Drinking places (bars) NAICS 722410 · 2024 annual averages · private ownership

Total Firms (U.S.)
42,911
Total Employment
408,376
National Avg Pay
$26,603
States Reporting
51

State-by-state

Click a column header to sort. Location quotient (LQ) compares this state's industry concentration to the national average — 1.00 means national-average concentration; 1.50 means 50% denser than national; 0.50 means half as dense.

State Firms Employment Avg Pay LQ YoY %
New York (NY) 3,418 29,946 $34,881 1.37 +0.5%
Illinois (IL) 3,149 27,203 $25,010 2.25 +0.7%
California (CA) 3,025 33,508 $30,213 0.46 +3.2%
Texas (TX) 2,971 35,354 $26,081 0.99 +1.4%
Wisconsin (WI) 2,890 21,826 $17,294 4.02 +2.5%
Florida (FL) 2,117 26,427 $33,256 0.68 -0.9%
Pennsylvania (PA) 2,102 16,144 $21,306 1.53 -2.8%
Ohio (OH) 2,024 16,120 $21,460 1.67 +0.5%
Michigan (MI) 1,570 19,127 $24,878 1.48 -13.5%
Louisiana (LA) 1,081 7,295 $23,631 1.97 +1.0%
Oregon (OR) 1,079 9,087 $29,051 1.64 +0.6%
North Carolina (NC) 1,042 9,135 $25,226 0.78 +3.8%
Minnesota (MN) 1,039 10,793 $21,230 1.38 +0.5%
Washington (WA) 996 9,776 $32,035 1.19 +3.3%
Indiana (IN) 930 8,780 $21,868 1.37 -4.3%
Iowa (IA) 881 6,464 $15,662 2.23 -2.7%
Colorado (CO) 858 9,874 $32,605 0.97 -2.1%
New Jersey (NJ) 788 8,629 $28,030 0.68 -2.2%
Missouri (MO) 736 7,398 $23,838 0.86 -1.5%
Georgia (GA) 656 6,910 $27,278 0.47 +10.4%
Arizona (AZ) 643 7,711 $30,796 0.81 -2.7%
Nebraska (NE) 558 5,189 $18,871 2.05 -1.6%
Maryland (MD) 523 5,230 $26,812 0.75 +0.8%
Montana (MT) 522 4,948 $20,967 2.31 -7.6%
Massachusetts (MA) 516 5,760 $27,821 0.51 -6.7%
South Carolina (SC) 509 4,998 $27,764 0.76 +5.2%
Nevada (NV) 446 7,373 $38,663 1.17 +1.6%
Tennessee (TN) 418 5,211 $36,473 0.52 +5.0%
Idaho (ID) 416 2,825 $19,877 1.15 +4.3%
Kentucky (KY) 403 3,210 $24,852 0.72 +4.7%
North Dakota (ND) 390 0 $0 3.02 -4.4%
Oklahoma (OK) 378 3,928 $23,063 0.83 -4.3%
South Dakota (SD) 365 3,738 $19,844 2.56 +1.7%
Alabama (AL) 364 2,819 $25,276 0.64 +5.8%
West Virginia (WV) 291 1,974 $18,686 1.33 +0.3%
Kansas (KS) 288 3,352 $16,464 0.81 -3.4%
Puerto Rico (PR) 283 1,490 $16,771 1.54 -3.7%
Connecticut (CT) 248 1,706 $25,915 0.47 -1.2%
Rhode Island (RI) 228 0 $0 1.32 -6.6%
Utah (UT) 224 3,947 $28,075 0.45 +3.7%
Hawaii (HI) 207 1,593 $28,739 0.98 +0.5%
Wyoming (WY) 204 1,884 $22,312 1.89 -3.3%
District of Columbia (DC) 176 3,016 $34,599 0.95 +5.4%
Arkansas (AR) 158 1,293 $21,920 0.43 +6.8%
Mississippi (MS) 148 1,113 $20,612 0.47 +3.5%
Alaska (AK) 138 0 $0 1.55 -2.1%
Maine (ME) 136 1,120 $30,383 0.59 -0.7%
New Mexico (NM) 125 1,900 $24,751 0.52 +5.9%
Vermont (VT) 105 0 $0 0.92 -3.7%
Virginia (VA) 94 1,000 $23,390 0.08 +5.6%
Delaware (DE) 55 252 $24,319 0.34 +0.0%
Reading the table. "Firms" = annual-average establishment count (a firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments). "Avg Pay" is per-employee wages including bonuses (not owner draw — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number). "LQ" is BLS's location quotient on establishment count — a quick read on whether an industry over- or under-indexes in a state. YoY % = year-over-year change in establishment count from 2023 to 2024.

SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json