# US states by nonemployer businesses: administrative support and waste management, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `nonemployer_establishments_administrative_support`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of businesses without paid employees in administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), 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), administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56), 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-administrative-support/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Florida | 429,399 |
| 2 | Texas | 382,088 |
| 3 | California | 307,277 |
| 4 | Georgia | 156,142 |
| 5 | New York | 151,153 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 108,092 |
| 7 | Illinois | 97,854 |
| 8 | Ohio | 86,995 |
| 9 | Michigan | 82,320 |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | 78,704 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 76,869 |
| 12 | New Jersey | 68,913 |
| 13 | Virginia | 68,879 |
| 14 | Arizona | 61,354 |
| 15 | South Carolina | 57,044 |
| 16 | Louisiana | 55,453 |
| 17 | Maryland | 53,404 |
| 18 | Alabama | 53,264 |
| 19 | Colorado | 50,205 |
| 20 | Indiana | 48,260 |
| 21 | Massachusetts | 46,207 |
| 22 | Missouri | 46,052 |
| 23 | Washington | 39,088 |
| 24 | Kentucky | 37,770 |
| 25 | Oklahoma | 37,100 |
| 26 | Mississippi | 34,862 |
| 27 | Minnesota | 32,513 |
| 28 | Wisconsin | 29,555 |
| 29 | Nevada | 28,907 |
| 30 | Arkansas | 28,396 |
| 31 | Connecticut | 25,799 |
| 32 | Utah | 23,929 |
| 33 | Oregon | 23,698 |
| 34 | Kansas | 20,334 |
| 35 | Iowa | 19,683 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 13,845 |
| 37 | Idaho | 13,732 |
| 38 | Hawaii | 12,486 |
| 39 | New Mexico | 11,999 |
| 40 | Maine | 11,390 |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 9,180 |
| 42 | West Virginia | 9,005 |
| 43 | Montana | 8,356 |
| 44 | Rhode Island | 7,180 |
| 45 | Delaware | 7,158 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 6,151 |
| 47 | Vermont | 5,829 |
| 48 | Wyoming | 4,993 |
| 49 | North Dakota | 4,824 |
| 50 | Alaska | 4,385 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 3,949 |