Pennsylvania Small Business Economic Profile

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Pennsylvania small business economic profile

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U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
2021 Small Business Profile REGULATION RESEARCH OUTREACH
Pennsylvania
1.1 million small businesses 2.5 million small business employees
99.6 percent of Pennsylvania businesses 46.3 percent of Pennsylvania employees
Percent
100
75
50
25
0
Share of employees working at small businesses by county
Source of data: Statistics of US Businesses (Census)
Business dynamics
Establishments
Between March 2019 and March Thousands of establishments
2020, 28,383 Pennsylvania
establishments opened and 31,609 20 Openings Net change
closed, for a net decrease of 3,226

0
Employment expanded at 74,921
and contracted at 78,676. Small -20 Closings
businesses accounted for 27,817
openings and 30,874 closings. 2000 2010 2020
Employment
Opening and expanding Thousands of jobs
Pennsylvania establishments added 600
441,071 jobs, while closing and Gains
300 Net change
contracting establishments lost 0
445,087, for a net decrease of 4,016
-300 Losses
jobs. Small businesses gained
354,871 jobs and lost 350,924, for a -600
net increase of 3,947 jobs. 2000 2010 2020
Counts include temporary closures and reopenings
Source: Business Employment
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Dynamics (BLS)
1
Small business loans
The Community Reinvestment Act New lending to businesses with revenues under $1 million
requires large banks to report new $Billion
small business loans. In 2019, reporting
5
banks issued $3.3 billion in loans to
Pennsylvania businesses with revenues 4
of $1 million or less. Total reported new
3
lending to businesses through loans of
$100,000 or less was $3.2 billion, and 2
total reported new lending to
businesses through loans of $1 million 1
or less was $9.3 billion. 0
Source: CRA Aggregate
gg g Data (FFIEC) 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Small business count by size and industry
No 1–19 20–499 All small
Industry employees employees employees businesses
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 125,164 24,044 2,507 151,715
Construction 93,947 24,395 2,201 120,543
Other Services (except Public Administration) 82,743 31,482 2,072 116,297
Retail Trade 81,853 21,861 2,754 106,468
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 96,046 7,013 550 103,609
Health Care and Social Assistance 65,295 18,922 4,305 88,522
Transportation and Warehousing 80,172 5,853 1,128 87,153
Administrative, Support, and Waste Management 67,179 11,426 1,657 80,262
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 51,690 3,798 762 56,250
Accommodation and Food Services 14,834 18,448 4,531 37,813
Finance and Insurance 26,189 7,879 770 34,838
Educational Services 30,913 2,441 918 34,272
Manufacturing 14,094 8,041 3,394 25,529
Wholesale Trade 13,315 8,148 2,149 23,612
Information 10,690 1,979 471 13,140
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 8,434 503 23 8,960
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 1,918 511 168 2,597
Management of Companies and Enterprises * 133 615 748
Utilities 565 132 45 742
Industries not classified * 233 0 233
Total 865,041 197,013 29,470 1,091,524
* Not reported by the Census Bureau
Sources: Nonemployery Statistics, 2018 (Census); Statistics of US Businesses, 2018 (Census)
Small business exports
A total of 15,515 identified firms exported goods worth $38.9 billion from Pennsylvania in
2019. Of those exporters, 13,690—or 88.2 percent—were small. Small firms exported
goods worth $12.5 billion, making up 32.0 percent of exports by identified firms

Source: A profile of US importing and exporting companies, 2018–2019 (Census)
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Business ownership share by demographic group
Women
Workers Women made up 48.2 percent
of workers and owned
Ownership 39.4 percent of businesses

Veterans
Workers Veterans made up 4.9 percent
of workers and owned
Ownership 6.3 percent of businesses

Hispanics
Workers Hispanics made up 6.9 percent
of workers and owned
Ownership 4.2 percent of businesses

Racial minorities
Workers Racial minorities made up 16.6
percent of workers and owned
Ownership 12.1 percent of businesses

