Business Establishments


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2001 Business Establishments 1/, Employees and Annual Payroll in New Mexico
by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Portions              
Annual Number of Establishments
Annual Payroll by Employment-size Class
Total No. No. of Payroll per 100 or
  Estab. Emp. 2/ ($000) Emp.   1-19 20-49 50-99 More
Metropolitan Portion 28,400 399,741 $11,257,478 $28,162 24,483 2,519 823 575
  Albuquerque MSA 3/ 17,886 281,277 8,162,760 29,020 15,196 1,667 587 436
  Farmington MSA 4/ 2,558 36,218 1,073,850 29,650 2,210 238 59 51
  Las Cruces MSA 5/ 3,226 37,764 816,269 21,615 2,832 264 87 43
  Santa Fe MSA 6/ 4,730 44,482 1,204,599 27,081 4,245 350 90 45
Nonmetropolitan Portion 14,286 153,616 3,565,767 23,212 12,791 1,020 298 177
NEW MEXICO 42,686 553,357 $14,823,245 $26,788 37,274 3,539 1,121 752
1/  These counts of businesses include only those establishments that had employees.  Businesses are defined as establishments
     rather than firms.  An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted or where services or industrial
     operations are performed.  In general, the following types of establishments are excluded: government (except for government
     operated hospitals), railroads, those businesses consisting only of self-employed persons and agricultural production.
     Additionally, domestic servants are excluded.
2/  Number of employees for week including March 12.
3/  Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia counties.
4/  San Juan County.
5/  Dona Ana County.
6/  Santa Fe County.
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, New Mexico, 2001.
Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.          


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Last Revised: 8/17/07