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San Antonio Small Business Statistics

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The San Antonio small business community represents a large and diverse industry population. Small businesses comprise 94% of the 26,842 employer firms located within the San Antonio MSA.

Small Business Firms in San Antonio MSA (Employment <500)

Professional, scientific, & technical services 3162
Health care & social assistance 2992
Retail Trade 2873
Construction 2807
Accommodation & foodservices 1901
Wholesale trade 1592
Administrative & support & waste management & remediation services 1319
Finance & insurance 1246
Real estate & rental & leasing 1144
Manufacturing 1060
Transportation & Warehousing 673
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 360
Unclassified 311
Educational services 307
Information 303
Mining 167
Management of companies & enterprises 104
Utilities 29
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting 22
Auxiliaries, exc corporations, subsidiary, & regional managing offices 14
Other services (except public administration) 3108
  Total   25,494

The San Antonio small business community represents a large and diverse industry population.  Small businesses comprise of 94% of the 26,842 employer firms located within the San Antonio MSA.  In addition, there are another 88,722 small businesses without employees in San Antonio.  Many of these provide the principle basis of financial support for their owner.

The character of the top five small business sectors is diverse as well. This group represents 54% of San Antonio’s small business community. Enterprises offering Professional, Scientific, and TechnicalServices total 12.45%. Health Care and Social Assistance providers follow at 11.7%. Retail Trade establishments comprise 11.3%. Construction firms make up 11% of this population. Accommodation and Foodservices companies complete this list at 7.4% of all San Antonio small businesses.

Source: 2001 Statistics of US Businesses from the US Census Bureau

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