Massachusetts: Advanced Manufacturing And Life Sciences, Mostly Small Employers
Massachusetts counted 183,767 employer establishments statewide in the 2023 Census County Business Patterns, and 93.9% of them have fewer than 50 employees. The state runs dedicated programs around its headline clusters: an Advanced Manufacturing Training Program funding regional workforce systems, a life sciences tax incentive program, and the Massachusetts Manufacturing Initiative supporting advanced manufacturing projects. Those programs tell you where the Commonwealth invests, not what your shop or office runs on. The establishment counts are the part that includes you.
- U.S. Census Bureau: 2023 County Business Patterns: State file (cbp23st) (2023 CBP; retrieved 2026-10-05)
- Mass.gov, Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development: Strengthening Key Industries (undated current page; retrieved 2026-10-08)