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
Humboldt County - employment
1 4061 4113 3991 3969 3911 3979 3953 3935 3957 3993 4110 4063 3940 4126 4091 4023 3925 3716 4152 4057 4002
2 4277 4342 4414 4419 4236 4469 4574 4370 4186 4445 4560 4509 4416 4472 4695 4493 4259 3936 4294 4273 4127
3 4514 4740 4818 4419 4236 4469 4574 4370 4435 4689 4807 4509 4665 4883 4942 4493 4671 4124 4294 4467 4357
4 5377 5617 5698 5541 5354 5588 5707 5995 5772 6063 6215 6144 6055 5776 5849 5645 5564 5296 5469 5644 5995
Humboldt County - worksites
1 483 480 480 477 459 450 454 448 447 450 460 464 458 460 441 441 446 442 446 440 442
2 485 482 484 481 462 454 459 452 449 454 464 468 462 463 446 445 449 444 447 442 443
3 486 484 486 481 462 454 459 452 450 455 465 468 463 465 447 445 451 445 447 443 444
4 488 486 488 484 465 457 462 456 453 458 468 472 466 467 449 448 453 448 450 446 448

Employment Levels

Anuual Percentage Change in Small Business Employment

Top Industries by Small Business Category

codetitle employment worksites
Humboldt County - 2021 - 1
Accommodation and Food Services 823 55
Retail Trade 684 69
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 314 17
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting 274 34
Transportation and Warehousing 248 21
codetitle employment worksites
Humboldt County - 2021 - 2
Manufacturing 282 8
codetitle employment worksites
Humboldt County - 2021 - 3
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 544 18
codetitle employment worksites
Humboldt County - 2021 - 4
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 1,930 21
Retail Trade 936 70

Share of Total Employment