August 08, 2008

Nonemployers are Big Business

In 2006, more than 20.7 million U.S. businesses without a payroll (nonemployers) had a total revenue of more than $970 billion. Three economic sectors accounted for almost half of all nonemployer business receipts: real estate and rental and leasing ($193 billion); construction ($159 billion); and professional, scientific and technical services ($124 billion). About 7.9 million businesses were in these three sectors, representing nearly 38 percent of all nonemployer businesses. For more data on nonemployers, be sure to check out our web site.

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