| NUMBER OF BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES BY COUNTY | ||||||||||
| Nebraska - 2000 to 2003 | ||||||||||
| Year/ | Total | Total | Number of Establishments with: | |||||||
| County | Employees | Establish. | 1-4 Emp. | 5-9 Emp. | 10-19 Emp. | 20-49 Emp. | 50-99 Emp. | 100-249 Emp. | 250-499 Emp. | 500+ Emp. |
| 2003 | ||||||||||
| Adams | 13,237 | 969 | 504 | 210 | 132 | 77 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| Antelope | 1,419 | 244 | 169 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur | D | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banner | D | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blaine | D | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone | 1,423 | 197 | 125 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Box Butte | 3,034 | 358 | 205 | 76 | 41 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Boyd | 408 | 79 | 54 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown | 805 | 140 | 89 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo | 20,782 | 1,384 | 693 | 307 | 190 | 120 | 44 | 21 | 4 | 5 |
| Burt | 1,101 | 218 | 144 | 39 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butler | 1,980 | 188 | 125 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Cass | 3,757 | 510 | 322 | 95 | 49 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedar | 1,738 | 297 | 190 | 58 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase | 1,067 | 146 | 80 | 35 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cherry | 1,674 | 218 | 134 | 52 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheyenne | 4,455 | 319 | 179 | 62 | 36 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Clay | 1,303 | 188 | 119 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colfax | 3,813 | 270 | 169 | 60 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cuming | 3,129 | 360 | 214 | 75 | 41 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Custer | 2,650 | 367 | 246 | 68 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dakota | 10,455 | 438 | 227 | 92 | 60 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| Dawes | 2,317 | 294 | 180 | 61 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawson | 9,740 | 681 | 388 | 139 | 74 | 58 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Deuel | 423 | 72 | 45 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dixon | 1,449 | 130 | 89 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dodge | 14,934 | 1,037 | 535 | 219 | 127 | 98 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 2 |
| Douglas | 308,583 | 14,241 | 7152 | 2673 | 1947 | 1444 | 554 | 340 | 63 | 68 |
| Dundy | 438 | 68 | 47 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fillmore | 1,606 | 220 | 128 | 55 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin | 518 | 92 | 60 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 490 | 78 | 53 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Furnas | 1,295 | 183 | 108 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage | 7,871 | 688 | 382 | 148 | 82 | 57 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Garden | 462 | 61 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Garfield | 527 | 89 | 59 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gosper | 191 | 54 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant | D | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greeley | 402 | 77 | 49 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hall | 26,894 | 1,883 | 925 | 385 | 266 | 167 | 58 | 22 | 7 | 3 |
| Hamilton | 2,442 | 276 | 169 | 50 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Harlan | 572 | 101 | 66 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hayes | D | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hitchcock | 336 | 66 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Holt | 3,019 | 428 | 270 | 82 | 43 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hooker | 152 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard | 857 | 147 | 102 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 2,206 | 242 | 137 | 56 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson | 1,091 | 121 | 77 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kearney | 1,730 | 187 | 116 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith | 3,180 | 373 | 212 | 80 | 47 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Keya Paha | D | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimball | 1,320 | 157 | 90 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Knox | 1,484 | 268 | 178 | 50 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lancaster | 129,298 | 7,387 | 3694 | 1464 | 1070 | 706 | 262 | 130 | 33 | 28 |
| Lincoln | 11,207 | 1,020 | 531 | 231 | 141 | 79 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Logan | D | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Loup | D | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McPherson | D | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madison | 20,082 | 1,351 | 683 | 290 | 189 | 133 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| Merrick | 1,508 | 252 | 169 | 48 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Morrill | 803 | 118 | 69 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nance | 477 | 106 | 75 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nemaha | 1,920 | 215 | 140 | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuckolls | 1,312 | 179 | 126 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Otoe | 5,060 | 449 | 263 | 88 | 50 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Pawnee | 479 | 70 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Perkins | 770 | 113 | 71 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phelps | 3,827 | 341 | 199 | 67 | 44 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierce | 1,391 | 215 | 130 | 44 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Platte | 14,472 | 996 | 555 | 192 | 116 | 87 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Polk | 1,059 | 143 | 102 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Willow | 4,115 | 433 | 241 | 107 | 42 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Richardson | 1,991 | 259 | 152 | 57 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rock | 301 | 67 | 48 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saline | 6,099 | 305 | 178 | 59 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Sarpy | 35,259 | 2,597 | 1492 | 453 | 286 | 218 | 93 | 35 | 15 | 5 |
| Saunders | 3,332 | 455 | 297 | 84 | 44 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotts Bluff | 13,179 | 1,199 | 664 | 219 | 162 | 121 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Seward | 5,245 | 446 | 262 | 89 | 58 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Sheridan | 1,194 | 189 | 119 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherman | 490 | 82 | 61 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sioux | D | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanton | 465 | 90 | 59 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thayer | 1,873 | 219 | 143 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Thomas | 176 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thurston | 1,269 | 120 | 63 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Valley | 1,290 | 173 | 108 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | 5,583 | 517 | 331 | 94 | 47 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Wayne | 2,882 | 263 | 149 | 54 | 33 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Webster | 704 | 96 | 52 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wheeler | D | 19 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| York | 6,734 | 514 | 284 | 104 | 66 | 37 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| State Total | 774,913 | 50,394 | 27,499 | 9,883 | 6,377 | 4,145 | 1,414 | 754 | 183 | 139 |
