Utah: A Small-Business State With A Device Industry
The Census Bureau's 2023 County Business Patterns counted 95,494 employer establishments in Utah, and 94.8% of them have fewer than 50 employees. The state's economic opportunity office says Utah's life sciences industry spans research, testing, and medical device development, which explains why supplier, lab-adjacent, and distribution firms cluster along the Wasatch Front. That is state-level context, not a description of any individual business. What most Utah businesses have in common is simpler: they are small, and nobody has ever drawn their workflows on one page.
- U.S. Census Bureau: 2023 County Business Patterns: State file (cbp23st) (2023 CBP; retrieved 2026-10-05)
- Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity: Life Sciences and Healthcare (current page; retrieved 2026-10-08)