Sacramento By The Numbers

Here are some interesting stats about Sacramento region businesses (based on U.S. Census Bureau data from 2009, the latest year for which official figures are available):

·         The Sacramento region had just over 45,000 private-sector businesses in 2009.  This ranks Sacramento No. 28 in the country for the number of business establishments,

·         These businesses employed about 644,000 workers in 2009, putting us at No. 444 nationwide.

·         That’s an average of approximately 14 workers per business in our region.

·         97.85 percent of all the businesses in the Sacramento region are considered small businesses (1-99 employees).  Nationwide, 97.7 percent of businesses have fewer than 100 employees.

·         74.21 percent of Sacramento area businesses are considered microbusinesses (1-9 employees).

·         Sacramento private sector employees earn an average salary of $41,800, ranking No. 57 nationwide.

·         The region’s private sector employees earned a total of $26.93 billion in 2009. Private sector payrolls in America’s 938 metropolitan and micropolitan areas were valued at $4.6 trillion in 2009.

(data courtesy of On Numbers and the Sacramento Business Journal, October-November, 2011)