The following report details small business employment over the period (2016 to 2021) for each county in Nevada. Small business is delineated four ways in this report. Those employing 0 to 99 employees, 0 to 149 employees, 0 to 249 employees, and 0 to 499 employees are the size class delineations. Only private businesses are counted in this data set.

Small Business Employment Levels

Small Business Category
Employment Range per Category
category range
1 0 to 99
2 0 to 149
3 0 to 249
4 0 to 499



Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
2016 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2017 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2018 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2019 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2021 Q1
Storey County - employment
1 2223 2370 2621 2593 2564 3067 3022 2940 2857 2995 2994 2983 2808 2890 2671 2714 3113 3017 2852 2788 2900
2 2787 2971 3123 3235 3454 3823 3961 3674 3990 3959 4028 3960 3757 3853 3645 3933 4114 3989 4054 3967 4030
3 3564 3567 3722 3998 4001 4789 4289 4396 4591 5007 5271 5085 4338 4884 4639 4569 4561 4436 4640 4745 4475
4 4539 4797 5118 5513 5691 5612 5977 5500 5347 5274 5271 5339 5329 4884 4893 5377 6205 5367 5912 5568 6188
Storey County - worksites
1 197 203 208 207 219 228 231 235 228 227 230 230 228 228 209 208 216 214 206 194 194
2 202 208 212 212 226 234 238 241 237 235 239 238 236 236 217 218 224 222 216 204 203
3 206 211 215 216 229 239 240 245 240 241 246 244 239 241 222 221 226 224 219 208 205
4 209 215 219 220 234 241 245 248 242 242 246 245 242 241 223 223 230 226 222 210 209

Employment Levels

Anuual Percentage Change in Small Business Employment

Top Industries by Small Business Category

codetitle employment worksites
Storey County - 2021 - 1
Transportation and Warehousing 899 33
Manufacturing 473 18
Construction 447 37
codetitle employment worksites
Storey County - 2021 - 2
Transportation and Warehousing 1,137 35
Manufacturing 1,088 23
Construction 593 38
Information 283 5
codetitle employment worksites
Storey County - 2021 - 3
Transportation and Warehousing 1,370 36
Manufacturing 1,300 24
codetitle employment worksites
Storey County - 2021 - 4
Transportation and Warehousing 2,759 39
Construction 917 39

Share of Total Employment