Business Establishments


Click here for a
Microsoft Excel Version of this table.

1993 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 25,147 331,368 $7,238,165 $21,843 21,956 2,097 635 459
  Albuquerque MSA 3/ 16,157 237,481 5,423,324 22,837 13,964 1,399 443 351
  Farmington MSA 4/ 2,094 27,803 634,183 22,810 1,820 181 63 30
  Las Cruces MSA 5/ 2,863 29,498 471,012 15,968 2,532 236 58 37
  Santa Fe MSA 6/ 4,033 36,586 709,646 19,397 3,640 281 71 41
Nonmetropolitan Portion 13,716 137,630 2,434,221 17,687 12,382 906 271 157
NEW MEXICO 38,863 468,998 $9,672,386 $20,624 34,338 3,003 906 616
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, 1993.
Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.          


Bureau of Business & Economic Research, UNM /bber@unm.edu
Last Revised: 8/17/07