# US states by nonemployer businesses: professional, scientific and technical services, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `nonemployer_establishments_professional_services`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of businesses without paid employees in professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), 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), professional, scientific, and technical services (NAICS 54), 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-professional-services/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 594,336 |
| 2 | Florida | 394,826 |
| 3 | Texas | 382,886 |
| 4 | New York | 307,048 |
| 5 | Georgia | 144,731 |
| 6 | Illinois | 143,762 |
| 7 | New Jersey | 140,771 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 135,272 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 121,133 |
| 10 | Virginia | 113,200 |
| 11 | Ohio | 112,755 |
| 12 | Massachusetts | 110,753 |
| 13 | Colorado | 104,364 |
| 14 | Michigan | 100,630 |
| 15 | Washington | 96,376 |
| 16 | Maryland | 90,355 |
| 17 | Arizona | 86,304 |
| 18 | Tennessee | 77,291 |
| 19 | Minnesota | 66,843 |
| 20 | South Carolina | 57,340 |
| 21 | Utah | 55,694 |
| 22 | Indiana | 55,304 |
| 23 | Missouri | 54,920 |
| 24 | Oregon | 54,730 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 51,935 |
| 26 | Connecticut | 51,432 |
| 27 | Louisiana | 46,677 |
| 28 | Nevada | 43,221 |
| 29 | Alabama | 41,716 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 36,807 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 33,957 |
| 32 | Kansas | 27,894 |
| 33 | Iowa | 23,892 |
| 34 | Idaho | 23,597 |
| 35 | Arkansas | 23,492 |
| 36 | Mississippi | 22,812 |
| 37 | New Hampshire | 19,950 |
| 38 | New Mexico | 18,336 |
| 39 | District of Columbia | 17,873 |
| 40 | Hawaii | 17,205 |
| 41 | Maine | 16,633 |
| 42 | Nebraska | 16,434 |
| 43 | Delaware | 15,755 |
| 44 | Montana | 14,804 |
| 45 | Rhode Island | 14,321 |
| 46 | Wyoming | 11,068 |
| 47 | West Virginia | 10,356 |
| 48 | Vermont | 10,154 |
| 49 | South Dakota | 8,364 |
| 50 | Alaska | 7,394 |
| 51 | North Dakota | 6,135 |