# US states by nonemployer businesses: retail trade, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `nonemployer_establishments_retail_trade`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of businesses without paid employees in retail trade (NAICS 44-45), from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), retail trade (NAICS 44-45), 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), retail trade (NAICS 44-45), 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-retail-trade/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 240,437 |
| 2 | Texas | 224,285 |
| 3 | Florida | 194,347 |
| 4 | New York | 126,108 |
| 5 | Georgia | 81,918 |
| 6 | Illinois | 81,358 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | 76,861 |
| 8 | New Jersey | 68,018 |
| 9 | Ohio | 67,987 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 65,891 |
| 11 | Michigan | 61,268 |
| 12 | Virginia | 53,659 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 47,667 |
| 14 | Arizona | 42,793 |
| 15 | Missouri | 42,076 |
| 16 | Maryland | 39,959 |
| 17 | Indiana | 39,470 |
| 18 | Washington | 39,468 |
| 19 | Massachusetts | 38,947 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 37,314 |
| 21 | Colorado | 37,238 |
| 22 | Minnesota | 35,258 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 33,455 |
| 24 | Alabama | 30,406 |
| 25 | Louisiana | 28,793 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 26,344 |
| 27 | Utah | 25,741 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 25,050 |
| 29 | Oregon | 24,567 |
| 30 | Nevada | 21,532 |
| 31 | Connecticut | 20,256 |
| 32 | Iowa | 19,980 |
| 33 | Arkansas | 19,176 |
| 34 | Mississippi | 18,970 |
| 35 | Kansas | 18,338 |
| 36 | Idaho | 13,915 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 12,797 |
| 38 | New Mexico | 10,291 |
| 39 | Hawaii | 9,449 |
| 40 | West Virginia | 9,266 |
| 41 | Maine | 8,808 |
| 42 | New Hampshire | 8,519 |
| 43 | Montana | 8,336 |
| 44 | Delaware | 7,544 |
| 45 | South Dakota | 7,181 |
| 46 | Rhode Island | 5,678 |
| 47 | Wyoming | 5,526 |
| 48 | North Dakota | 5,122 |
| 49 | Vermont | 4,514 |
| 50 | Alaska | 3,688 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 2,447 |