SMALL BUSINESSES BY INDUSTRY
Table 2: South Carolina Small Businesses by Industry and Firm Size, 2015
Industry
1-499 Employees
1-20 Employees Nonemployer
Total Small Firms
Firms
Other Services (except Public Administration) 10,477 9,715 59,571 70,048
Retail Trade 10,034 9,173 28,266 38,300
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 9,100 8,468 38,237 47,337
Construction 8,853 8,113 36,015 44,868
Health Care and Social Assistance 7,354 6,218 23,787 31,141
Accommodation and Food Services 7,325 5,411 5,701 13,026
Administrative, Support, and Waste Management 4,759 4,180 34,574 39,333
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 3,984 3,738 37,347 41,331
Wholesale Trade 3,521 2,805 5,505 9,026
Finance and Insurance 3,055 2,810 9,868 12,923
Manufacturing 2,994 2,080 4,365 7,359
Transportation and Warehousing 1,930 1,650 15,295 17,225
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 1,445 1,181 15,723 17,168
Educational Services 1,042 820 8,770 9,812
Information 588 486 3,451 4,039
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing and Hunting 501 457 2,612 3,113
Utilities 75 44 254 329
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 44 38 90 134
Total 77,105 67,614 329,431 406,536
Figure 4 and Tables 1 and 2 display data from the 2015 SUSB. Table 2 includes additional data from the 2015 Nonemployer Statistics (NES).
REFERENCES
The Small Business Profiles, source data, and methodology are available at https://go.usa.gov/xQT4w.
ASE Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, US Census Bureau
BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce
BDM Business Employment Dynamics, BLS
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor
CPS Current Population Survey, BLS
FDIC Call Reports, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FFIEC Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
ITA International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce
NES Nonemployer Statistics, US Census Bureau
SBO Survey of Business Owners, US Census Bureau
SUSB Statistics of US Businesses, US Census Bureau
SBA Office of Advocacy 168 South Carolina Small Business Profile, 2018