Business Establishments


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2005 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 30,227 422,622 $13,618,103 $32,223 25,975 2,727 924 601
  Albuquerque MSA 3/ 18,818 291,769 9,706,210 33,267 15,938 1,807 629 444
  Farmington MSA 4/ 2,761 37,244 1,239,975 33,293 2,369 261 82 49
  Las Cruces MSA 5/ 3,540 44,883 1,087,844 24,237 3,067 306 111 56
  Santa Fe MSA 6/ 5,108 48,726 1,584,074 32,510 4,601 353 102 52
Nonmetropolitan Portion 14,779 172,627 4,553,017 26,375 13,058 1,179 348 194
NEW MEXICO 45,006 595,249 $18,171,120 $30,527 39,033 3,906 1,272 795
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, 2005.
Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.          


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Last Revised: 8/17/07