# US states by employer establishments: professional, scientific and technical services, 2023

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

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_professional_services`
- 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.
- 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
- 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/rankings/employer-establishments-professional-services/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 143,863 |
| 2 | Florida | 94,623 |
| 3 | Texas | 83,842 |
| 4 | New York | 62,625 |
| 5 | Illinois | 37,946 |
| 6 | Georgia | 33,198 |
| 7 | Virginia | 32,231 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 30,357 |
| 9 | New Jersey | 29,052 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 28,189 |
| 11 | Colorado | 28,143 |
| 12 | Ohio | 23,740 |
| 13 | Washington | 23,574 |
| 14 | Michigan | 22,561 |
| 15 | Massachusetts | 21,966 |
| 16 | Maryland | 21,699 |
| 17 | Arizona | 20,816 |
| 18 | Minnesota | 16,218 |
| 19 | Missouri | 13,844 |
| 20 | Utah | 13,540 |
| 21 | Indiana | 13,501 |
| 22 | Oregon | 13,318 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 12,611 |
| 24 | Tennessee | 12,568 |
| 25 | Louisiana | 12,493 |
| 26 | Wisconsin | 11,680 |
| 27 | Nevada | 10,759 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 10,200 |
| 29 | Alabama | 9,813 |
| 30 | Connecticut | 9,275 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 8,370 |
| 32 | Kansas | 7,236 |
| 33 | Iowa | 6,474 |
| 34 | Arkansas | 6,260 |
| 35 | Idaho | 5,944 |
| 36 | District of Columbia | 5,738 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 4,765 |
| 38 | Mississippi | 4,621 |
| 39 | New Mexico | 4,528 |
| 40 | Delaware | 4,429 |
| 41 | Montana | 4,386 |
| 42 | New Hampshire | 3,699 |
| 43 | Maine | 3,662 |
| 44 | Hawaii | 3,464 |
| 45 | Wyoming | 3,352 |
| 46 | Rhode Island | 3,085 |
| 47 | West Virginia | 2,694 |
| 48 | South Dakota | 2,214 |
| 49 | Vermont | 2,074 |
| 50 | Alaska | 1,988 |
| 51 | North Dakota | 1,954 |