Source: HispanTelligence
| HB500 COMPOSITION & PERFORMANCE BY SECTOR | ||||
| OVERALL REVENUE INCREASED 15.2 PERCENT. THE GREATEST DOLLAR GROWTH WAS IN CONSTRUCTION. FINANCE, A SMALL SECTOR, GREW FASTEST. | ||||
| SECTOR | NUMBER OF COMPANIES |
PERCENT OF HB500 REVENUES |
2005 REVENUES |
REVENUE CHANGE 2004-2005 |
| Automotive | 37 | 18.7% | $6,527.62 | 2.9% |
| Construction | 87 | 24.9% | $8,666.56 | 30.1% |
| Finance | 21 | 5.2% | $1,797.50 | 34.9% |
| Manufacturing | 68 | 9.3% | $3,251.99 | -5.6% |
| Retail | 28 | 5.5% | $1,920.42 | 10.5% |
| Service | 175 | 19.7% | $6,882.37 | 25.6% |
| Transportation | 16 | 0.8% | $279.33 | -7.5% |
| Wholesale | 68 | 15.9% | $5,544.23 | 11.8% |
| TOTAL | 500 | 100% | $34,870.02 | 15.2% |
| Source: HispanTelligence | ||||
Thanks to a booming real estate market, finance ranked as the fastest-growing segment (34.9 percent), followed by construction (30.1 percent) and service (25.6 percent). Retail and wholesale turned in low double-digit performances. Automotive grew marginally (2.9 percent), while transportation and manufacturing shrank their revenues.
| PRODUCTIVITY BY SECTOR: Revenues Per Employee |
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| TRANSPORTATION SAW A SIGNIFICANT JUMP IN PRODUCTIVITY, DESPITE A LARGE REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. |
