North Birmingham Times

There were 302 businesses with addresses in Blount County zip codes that had fewer than five employees in 2017, according to County Business Patterns (CBP) statistics provided by the United States Census Bureau.

CBP data indicates that there were 566 total businesses in Blount County zip codes.

The following table gives a breakdown of businesses in Blount County by total employees in 2017.

Total employees	Total businesses
0 to 4	302
5 to 9	126
10 to 19	71
20 to 49	45
50 to 99	3
100 to 249	4
250 to 499	0-2
more than 500	0-2