ADP Small Business Report
July 2017
Small Businesses Created 50,000 Jobs in July, According to ADP Small Business Report
Private sector small business employment increased by 50,000 jobs from June to July according to the July 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.
50,000
Change in employment among small businesses with 1-49 employees
CHANGE BY BUSINESS SIZE
Very Small
1-19 Employees

27,000
Other Small
20-49 Employees

22,000
CHANGE BY SECTOR
Goods-producing Sector

-3,000
Very Small
0

Other Small
-2,000
Service-providing Sector

52,000
Very Small
28,000

Other Small
25,000
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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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