# US states by nonemployer businesses: accommodation and food services, 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `nonemployer_establishments_accommodation_food_services`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of businesses without paid employees in accommodation and food services (hotels, restaurants and bars) (NAICS 72), from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all legal forms (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-accommodation-food-services/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Texas | 97,058 |
| 2 | Florida | 79,994 |
| 3 | California | 73,552 |
| 4 | New York | 42,759 |
| 5 | Georgia | 36,712 |
| 6 | Illinois | 22,917 |
| 7 | North Carolina | 21,835 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 20,486 |
| 9 | Ohio | 19,963 |
| 10 | Michigan | 19,749 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 18,551 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 17,794 |
| 13 | Virginia | 17,096 |
| 14 | Louisiana | 14,542 |
| 15 | Maryland | 14,226 |
| 16 | Arizona | 13,227 |
| 17 | South Carolina | 12,583 |
| 18 | Colorado | 11,499 |
| 19 | Washington | 10,798 |
| 20 | Indiana | 10,536 |
| 21 | Alabama | 10,330 |
| 22 | Missouri | 9,981 |
| 23 | Massachusetts | 9,765 |
| 24 | Mississippi | 8,962 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 8,833 |
| 26 | Oklahoma | 7,605 |
| 27 | Oregon | 7,421 |
| 28 | Kentucky | 7,228 |
| 29 | Minnesota | 7,076 |
| 30 | Nevada | 6,829 |
| 31 | Arkansas | 6,378 |
| 32 | Connecticut | 5,938 |
| 33 | Utah | 5,214 |
| 34 | Iowa | 4,475 |
| 35 | Kansas | 4,190 |
| 36 | New Mexico | 3,813 |
| 37 | Idaho | 3,187 |
| 38 | Hawaii | 3,178 |
| 39 | Nebraska | 3,046 |
| 40 | Maine | 2,542 |
| 41 | Montana | 2,518 |
| 42 | Alaska | 2,369 |
| 43 | West Virginia | 2,176 |
| 44 | New Hampshire | 1,876 |
| 45 | District of Columbia | 1,729 |
| 46 | Delaware | 1,694 |
| 47 | Rhode Island | 1,656 |
| 48 | South Dakota | 1,615 |
| 49 | Vermont | 1,487 |
| 50 | Wyoming | 1,363 |
| 51 | North Dakota | 1,195 |