There were 1,606 lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) in the U.S. that had between one and four employees in 2016, according to County Business Patterns (CBP) statistics provided by the United States Census Bureau.
CBP data indicates that there are more establishments categorized as professional, scientific and technical services businesses with between one and four employees in the U.S. than in any other category.
The following table shows how many lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) with between one and four employees were in the U.S. during the period from 2012 to 2016.
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) with between one and four employees in the U.S. (2012-2016)
Year
Total businesses
2012
10,088
2013
10,036
2014
10,012
2015
9,956
2016
10,212
