Norfolk Reporter

There were 924 food and beverage stores in Massachusetts that had between five and nine employees in 2016, according to County Business Patterns (CBP) statistics provided by the United States Census Bureau.

CBP data indicates that there are more establishments categorized as retail trade businesses with between five and nine employees in Massachusetts than in any other category.

The following table shows how many food and beverage stores with between five and nine employees were in Massachusetts during the period from 2012 to 2016.