Help with business/market research

None ^ | 3/25/2008 | Taxcontrol

[taxcontrol]

I am attempting to find a US Government source for the number of small and medium business in the US. I have gone to the US Dept of Commerce site with little luck. Can someone point me to a useful URL that would provide any kind of useful and "official" numbers (even estimates) that would allow me to be able to assert the following:

Total number of SMBs for 2000 through 2006 or 2007 Number of SMBs for the each year per state

[taxcontrol]

If possible, I would also like a site that can tell me the number of IT consultants in the US, even if that information is extrapolated. Resources for this level of detail seem to be thin on the Internet.

[Responsibility2nd]

http://www.sba.gov/ ??

[jagusafr]

You might try the Small Business Administration website, though I don’t know that you’ll find any one website with all the info you’re seeking. Good luck.

[JerseyHighlander]

Start with NAICS
http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/

drilldown hypertext and find what job calssification you’re looking for.

you can then go buy business intelligence reports for employment via NAICS code, though it is expensive to do it nationwide, I’m not sure if that info would be publicly available without travelling to a library and doing footwork to collect info.

As someone else said, the SBA has info on the number of small businesses in a county and some of their database is separated by NAICS codes, but it won’t have number of employees per employer, nor individuals not incorporated nor large employers, nor government workers.

[JerseyHighlander]

Found what you are looking for the geogrpahic region of the Research Triangle in NC: http://eslmi23.esc.state.nc.us/ew/EWSZNAICS.asp?Report=1&Year=2005&Period=02&stfips=37&area=000007&AreaType=08&AreaTyName=Research+Triangle+Regional+Partnership Select Ownership Type: Aggregate

Select Industry NAICS Level: Industry group (4 digit) from the drop down to start,

Use 4 digit code 5112 to start.

Use the NIACS codes from my prior post to narrow down to 5 or 6 digit NAICS codes to get closer.

 

 

2002 NAICS	1997 NAICS	1987 SIC	Corresponding Index Entries
511210	511210	7372	Applications software, computer, packaged
511210	511210	7372	Computer software publishers, packaged
511210	511210	7372	Computer software publishing and reproduction
511210	511210	7372	Games, computer software, publishing
511210	511210	7372	Operating systems software, computer, packaged
511210	511210	7372	Packaged computer software publishers
511210	511210	7372	Programming language and compiler software publishers, packaged
511210	511210	7372	Publishers, packaged computer software
511210	511210	7372	Software computer, packaged, publishers
511210	511210	7372	Software publishers
511210	511210	7372	Software publishers, packaged
511210	511210	7372	Utility software, computer, packaged

 

[JerseyHighlander]

You want to search the www.bls.gov Current Employment Statistics report, which is one of the databases used in the employment/unemployment figures released by the Federal government.

http://www.bls.gov/data/home.htm

and specifically:

http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=ce

[Mr. Jeeves]

If possible, I would also like a site that can tell me the number of IT consultants in the US, even if that information is extrapolated. Resources for this level of detail seem to be thin on the Internet.

Google "IRS section 1706" and you'll find out why. A nation full of self-employed IT people? Well, the usual suspects just found that concept too horrifying to tolerate. ;)

[taxcontrol]

WOW, great stuff!!!

Thanks for the pointers!