Employer & Nonemployer Businesses

In 2021, the number of employer business establishments in Cochise County was down by 8 or 0.4% to 2,112. The number of paid employees was down by 402 or 1.6% to 25,143. Despite the decline in the number of employees, annual payroll grew by 4.7% to $1.1 billion.

See spreadsheets, below, for annual Cochise County employer business establishment data (number of employer businesses by industry, total number of employees, and first-quarter & annual total payroll).

Businesses for sale in Cochise County

In 2020, the first year of the COVID pandemic, the number of nonemployer business establishments in Cochise County dropped by 219 or 3.0% to 6,972, according to recently released data from U.S. Census Bureau. The decline followed nine consecutive years of growth in the number of nonemployer businesses. Countywide nonemployer sales, value of shipments, or revenue totaled $230 million in 2020, down 0.5% from 2019 and the first decline since 2016.

See spreadsheets, below, for annual Cochise County nonemployer business establishment data (number of businesses and total sales/revenue).