Ownership shares include equal and majority ownership
Sources of data: American Community Survey, 2018 (Census and IPUMS); Annual Business Survey, 2018 (Census);
Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics, 2017 (Census)
Business count by owner demographic group
Without With
Ownership employees employees Total
Female 326,000 38,121 364,121
Male 489,000 138,766 627,766
Owned equally by both groups 19,500 24,908 44,408
Veteran 45,500 11,561 57,061
Not veteran 785,000 185,383 970,383
Owned equally by both groups 3,400 4,849 8,249
Hispanic 39,500 2,648 42,148
Not Hispanic 794,000 198,414 992,414
Owned equally by both groups 700 * *
American Indian and Alaska Native 1,200 * *
Asian 36,000 * *
Black or African American 68,500 3,035 71,535
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 400 161 561
White 727,000 183,168 910,168
Hispanic or racial minority 139,000 21,093 160,093
White and not Hispanic 694,000 179,217 873,217
Owned equally by both groups 1,600 1,484 3,084
* Not reported by the Census Bureau; counts include only businesses classifiable by owner demographic group
Sources: Annual Business Survey, 2018 (Census); Nonemployer
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y Demographics, 2017 (Census)
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Total Pennsylvania employment by business size
Source of data: Statistics of US Businesses (Census)
Million
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5
Between 1994 and 2018,
4 500 employees or more
Pennsylvania small
business employment
3 grew by 7.6 percent,
100 to 499 reaching 2.5 million
2
employees in 2018

20 to 99
1
fewer than 20
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0
1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Small business employment and payroll by industry
Employers Employment Payroll ($1,000s)
Industry Small % Small % Small %
Other Services (except Public Administration) 33,554 99.4 216,041 88.6 6,117,049 84.8
Construction 26,596 99.5 202,405 83.3 12,877,360 79.9
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 26,551 97.8 198,401 59.7 14,937,483 54.2
Retail Trade 24,615 97.8 239,632 36.5 7,673,138 42.7
Health Care and Social Assistance 23,227 98.0 422,133 39.7 16,477,126 32.1
Accommodation and Food Services 22,979 98.7 311,326 63.5 5,145,250 59.4
Administrative, Support, and Waste Management 13,083 96.6 141,772 42.5 5,557,344 43.4
Manufacturing 11,435 93.8 264,480 47.7 13,521,941 41.6
Wholesale Trade 10,297 93.5 136,226 54.3 8,545,759 47.0
Finance and Insurance 8,649 95.5 73,530 25.8 5,539,323 20.7
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 7,563 97.6 46,748 69.1 2,465,778 65.7
Transportation and Warehousing 6,981 94.2 81,230 34.9 3,289,130 30.4
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 4,560 98.3 60,969 55.6 2,044,016 57.0
Educational Services 3,359 95.9 74,687 27.8 2,753,563 24.1
Information 2,450 91.3 33,916 29.7 2,027,519 19.6
Management of Companies and Enterprises 748 54.4 19,111 10.9 1,501,963 8.5
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 679 90.9 10,665 44.4 768,959 34.3
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 526 99.4 2,650 99.3 104,460 98.4
Industries not classified 233 100.0 308 100.0 9,904 100.0
Utilities 177 78.7 2,257 7.3 177,867 5.1
Total 226,483 98.1 2,538,487 46.3 111,534,932 39.5
Source: Statistics of US Businesses, 2018 (Census)
About this profile
Small businesses are defined here as firms with fewer than 500 employees. Figures and statistics may
incorporate approximations because of missing or otherwise problematic data. Data analyzed here
predate the COVID-19 pandemic, the impacts of which have differed by industry, geography, and
demographic group. More information about the impacts of the pandemic, electronic versions of these
and other ggeographic
g pp pprofiles, and additional resources are available at http://advocacy.sba.gov

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Net small business job change, self–employed minorities, and exporter share statistics are based on 2019 Business Employment Dynamics (BDM), 2018 American Community Survey (ACS), and 2018 International Trade Administration (ITA) data, respectively. SBA Officeof Advocacy 157 Pennsylvania Small Business Profile, 2020

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