# US states by employer establishments: utilities, 2023

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

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_utilities`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of establishments with paid employees in utilities (NAICS 22), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns. Excludes government owned utilities.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), utilities (NAICS 22), 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), utilities (NAICS 22), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-utilities/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Texas | 2,206 |
| 2 | California | 1,479 |
| 3 | Florida | 1,136 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | 894 |
| 5 | New York | 834 |
| 6 | Ohio | 688 |
| 7 | Illinois | 670 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 606 |
| 9 | Mississippi | 556 |
| 10 | Indiana | 529 |
| 11 | Louisiana | 526 |
| 12 | Georgia | 519 |
| 13 | New Jersey | 458 |
| 14 | Colorado | 451 |
| 15 | Michigan | 440 |
| 16 | Missouri | 426 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 416 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 382 |
| 19 | Virginia | 377 |
| 20 | Minnesota | 371 |
| 21 | Kentucky | 364 |
| 22 | South Carolina | 357 |
| 23 | Arkansas | 348 |
| 24 | Iowa | 344 |
| 25 | Washington | 342 |
| 26 | Massachusetts | 328 |
| 27 | Arizona | 315 |
| 28 | Oregon | 295 |
| 29 | Kansas | 273 |
| 30 | Alabama | 270 |
| 31 | Maryland | 242 |
| 32 | New Mexico | 238 |
| 33 | Utah | 236 |
| 34 | West Virginia | 234 |
| 35 | Idaho | 219 |
| 36 | Montana | 198 |
| 37 | Tennessee | 197 |
| 38 | Connecticut | 177 |
| 39 | North Dakota | 161 |
| 40 | South Dakota | 159 |
| 41 | Wyoming | 143 |
| 42 | New Hampshire | 136 |
| 43 | Maine | 126 |
| 43 | Nevada | 126 |
| 45 | Alaska | 115 |
| 46 | Nebraska | 107 |
| 47 | Delaware | 88 |
| 48 | District of Columbia | 81 |
| 49 | Hawaii | 79 |
| 50 | Vermont | 66 |
| 51 | Rhode Island | 51 |