 The regional office ("Bezirksamt") in Kusel registered in 1905 for Gumbsweiler twelve named farms that were run as primary income earners, fifteen craftsmen and businessmen, two grocery shops, two painters and two innkeepers.Income at the craft businesses was very small, and therefore even the craftsmen had to work the land, albeit as a secondary occupation.Of great importance to feeding the villagers was stockbreeding.