The Number of Nonemployer Businesses Continues to Grow
Small Business Labs
JULY 8, 2019
According to the U.S. Census, the number of nonemployer businesses in 2017 increased to 25,701,671, up 3.6% from 2016. Nonemployers are businesses that have an owner, but don't have paid traditional full or part-time employees (W2 employees). The data comes from tax records. As the chart below shows (click to enlarge), the number of nonemployers has been growing around 2.45% per year since 2010.
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