Retail trade is the largest industry in the SEAGO area with 2,259 employer and non-employer establishments and $2.5 billion in annual sales in 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau‘s economic census.
This is followed by other services (excluding government) at 1,971 establishments and $127.5 million in sales, and health care and social assistance with 1,640 establishments and $603.1 million in sales.
Although the “other services” industry grouping has 20 percent more establishments, health care and social assistance sales are nearly five times higher.
Other large industries in the SEAGO region are professional, scientific, and technical services with 1,491 establishments; real estate and rental and leasing with 1,406 establishments; and administrative and support and waste management and remediation services with 1,066 establishments, according to the 2007 economic census.
The manufacturing presence in the SEAGO region is exclusively in Cochise County with 180 firms and $185.2 million in sales.
Check Us Out Here