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Credit Bureaus aren't as popular as some other kinds of businesses that dominate the nation's shopping malls. Still, across the entire United States, there are more than 1,000 Credit Bureaus. Based on some simple math, it appears that each one of those Credit Bureaus serves about 300,000 citizens on average.

Our analysis suggests that Credit Bureaus will typically employ 1 to 4 employees. So, it's safe to say that Credit Bureaus are a noteworthy contributor to the small business economy.

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States with Credit Bureaus
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

#
State
Businesses
Businesses per 100K Residents
1.
Delaware
7
0.89
2.
Rhode Island
9
0.86
3.
Nevada
16
0.80
4.
Vermont
4
0.66
5.
Colorado
28
0.65
6.
North Dakota
4
0.62
7.
Nebraska
10
0.58
8.
13
0.58
9.
Montana
5
0.56
10.
South Dakota
4
0.53
11.
Oregon
17
0.50
12.
New Hampshire
6
0.49
13.
Florida
76
0.48
14.
Tennessee
27
0.48
15.
Georgia
38
0.47
16.
27
0.46
17.
Arkansas
12
0.45
18.
California
145
0.43
19.
New Jersey
35
0.42
20.
Kansas
11
0.41
21.
Minnesota
20
0.41
22.
Missouri
22
0.39
23.
Maine
5
0.39
24.
7
0.39
25.
Texas
80
0.38
26.
Oklahoma
13
0.38
27.
New York
71
0.37
28.
Illinois
45
0.36
29.
Connecticut
12
0.36
30.
District of Columbia
2
0.35
31.
Arizona
18
0.35
32.
38
0.34
33.
Alaska
2
0.32
34.
Iowa
9
0.31
35.
South Carolina
12
0.30
36.
North Carolina
24
0.30
37.
Virginia
21
0.30
38.
Indiana
18
0.30
39.
Louisiana
12
0.27
40.
31
0.25
41.
Massachusetts
16
0.25
42.
Hawaii
3
0.25
43.
Mississippi
7
0.25
44.
Michigan
21
0.21
45.
Maryland
11
0.21
46.
Wyoming
1
0.20
47.
Kentucky
8
0.20
48.
10
0.19
49.
West Virginia
3
0.17
50.
Alabama
7
0.16
51.
Idaho
1
0.08

Number of Credit Bureaus by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range
Number of Employees
1 to 4
512
5 to 9
211
10 to 19
196
20 to 49
99
50 to 99
39
100 to 249
30
250 to 499
5
500 to 999
6
1000 or more
1

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