| Percent | 100.0% | 54.6% | 19.6% | 12.7% | 8.2% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |
| Statewide | 35 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2002 | ||||||||||
| Adams | 13,134 | 10 | 500 | 200 | 138 | 73 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| Antelope | 1,313 | 205 | 161 | 36 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur | 45 | 357 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banner | 18 | 79 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blaine | 21 | 149 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone | 1,497 | 1,154 | 122 | 35 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Box Butte | 3,062 | 222 | 212 | 82 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Boyd | 488 | 185 | 57 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown | 775 | 394 | 89 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo | 20,273 | 262 | 672 | 308 | 192 | 119 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 5 |
| Burt | 1,134 | 134 | 134 | 38 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butler | 1,725 | 208 | 138 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Cass | 3,644 | 305 | 341 | 93 | 45 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedar | 1,816 | 193 | 188 | 56 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase | 1,087 | 253 | 71 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cherry | 1,764 | 355 | 141 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheyenne | 4,370 | 375 | 185 | 57 | 34 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Clay | 1,164 | 408 | 122 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colfax | 3,887 | 281 | 171 | 56 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cuming | 2,901 | 681 | 216 | 66 | 42 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Custer | 2,590 | 70 | 238 | 68 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dakota | 10,190 | 123 | 257 | 81 | 59 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Dawes | 2,284 | 1,000 | 175 | 56 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawson | 9,120 | 12,659 | 390 | 138 | 84 | 50 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Deuel | 463 | 71 | 50 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dixon | 1,296 | 240 | 90 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dodge | 14,822 | 100 | 542 | 217 | 131 | 101 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| Douglas | 298,931 | 73 | 7,083 | 2,752 | 1,943 | 1,438 | 577 | 330 | 58 | 71 |
| Dundy | 352 | 185 | 45 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fillmore | 1,712 | 609 | 135 | 52 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin | 532 | 70 | 70 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frontier | 486 | 86 | 53 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Furnas | 1,312 | 54 | 120 | 41 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage | 7,979 | 23 | 417 | 134 | 79 | 56 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| Garden | 440 | 70 | 49 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Garfield | 555 | 1,644 | 62 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gosper | 198 | 244 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant | 81 | 101 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greeley | 368 | 21 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hall | 26,266 | 68 | 945 | 407 | 274 | 147 | 52 | 24 | 8 | 4 |
| Hamilton | 2,443 | 398 | 167 | 55 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Harlan | 566 | 25 | 60 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hayes | 61 | 134 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hitchcock | 315 | 242 | 38 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Holt | 2,955 | 124 | 260 | 84 | 42 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hooker | 152 | 180 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard | 833 | 339 | 101 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 2,096 | 26 | 145 | 49 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson | 990 | 171 | 80 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kearney | 1,542 | 275 | 123 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Keith | 2,914 | 5,790 | 210 | 82 | 45 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Keya Paha | 48 | 952 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimball | 1,259 | 16 | 94 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Knox | 1,467 | 9 | 197 | 50 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lancaster | 125,814 | 6 | 3,625 | 1,436 | 1,060 | 691 | 246 | 138 | 30 | 26 |
| Lincoln | 10,282 | 1,149 | 554 | 227 | 141 | 74 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Logan | 54 | 213 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Loup | 20 | 122 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McPherson | 9 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madison | 20,935 | 205 | 670 | 293 | 177 | 132 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| Merrick | 1,763 | 202 | 163 | 47 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Morrill | 799 | 373 | 73 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nance | 463 | 71 | 78 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nemaha | 1,938 | 99 | 133 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuckolls | 1,209 | 341 | 127 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Otoe | 4,798 | 212 | 272 | 89 | 47 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Pawnee | 496 | 844 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Perkins | 816 | 160 | 73 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phelps | 3,773 | 453 | 191 | 68 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierce | 1,512 | 292 | 132 | 37 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Platte | 15,001 | 57 | 547 | 193 | 124 | 90 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Polk | 1,541 | 300 | 99 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Red Willow | 4,200 | 1,476 | 242 | 103 | 49 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Richardson | 2,039 | 381 | 177 | 52 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rock | 371 | 1,177 | 46 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saline | 6,339 | 391 | 181 | 60 | 41 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Sarpy | 33,852 | 189 | 1,460 | 438 | 295 | 227 | 93 | 28 | 10 | 7 |
| Saunders | 3,306 | 87 | 316 | 78 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |