Arizona | 953 |
| 23 | Indiana | 779 |
| 24 | Connecticut | 704 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 634 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 629 |
| 27 | Oregon | 627 |
| 28 | Louisiana | 597 |
| 29 | Oklahoma | 539 |
| 30 | Utah | 527 |
| 31 | Delaware | 519 |
| 32 | Alabama | 517 |
| 32 | Kansas | 517 |
| 34 | Iowa | 490 |
| 35 | Nevada | 485 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 329 |
| 37 | Mississippi | 268 |
| 38 | Idaho | 245 |
| 39 | Hawaii | 231 |
| 40 | New Mexico | 206 |
| 41 | West Virginia | 202 |
| 42 | Maine | 191 |
| 43 | District of Columbia | 189 |
| 44 | Alaska | 188 |
| 45 | New Hampshire | 185 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 152 |
| 47 | Rhode Island | 142 |
| 48 | North Dakota | 139 |
| 49 | Montana | 138 |
| 50 | Wyoming | 123 |
| 51 | Vermont | 69 |