Company Index Stats
How many PEO and Payroll companies are in the United States?
There are 15,201 PEO and Payroll companies in the United States as of October 2026, 4.5% of all Human Resources companies in the country. The top 3 states, California (3,287), Texas (1,940), Florida (1,672), hold 45% of them.
Only companies with a resolvable US state are counted. A company can carry several sub-industry labels, so counts overlap.
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California
3,287 PEO and Payroll companies
Share of Human Resources
4.5%
of Human Resources companies in United States
By State
How many PEO and Payroll companies are in each state
All 30 states with at least one counted company, ranked by count. Share is of the US total on this page.
| # | State | Companies | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 3,287 | 21.6% | |
| 2 | Texas | 1,940 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Florida | 1,672 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | New York | 1,150 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Massachusetts | 724 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Georgia | 547 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | New Jersey | 502 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Minnesota | 454 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Illinois | 404 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Michigan | 342 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | Arizona | 337 | 2.2% | |
| 12 | Ohio | 310 | 2.0% | |
| 13 | Pennsylvania | 305 | 2.0% | |
| 14 | Utah | 300 | 2.0% | |
| 15 | North Carolina | 283 | 1.9% | |
| 16 | Colorado | 279 | 1.8% | |
| 17 | Indiana | 249 | 1.6% | |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 218 | 1.4% | |
| 19 | Virginia | 216 | 1.4% | |
| 20 | Tennessee | 205 | 1.3% | |
| 21 | Delaware | 189 | 1.2% | |
| 22 | Maryland | 183 | 1.2% | |
| 23 | Washington | 179 | 1.2% | |
| 24 | Nevada | 158 | 1.0% | |
| 25 | South Carolina | 148 | 1.0% | |
| 26 | Oregon | 143 | 0.9% | |
| 27 | Wyoming | 143 | 0.9% | |
| 28 | Missouri | 116 | 0.8% | |
| 29 | Wisconsin | 113 | 0.7% | |
| 30 | Louisiana | 105 | 0.7% |
By Company Size
How big US PEO and Payroll companies are
Headcount is known for 1,985 of them (13%). Size bands too small to report in a state are left out.
Other Human Resources sub-industries in United States
PEO and Payroll companies in other countries
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Methodology
Aggregate counts from the DiscoLike index of 80M+ companies. Companies without a resolvable location are counted under 'unknown', and cells below the minimum count threshold are folded into an 'other' bucket. Industry and business-type categories overlap: a company carrying several labels is counted in each.
Updated monthly. Current snapshot: October 2026. See the full Company Index Stats.
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