The following report details small business employment over the period (2016 to 2021) for each county in Nevada. Small business is delineated four ways in this report. Those employing 0 to 99 employees, 0 to 149 employees, 0 to 249 employees, and 0 to 499 employees are the size class delineations. Only private businesses are counted in this data set.

Small Business Employment Levels

Small Business Category
Employment Range per Category
category range
1 0 to 99
2 0 to 149
3 0 to 249
4 0 to 499



Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
2016 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2017 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2018 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2019 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2021 Q1
Esmeralda County - employment
1 261 269 260 253 250 239 230 196 177 171 165 170 161 174 208 187 170 165 161 141 162
Esmeralda County - worksites
1 26 27 28 29 26 27 27 26 25 24 25 23 20 21 22 22 22 20 19 20 18

Employment Levels

Anuual Percentage Change in Small Business Employment

Top Industries by Small Business Category

codetitle employment worksites
Esmeralda County - 2021 - 1
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 85 5

Share of Total Employment