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Direct Selling Establishments aren't as popular as as many other business types in the United States. Still, across the entire United States, there are more than 10,000 Direct Selling Establishments. Given the current population of the United States, each one of those Direct Selling Establishments serves about 30,000 citizens on average.

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

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States with Direct Selling Establishments
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

#
State
Businesses
Businesses per 100K Residents
1.
North Dakota
100
15.61
2.
South Dakota
97
12.93
3.
Wyoming
59
12.01
4.
Nebraska
192
11.23
5.
Montana
97
10.77
6.
Idaho
137
10.60
7.
453
10.53
8.
Minnesota
512
10.42
9.
Vermont
63
10.35
10.
Iowa
283
9.67
11.
Nevada
179
8.98
12.
Utah
196
8.79
13.
Oregon
281
8.23
14.
Kansas
220
8.19
15.
479
8.18
16.
Wisconsin
422
7.87
17.
Florida
1,240
7.76
18.
Missouri
417
7.46
19.
Maine
93
7.31
20.
Indiana
441
7.25
21.
Alaska
45
7.20
22.
Maryland
368
6.95
23.
816
6.57
24.
Virginia
452
6.39
25.
New Jersey
534
6.35
26.
Hawaii
74
6.11
27.
Michigan
605
6.09
28.
North Carolina
486
6.04
29.
Georgia
487
6.03
30.
Massachusetts
382
6.02
31.
47
6.00
32.
New Hampshire
74
5.99
33.
Pennsylvania
733
5.97
34.
Oklahoma
201
5.83
35.
New Mexico
104
5.74
36.
Arizona
294
5.73
37.
New York
1,081
5.70
38.
South Carolina
225
5.61
39.
215
5.32
40.
Louisiana
232
5.20
41.
California
1,717
5.07
42.
Ohio
574
5.07
43.
Arkansas
134
5.02
44.
Texas
1,044
5.01
45.
Tennessee
270
4.75
46.
West Virginia
81
4.51
47.
197
4.43
48.
Rhode Island
46
4.39
49.
Mississippi
123
4.34
50.
Connecticut
139
4.15
51.
District of Columbia
17
3.00

Number of Direct Selling Establishments by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range
Number of Employees
1 to 4
11938
5 to 9
2928
10 to 19
1728
20 to 49
898
50 to 99
206
100 to 249
48
250 to 499
14
500 to 999
2
1000 or more
0

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