A public piece, with data that actually exists

Statistics by sector

Under construction

This section will portray each sector with official figures: how many businesses there are, how many people they employ, payroll or sales averages when the source publishes them, and growth trends. It will be shown at three scales: the United States, the state of Georgia, and the local picture (the county and the Savannah area).

No numbers are invented here. Only data from public sources will be shown, with the year and the origin in view, and they will be updated when those sources publish. This page is a placeholder for Phase 1: the sources are listed so the work can start on a solid footing.

Suggested public sources

U.S. Census Bureau — County Business Patterns (CBP)
A census of establishments and employment by county and by sector.
U.S. Census Bureau — Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB)
A picture of U.S. businesses by size.
U.S. Census Bureau — Annual Business Survey (ABS)
An annual survey with detail on owners and economic activity.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) — Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)
Employment and wages, quarter by quarter, at the national, state and local levels.
SBA Office of Advocacy — state small-business profiles
Profiles and facts on small businesses, including Georgia.
Georgia Department of Labor — state and local employment picture
Employment data for the state and for local areas in Georgia.

Sources are usually stronger at the national and state level, and by sector code (NAICS). At the county level, sales detail is sometimes thinner: the figure will be shown when it exists, and it will be said clearly when it does not.