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Prepared for John Konior | KoreCent | October 2026
As of Oct 8, 2026. Counts from published federal statistics on US companies, dated in the notes at the foot
This page maps the large US enterprises in the industries your home page lists, from manufacturing and online retail to financial services, healthcare, education, hospitality, and transport and logistics. Wholesale distribution is added because several of the case studies on your site sit there. Each group is sorted by the size of the whole organization, from 100 staff up to 5,000 and more, beside the roles that usually sign off on an ERP project. It says nothing about which of them KoreCent already works with.
Manufacturers with 500 or more staff
4,200
United States, 2022. A group with several plants counts once.
Wholesale distributors with 500 or more staff
3,300
United States, 2022.
Transportation and logistics firms with 500 or more staff
2,400
United States, 2022. Any organization with a trucking, warehousing, courier or other transport location counts here.
Online and mail-order retailers with 500 or more staff
440
United States, 2022. Any organization with an online or mail-order selling location, sized by the whole organization.
US companies and nonprofits with paid staff in each group, by the number of people the whole organization employs, 2022.
| Group | 100 to 499 staff | 500 to 999 staff | 1,000 to 4,999 staff | 5,000+ staff | 500+ in all |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturers | 12,000 | 1,800 | 1,700 | 640 | 4,200 |
| Wholesale distributors | 7,700 | 1,200 | 1,400 | 670 | 3,300 |
| Online and mail-order retailers | 620 | 130 | 150 | 160 | 440 |
| Banks, insurers and other financial firms | 3,900 | 650 | 730 | 450 | 1,800 |
| Hospitals and health systems | 1,200 | 360 | 640 | 340 | 1,300 |
| Outpatient care, labs and home health | 7,500 | 1,000 | 970 | 420 | 2,400 |
| Private colleges, schools and training | 3,900 | 560 | 530 | 180 | 1,300 |
| Hotels, restaurants and food service | 9,700 | 1,100 | 910 | 230 | 2,300 |
| Transportation and logistics | 4,500 | 760 | 930 | 670 | 2,400 |
Federal yearly business counts by firm size, 2022, banded as in note 3 at the foot.
The roles that usually sign for an ERP selection or replacement. Titles vary, and at the smaller organizations one person often holds several of them.
| Group | Roles |
|---|---|
| Manufacturers | Chief financial officer, chief operating officer or VP of operations, VP of supply chain, CIO or VP of IT; the plant controller at a group with several plants |
| Wholesale distributors | CFO, COO or VP of operations, VP of purchasing or supply chain, director of IT; the owner or president at a family-held distributor |
| Online and mail-order retailers | CFO, COO, VP of ecommerce or digital operations, VP of fulfillment or supply chain, CTO |
| Banks, insurers and other financial firms | CFO, controller or chief accounting officer, CIO, head of finance systems or finance transformation |
| Hospitals, health systems and outpatient care | CFO, CIO, VP of supply chain or materials management, VP of finance or controller |
| Private colleges, schools and training | VP of finance and administration or CFO, CIO, controller, director of business services |
| Hotels, restaurants and food service | CFO, COO or VP of operations, VP of finance, director of IT; the procurement director at a multi-site group |
| Transportation and logistics | CFO, COO, VP of operations, VP of warehouse or distribution operations, CIO or CTO |
The usual sign-off roles for an ERP project in each group, not a list of named people.
Three questions this page cannot answer from a count, said in words rather than shown as numbers.
Which system each organization runs today. No public list says which of these firms run an older on-premise ERP, a newer cloud system or spreadsheets, or when a current contract comes up for renewal, so the rows above count every organization in the group at its size.
Public universities, government hospitals and school districts. These are government bodies, so they are not in a count of companies. Private colleges, nonprofit hospitals and private health systems are in the rows above.
Canada and the rest of the Americas. This page counts US organizations only. Each country needs its own national count, built the same way.
Where the counts point.
Denominators, definitions and sources
The named version of this page, the actual organizations inside a row, is built one row at a time. Paul will take you through any row on your call on Tuesday, October 13. Prepared by Paul Smaldone, paul@enquirerconsulting.com.
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