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
Pershing County - employment
1 605 653 675 586 547 613 615 582 555 596 613 590 527 579 565 544 561 549 592 562 522
2 750 793 823 845 547 759 615 582 555 596 613 738 674 727 714 690 694 678 715 808 773
3 750 793 823 845 856 933 945 915 892 932 947 923 859 917 903 894 916 893 936 1041 1017
4 1052 1093 1128 1150 1157 1225 1244 1201 1183 1225 1248 1216 1146 1211 1198 1172 1188 1181 1230 1347 1336
Pershing County - worksites
1 103 101 101 100 91 89 89 89 88 90 86 85 82 79 81 81 81 81 81 81 78
2 104 102 102 102 91 90 89 89 88 90 86 86 83 80 82 82 82 82 82 83 80
3 104 102 102 102 93 91 91 91 90 92 88 87 84 81 83 83 83 83 83 84 81
4 105 103 103 103 94 92 92 92 91 93 89 88 85 82 84 84 84 84 84 85 82

Employment Levels

Anuual Percentage Change in Small Business Employment

Top Industries by Small Business Category

codetitle employment worksites
Pershing County - 2021 - 1
Retail Trade 143 12
Accommodation and Food Services 123 10
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting 63 10
Transportation and Warehousing 34 6
codetitle employment worksites
Pershing County - 2021 - 3
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 558 6
codetitle employment worksites
Pershing County - 2021 - 4
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 877 7

Share of Total Employment