The number of Connecticut businesses with no paid employees ticked up slightly in 2013, the U.S. Census Bureau revealed Wednesday.
There were 263,511 such sole proprietorships or “nonemployer” businesses that year, up from 261,922. Despite the small increase, total receipts at those companies declined, from $15.36 billion to $15.24 billion, the agency said.
The industries with the greatest number of one-man businesses in Connecticut included real estate, rental and leasing and construction.
In 2010, there were 255,793 nonemployer businesses, which took in $14.24 billion.
