Table 5.—Selected Operating Data of U.S. Business Enterprises Acquired or Established, by Industry of U.S. Business Enterprise, 1995-96

	1995/r/					1996/p/
	Millions of dollars			Number of employees	Number of hectares of land owned/1/	Millions of dollars			Number of employees	Number of hectares of land owned/1/
	Total assets	Sales	Net income			Total assets	Sales	Net income
All industries	97,120	49,474	1,891	312,941	91,444	239,217	85,201	2,535	443,385	351,332
Petroleum	3,251	2,981	-108	H	(/D/)	2,346	(/D/)	25	H	(/D/)
Manufacturing	37,109	24,960	850	119,837	23,234	35,095	25,628	23	135,894	(/D/)
Wholesale trade	1,871	5,624	7	7,229	(/D/)	4,757	3,846	80	11,563	200
Retail trade	4,570	5,535	76	89,742	(/D/)	4,658	(/D/)	87	L	623
Depository institutions	14,525	(/D/)	(/D/)	I	(/D/)	(/D/)	(/D/)	(/D/)	K	(/D/)
Finance, except depository institutions	15,024	1,551	566	2,828	(/D/)	20,768	3,087	(/D/)	I	(/D/)
Insurance	2,159	(/D/)	26	A	0	(/D/)	3,458	-37	G	(/D/)
Real estate	3,660	377	66	209	6,047	3,124	484	80	A	12,015
Services	6,265	3,438	-24	47,360	(/D/)	16,853	9,497	335	94,564	(/D/)
Other industries	8,685	3,231	(/D/)	35,589	(/D/)	26,283	(/D/)	599	L	64,687

D Suppressed to avoid disclosure of data of individual companies.

p Preliminary.

r Revised.

1. One hectare equals 2.471 acres. Thus, for all industries, the number of acres of land owned in 1995 and 1996 were 225,957 and 868,141, respectively.

NOTES.—For newly acquired businesses, data cover the most recently completed financial reporting year. For newly established businesses, data are projections for the first full year of operations.

Size ranges are given in employment cells that are suppressed. The size ranges are: A—1 to 499; F—500 to 999; G—1,000 to 2,499; H—2,500 to 4,999; I—5,000 to 9,999; J—10,000 to 24,999; K—25,000 to 49,999; L—50,000 to 99,999; M—100,000 or more.