Business Establishments


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1996 Businesses in New Mexico 1/
       
        Annual   Number of Establishments
Total Annual Payroll by Employment-size Class
No. No. of Payroll per 100 or
  Estab. Emp. ($000) Emp.   1-19 20-49 50-99 More
Industry
Agricultural serv.,
    for. & fishing 529 H D -- 509 13 6 1
Mining 587 15,013 $573,801 $38,220 454 73 26 34
Construction 4,940 42,292 981,260 23,202 4,486 323 83 48
Manufacturing 1,694 45,226 1,384,077 30,604 1,355 193 76 70
Transportation
   & public utilities 1,811 27,769 856,539 30,845 1,524 193 52 42
Wholesale trade 2,664 26,949 719,376 26,694 2,350 244 47 23
Retail trade 10,240 136,695 1,881,210 13,762 8,560 1,157 352 171
Finance, insurance
   & real estate 3,898 31,423 780,518 24,839 3,617 195 55 31
Services 15,015 190,998 4,415,386 23,117 13,436 977 326 276
Unclassified
   establishments 2/ 195 E D -- 194 1 0 0
TOTAL 41,573 519,801 $11,647,427 $22,407 36,485 3,369 1,023 696
A-K  Employment classes are indicated as follows:  A--0-19; B--20 to 99; C--100 to 249; E--250 to 499; F--500 to 999;
       G--1,000 to 2,499; H--2,500 to 4,999; I--5,000 to 9,999.
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/   Unclassified establishments include establishments, typically new businesses, that cannot be classified in any
      major industry group because of insufficient information.
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, New Mexico, 1996.
Table Prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.        


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Last Revised: 8/17/07