Table 5.—Selected Operating Data of U.S. Business Enterprises Acquired or Established, by Industry of U.S. Business Enterprise, 1996-97

	1996/r/					1997/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	241,008	83,544	2,608	436,867	322,656	179,476	63,579	2,375	297,645	226,201
Petroleum	2,133	4,816	20	G	(/D/)	3,989	5,251	(/D/)	2,449	5,232
Manufacturing	33,796	25,156	120	132,728	(/D/)	21,144	21,297	696	95,511	(/D/)
Wholesale trade	4,625	4,677	44	12,673	(/D/)	3,907	6,836	(/D/)	J	(/D/)
Retail trade	4,295	6,384	79	L	557	521	(/D/)	-1	J	2
Depository institutions	(/D/)	(/D/)	(/D/)	35,338	(/D/)	29,288	(/D/)	147	I	221
Finance, except depository institutions	25,334	3,531	(/D/)	7,254	(/D/)	15,051	2,591	293	J	(/D/)
Insurance	(/D/)	(/D/)	-37	H	(/D/)	72,704	8,411	360	J	291
Real estate	4,571	559	123	A	(/D/)	4,196	508	94	A	(/D/)
Services	17,109	9,571	308	99,853	(/D/)	12,873	6,296	170	100,436	(/D/)
Other industries	26,042	17,309	506	74,063	64,448	15,802	9,024	70	40,088	(/D/)

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 1996 and 1997 were 797,284 and 558,943 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.