ADP Small Business Report
November 2015
Small Businesses Created 81,000 Jobs in November, According to ADP Small Business
Report
Private sector small business employment increased by 81,000 jobs from October to November
according to the November ADP Small Business Report. Due to the important contribution that small
businesses make to economic growth, employment data that are specific to businesses with 49 or fewer
employees is reported each month and broadly distributed to the public,
free of charge.
81,000
Change in employment among small businesses with 1-49 employees
CHANGE BY BUSINESS SIZE
Very Small
1-19 Employees
46,000
Other Small
20-49 Employees
35,000
CHANGE BY SECTOR
Goods-producing Sector
7,000
Very Small
6,000
Other Small
1,000
Service-providing Sector
74,000
Very Small
40,000
Other Small
34,000
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Note: All size data included in the ADP National Employment Report is based on size of business, defined as an entity with a unique Employer Identification Number, which may include multiple establishments. Sum of components may not equal total due to rounding.
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The ADP National Employment Report® is published monthly by the ADP Research Institute® in close collaboration with Moody’s Analytics and its experienced team of labor market researchers. The ADP National Employment Report provides a monthly snapshot of U.S. nonfarm private sector employment based on actual transactional payroll data.
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