Most Labor-Intensive Businesses: Who Hires the Most?

Labor-intensive businesses face unique challenges: higher payroll costs, more HR complexity, and greater exposure to labor market changes. But they also tend to have higher revenue per firm and stronger competitive moats.

Most Employees Per Firm

• 1. General Medical and Surgical Hospitals: 2194 employees per firm avg
• 2. Professional Employer Organizations: 1133 employees per firm avg
• 3. Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: 683 employees per firm avg
• 4. Commercial Banking: 358 employees per firm avg
• 5. Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers: 238 employees per firm avg
• 6. Temporary Help Services: 228 employees per firm avg
• 7. Wired Telecommunications Carriers: 181 employees per firm avg
• 8. Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices: 173 employees per firm avg
• 9. Couriers and Express Delivery Services: 171 employees per firm avg
• 10. Telemarketing Bureaus and Other Contact Centers: 168 employees per firm avg
• 11. General Warehousing and Storage: 166 employees per firm avg
• 12. Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds: 162 employees per firm avg