Is company size data available from QCEW?
No, QCEW does not collect data based on company size. The Census Bureau publishes enterprise size data in its Statistics of U.S. Businesses. QCEW does have size data on establishments. Does the QCEW program have data by establishment size class? Yes. For the first quarter of each year, data are tabulated by establishment size class. The size category of each establishment is determined by the March employment level. These size class data are available at the national level by NAICS industry, and at the State level by NAICS sector. It is important to note that each establishment of a multi-establishment firm is tabulated separately into the appropriate size category. The total employment level of the reporting multi-establishment firm is not used in the size tabulation. What is the difference between employers and establishments? An employer can have one or more establishments. A large manufacturer, for example, might have several manufacturing plants, and each one would be considered a
