New York State: A Huge Economy Made Of Small Establishments
New York State counted 541,313 employer establishments statewide in the 2023 Census County Business Patterns, and 95.4% of them have fewer than 50 employees. The Empire State Development agency organizes its industry support around sectors like financial services and insurance, distribution, and software and digital media. Those are incentive programs, not a description of your operation. What the counts say is simpler and more useful: the state economy is overwhelmingly made of establishments close to your size, from Brooklyn wholesalers to Hudson Valley clinics.
- U.S. Census Bureau: 2023 County Business Patterns: State file (cbp23st) (2023 CBP; retrieved 2026-10-05)
- Empire State Development: Industries in the Empire State (undated current page; retrieved 2026-10-08)