Indicators Idaho

In Butte in 2015, there were 59 business establishments. This is a decrease of 17 percent since 2010, when there were 71 business establishments. This compares to an increase of 3 percent in Idaho during the same period.

Of Butte's 59 business establishments in 2015:

69 percent had between 1 and 4 employees,
19 percent had between 5 and 9 employees,
5 percent had between 10 and 19 employees,
3 percent had between 20 and 49 employees, and
the remainder had 50 or more employees.

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Source: 2015: U.S. Bureau of the Census, (http://factfinder.census.gov); - Table CB1500A13 DATE LAST UPDATED: August 28, 2017