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
Nye County - employment
1 5301 5441 5497 5447 5374 5668 5594 5703 5856 6209 6106 6251 6214 6454 6403 6288 6411 5863 6222 6271 5947
2 6012 6448 6346 6339 6259 6418 6633 6607 6474 6986 6821 6878 6976 7045 7141 6988 7137 6543 6951 7008 6906
3 6830 7136 7107 7165 7098 7414 7286 7201 7617 7974 7951 8019 7952 8207 8125 8394 8550 7687 8108 8315 8227
4 7423 7740 7697 7767 7676 7987 7865 8379 8190 8544 8511 8574 8508 8766 8755 8705 8866 8055 8460 8670 8569
Nye County - worksites
1 814 813 832 832 805 799 806 804 789 801 803 814 820 831 821 825 831 817 804 803 797
2 820 821 839 839 812 805 814 811 794 807 809 819 826 836 827 831 837 823 810 809 805
3 824 824 843 843 816 810 817 814 800 812 815 825 831 842 832 838 844 829 816 816 812
4 826 826 845 845 818 812 819 818 802 814 817 827 833 844 834 839 845 830 817 817 813

Employment Levels

Anuual Percentage Change in Small Business Employment

Top Industries by Small Business Category

codetitle employment worksites
Nye County - 2021 - 1
Accommodation and Food Services 1,105 86
Retail Trade 991 111
Health Care and Social Assistance 784 73
Construction 544 93
Administrative and Waste Services 372 50
codetitle employment worksites
Nye County - 2021 - 2
Accommodation and Food Services 1,233 87
Retail Trade 1,221 113
Health Care and Social Assistance 897 74
Construction 668 94
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 486 20
codetitle employment worksites
Nye County - 2021 - 3
Accommodation and Food Services 1,444 88
Retail Trade 1,373 114
Health Care and Social Assistance 1,103 75
Administrative and Waste Services 793 52
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting 304 19
codetitle employment worksites
Nye County - 2021 - 4
Retail Trade 1,715 115

Share of Total Employment