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Professional Employer Organizations

Professional Employer Organizations aren't as prevalent as as many other business types in the United States. Still, across the entire country, there are more than 5,000 Professional Employer Organizations. In other words, each one of those Professional Employer Organizations serves about 60,000 citizens on average.

According to our business employment data, Professional Employer Organizations will typically employ 1 to 4 employees. Hence, Professional Employer Organizations play an important role in the national economy.

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States with Professional Employer Organizations
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

#
State
Businesses
Businesses per 100K Residents
1.
Michigan
807
8.12
2.
Utah
56
2.51
3.
Florida
400
2.50
4.
47
2.36
5.
Arizona
118
2.30
6.
Ohio
242
2.14
7.
Wisconsin
112
2.09
8.
Oklahoma
68
1.97
9.
Texas
374
1.79
10.
Colorado
77
1.79
11.
Georgia
144
1.78
12.
79
1.77
13.
Idaho
22
1.70
14.
Indiana
102
1.68
15.
Illinois
208
1.68
16.
District of Columbia
9
1.59
17.
North Carolina
123
1.53
18.
California
510
1.51
19.
Oregon
51
1.49
20.
125
1.49
21.
Alaska
9
1.44
22.
Delaware
11
1.40
23.
Hawaii
17
1.40
24.
West Virginia
24
1.34
25.
Maine
17
1.34
26.
Montana
12
1.33
27.
Minnesota
65
1.32
28.
67
1.26
29.
Virginia
87
1.23
30.
Tennessee
66
1.16
31.
New Hampshire
14
1.13
32.
Alabama
50
1.13
33.
New York
207
1.09
34.
Missouri
59
1.06
35.
Pennsylvania
127
1.03
36.
5
1.02
37.
Massachusetts
63
0.99
38.
South Carolina
39
0.97
39.
South Dakota
7
0.93
40.
Mississippi
26
0.92
41.
Kentucky
37
0.92
42.
Rhode Island
9
0.86
43.
Iowa
25
0.85
44.
13
0.76
45.
Washington
44
0.75
46.
Arkansas
20
0.75
47.
Kansas
17
0.63
48.
Connecticut
21
0.63
49.
New Mexico
10
0.55
50.
Vermont
3
0.49
51.
North Dakota
3
0.47

Number of Professional Employer Organizations by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range
Number of Employees
1 to 4
1412
5 to 9
467
10 to 19
585
20 to 49
825
50 to 99
655
100 to 249
653
250 to 499
267
500 to 999
163
1000 or more
301

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