In 2024, the finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing industry contributed the highest amount of value to the GDP of the U.S. at 21.2 percent. The construction industry contributed around four percent of GDP in the same year.

In 2024, the finance, real estate, insurance, rental, and leasing industry added the most value to the GDP of the United States. In that year, this industry added 6.2 trillion U.S. dollars to the national GDP. Gross Domestic Product Gross domestic product is a measure of how much a country produces in a certain amount of time. Countries with a high GDP tend to have large economies, for example, the United States. However, GDP does not take into consideration the cost of living and inflation rates, so it is not a good measure of the standard of living. GDP per capita at purchasing power parity is thought to be more reflective of living conditions within a particular country. U.S. GDP California added the largest amount of value to the real GDP of the U.S. in 2022. California was followed by Texas and New York. In California, the professional and business services industry was the most valuable to GDP in 2022. In New York, the finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing industry added the most value to the state GDP. While the business sector added the highest value to the U.S. real GDP in 2021, it was the information industry that had the biggest percentage change in value added to the GDP between 2010 and 2021.

Overview This dataset contains information about the largest companies in the United States by revenue. It includes key attributes such as company name, industry, annual revenue, profit, number of employees, and the state where the company is headquartered. The dataset provides valuable insights into the financial and operational aspects of these major corporations.

Columns Rank: Ranking of the company based on its annual revenue. Name: Name of the company. Industry: Industry in which the company operates. Revenue: Annual revenue of the company in millions of dollars. Profit: Annual profit of the company in millions of dollars. Employees: Number of employees working for the company. State: State where the company’s headquarters are located. Key Insights Revenue Distribution: Significant variation in revenue among the top companies, with some generating much higher revenues. Profit Margins: Wide variation in profit margins, indicating different levels of profitability across industries. Employee Numbers: Disparity in the number of employees, reflecting differences in business models and operational scales. Geographic Spread: Companies are headquartered in various states, with certain states having a higher concentration of large companies. Potential Uses Industry Analysis: Understand trends and performance in different industries. Economic Research: Analyze the economic impact of these large companies. Business Strategy: Inform business strategies and market analysis. Educational Purposes: Use as a case study for business and economic courses. Future Work In-Depth Industry Analysis: Explore specific industries to identify trends and outliers. Time-Series Analysis: Analyze trends over time if historical data becomes available. Comparative Analysis: Compare with similar datasets from other countries. Advanced Visualization: Create interactive dashboards for better data presentation. This dataset is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the financial and operational characteristics of the largest companies in the United States.

US Industry Data by State, by Industry

Number of Establishments, Sales, Payroll, and Employees

By Gary Hoover [source]

About this dataset

This data set provides a detailed look into the US economy. It includes information on establishments and nonemployer businesses, as well as sales revenue, payrolls, and the number of employees. Gleaned from the Economic Census done every five years, this data is a valuable resource to anyone curious about where the nation was economically at the time. With columns including geographic area name, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes for industries, descriptions of those codes meaning of operation or tax status, and annual payroll, this information-rich dataset contains all you need to track economic trends over time. Whether you’re a researcher studying industry patterns or an entrepreneur looking for market insight — this dataset has what you’re looking for!

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How to use the dataset

This dataset provides detailed US industry data by state, including the number of establishments, value of sales, payroll, and number of employees. All the data is based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for each specific industry. This will allow you to easily analyze and compare industries across different states or regions.

Research Ideas

• Analyzing the economic impact of a new business or industry trends in different states: Comparing the change in the number of establishments, payroll, and employees over time can give insight into how a state is affected by a new industry trend or introduction of a new service or product.
• Estimating customer sales potential for businesses: This dataset can be used to estimate the potential customer base for businesses in different geographic areas. By analyzing total business done by non-employers in an area along with its estimated population can help estimate how much overall sales potential exists for a given region.
• Tracking competitor performance: By looking at shipments, receipts, and value of business done across industries in different regions or even cities, companies can track their competitors’ performance and compare it to their own to better assess their strategies going forward

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors. Data Source

License

License: Dataset copyright by authors - You are free to: - Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially. - Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. - You must: - Give appropriate credit - Provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. - ShareAlike - You must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. - Keep intact - all notices that refer to this license, including copyright notices.

Columns

File: 2012 Industry Data by Industry and State.csv | Column name | Description | |:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Geographic area name | The name of the geographic area the data is for. (String) | | NAICS code | The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the industry. (String) | | Meaning of NAICS code | The description of the NAICS code. (String) | | Meaning of Type of operation or tax status code | The description of the type of operation or tax status code. (String) ...

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Gross domestic product of Los Angeles

With a population of over *** million inhabitants in 2011, Los Angeles is the second largest city in America, following only New York. The Los Angeles metro area also ranked second among U.S. metro areas in terms of gross metropolitan product, second again only to New York City metro area, which came in with a GMP of USD ***** trillion to Los Angeles’ *** billion USD in 2011. Chicago metro area ranked third with GMP of *** billion U.S. dollars. Washington metro area ranked fourth with *** billion U.S. dollars in 2011. Additional detailed statistics about GDP and GMP in the United States is available here.

Despite Los Angeles’ high GDP, L.A. did not do as well as some cities in terms of median household income. Los Angeles ranked 11th with a median household income of ****** U.S. dollars annually in 2013. This was lower than the median household income of the United States in 2013, which came in at ****** U.S. dollars annually.

Located in Southern California, Los Angeles is home to Hollywood, the famous epicenter of the U.S. film and television industries. The United States is one of the leading film markets worldwide, producing *** films in 2011, many of them produced by Hollywood-based studios. In 2012, movie ticket sales in North America generated over **** billion U.S. dollars in box office revenue. Famous Hollywood actresses earn millions annually, with the best paid, Angelina Jolie, earning ** million U.S. dollars between ********* and *********. Second on the list was Jennifer Lawrence with earnings of ** million U.S. dollars.

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The figures are based on GDP (Nominal) and sector composition ratios provided by the CIA World Fact Book. Agriculture includes farming, fishing, and forestry. Industry includes mining, manufacturing, energy production, and construction. Services cover government activities, communications, transportation, finance, and all other private economic activities that do not produce material goods.

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• Agriculture Sector : Agriculture Sector contributes 6.4 percent of total world's economic production. Total production of sector is $5,084,800 million. China is the largest contributer followed by India. China and India accounts for 19.49 and 7.39 percent of total global agricultural output. World's largest economy United States is at third place. Next in line come Brazil and Indonesia

• **Industry Sector : **With GDP of $23,835 billion, Industry Sector holds a share of 30% of total GDP nominal. China is the largest contributor followed by US. Japan is at 3rd and Germany is at 4th place. These four countries contributes 45.84 of total global industrial output.

• Services Sector : Services sector is the largest sector of the world as 63 percent of total global wealth comes from services sector. United States is the largest producer of services sector with around 15.53 trillion USD. Services sector is the leading sector in 201 countries/economies. 30 countries receive more than 80 percent of their GDP from services sector. Chad has lowest 27% contribution by services sector in its economy.

In 2021, the agriculture sector contributed around 0.94 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United States. In that same year, 17.61 percent came from industry, and the service sector contributed the most to the GDP, at 76.4 percent.

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the United States was worth 29184.89 billion US dollars in 2024, according to official data from the World Bank. The GDP value of the United States represents 27.49 percent of the world economy. This dataset provides - United States GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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As of January 2025, the most profitable industry in the United States was the tobacco industry, with a net profit margin of ***** percent. The profit margin of the entertainment software industry was not too far behind, with a net profit margin of *****.

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