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
Lyon County - employment
1 6657 7026 7436 7301 7004 7445 7354 7290 7015 7531 7755 7503 7433 7665 7855 7786 7588 7176 7771 7730 7485
2 7963 8600 8902 8671 8050 8683 8812 8511 7922 8496 8693 8538 8366 8969 9032 9094 8732 8106 8605 8731 8583
3 8538 9024 9319 9071 8772 9069 9204 9047 8762 9183 9424 9462 9047 9493 9731 9660 9048 8428 8933 9058 8910
4 8873 9361 9644 9400 9103 9648 9776 9627 9368 9775 10029 10065 9922 10343 10572 10529 10199 9666 10186 10376 10681
Lyon County - worksites
1 961 963 973 973 945 951 961 958 951 973 976 988 993 990 963 969 998 989 984 959 953
2 972 976 985 984 954 961 973 968 959 981 984 997 1001 1001 973 980 1008 997 991 967 962
3 975 978 987 986 958 963 975 971 964 985 988 1002 1005 1004 977 983 1010 999 993 969 964
4 976 979 988 987 959 965 977 973 966 987 990 1004 1008 1007 980 986 1014 1003 997 973 969

Employment Levels

Anuual Percentage Change in Small Business Employment

Top Industries by Small Business Category

codetitle employment worksites
Lyon County - 2021 - 1
Manufacturing 1,160 85
Retail Trade 969 95
Construction 964 133
Accommodation and Food Services 842 73
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 585 33
codetitle employment worksites
Lyon County - 2021 - 2
Manufacturing 1,648 89
Retail Trade 1,347 98
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 350 17
Professional and Technical Services 326 82
codetitle employment worksites
Lyon County - 2021 - 3
Health Care and Social Assistance 614 47
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting 596 37
codetitle employment worksites
Lyon County - 2021 - 4
Manufacturing 2,043 90
Retail Trade 1,674 99
Transportation and Warehousing 872 45
Administrative and Waste Services 763 69

Share of Total Employment