Table 1.

Number of Establishments and Number of Workers in the United States in Year 2021: By Company Size within Private and Public Sectors.

	Establishments		Workers
Size of employer	Number	%	Number	%
Private sector - all businesses
Very small (1-49)	7,555,381	94.5%	52,396,317	39.5%
Small (50-99)	243,199	3.0%	16,700,678	12.6%
Medium (100-499)	176,338	2.2%	33,575,795	25.3%
Large (500+)	21,963	.3%	30,084,137	22.7%
Total	7,996,881	100.0%	132,756,927	100.0%
Public sector - state and local governments
Very small (1-49)	1804	54.9%	15,876	1.1%
Small (50-99)	146	4.4%	10,959	.8%
Medium (100-499)	755	23.0%	182,316	13.0%
Large (500+)	592	18.0%	1,197,271	85.1%
Total	3287	100.0%	1,406,422	100.0%

Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics⁷ and Department of the Census⁸, U.S. government. Bold indicates small employers. Not included in table are another 2,181,106 employees of the U.S. government at the federal level (excluding military and certain other non-civilian workers).⁹