Census County Business Patterns
Annual establishment counts, employment, and payroll by 6-digit NAICS code down to ZIP code level. Covers every employer establishment in the US — the best source for market-sizing by industry and geography at a granular level.
Latest snapshot
Rows in latest snapshot
126
Last refreshed
May 21, 2026
Cadence
annual
Coverage
1986–2021 (latest); national, state, county, ZIP
Total records
~10M rows at ZIP×NAICS granularity
Key fields
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NAICS2017 -
EMP -
PAYANN -
ESTAB -
EMPSZES -
LFO -
STATE -
COUNTY
Use cases
- How many [NAICS] businesses in [ZIP/county/state]
- Total employment and payroll by industry vertical
- Market sizing: TAM by geography
- Competitive density mapping
- Payroll per employee benchmarks by sector
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