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LEGAL FORM OF ORGANIZATION
All U. S. Firms by Legal Form of Organization: 1992
All U.S. Firms
Legal form of organization Firms Receipts
(thous.) ($mill.)
All firms 19,286 14,071,282
Individual proprietorships 14,599 721,565
Partnerships 1,090 664,927
Subchapter S corporations 1,564 1,937,707
"C" corporations 2,033 10,747,083
"C" CORPORATIONS
"C" corporation data was collected as part of the 1992 Economic Census from a sample
(44 thousand) of all non-farm businesses filing any type of 1120 tax form, other than
1120S, for 1992 with receipts of $500 or more.
1992 was the first time "C" corporations were sampled for inclusion in the Survey of
Women-Owned Businesses.
"C" Corporations by Major Industry Group: 1992\*
(Detail may not add to total due to rounding.)
All firms Firms with paid employees
|--------------------|---------------------------------------|
Sales and Sales and Annual
Firms Receipts Firms Receipts Employ's Payroll
Sector (number) ($1,000) (number) ($1,000) (number) ($1,000)
|-------------------| A B C D E F
ALL FIRMS:
All industries 2033369 10747083380 1656575 10711725449 62951041 1586138978
Ag sv,for,fish & min 22726 15160456 17850 14396895 219646 4219407
Mining industries 16319 140374960 11411 139972710 518071 14993943
Construction industr 199584 296765298 167466 292748140 2340748 66281058
Manufacturing indust 175915 3957859365 159280 3956240279 16477305 495356471
Transp, comm & util 87321 765800315 71488 764050949 4645445 151707104
Wholesale trade 235411 1380465581 206116 1376652192 3319356 90982395
Retail trade 365988 1342496267 333431 1338901287 11975846 154582104
Fin, insur R est 271620 1860793384 147773 1852399514 8603829 248622774
Service industries 632232 885894766 534475 877266147 13243899 341958768
Industries not class 26253 101472988 7285 99097336 1606896 17434954
WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS:
All industries 517833 931606096 426680 923642991 6965037 153924179
Ag sv,for,fish & min 6006 3121995 4816 2826441 37129 667924
Mining industries 3636 5335255 2427 5155231 36449 879186
Construction industr 49433 44169030 41748 43504594 374803 10061205
Manufacturing indust 39517 274538628 35332 274165956 1502969 42155922
Transp, comm & util 25303 74489884 21724 74091953 653193 16008197
Wholesale trade 58517 179357777 51299 178483405 669207 17170115
Retail trade 114624 117200892 105449 116395407 1129049 15290123
Fin, insur R est 65130 155143456 36124 153263565 666279 19038467
Service industries 150521 73238149 126120 71466138 1827291 31895653
Industries not class 5146 5011031 1641 4290302 68668 757388
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\* Source: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS.
(This table is based on the 1987 SIC system.)
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