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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1998:
Retail Trade
Alabama
By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
Alabama - Retail Trade by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 13,755 19,951 226,505 3,652,218
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 1,270 1,274 0 26,796
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 6,420 6,433 14,254 194,871
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 2,848 2,913 18,570 289,056
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 1,478 1,670 18,981 329,434
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 1,091 1,877 37,322 780,290
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 213 1,156 18,126 359,438
Firms with 500 employees or more 435 4,628 119,252 1,672,333
    Firms with 500 to 999 employees 74 410 6,724 105,501
    Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 45 174 1,479 26,423
    Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 50 288 4,180 57,775
    Firms with 2,500 employees or more 266 3,756 106,869 1,482,634
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

Alabama - Retail Trade - by Year
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2005 detail 2005 12,762 12.3% 4.5% 3.0% 237,503 79.4% 64.9% 56.7%
link to 2004 detail 2004 12,847 12.8% 4.6% 3.0% 237,633 79.0% 63.3% 55.2%
link to 2003 detail 2003 12,954 12.4% 4.5% 3.0% 229,384 78.5% 62.9% 54.8%
link to 2002 detail 2002 13,113 12.4% 4.7% 3.2% 224,531 78.1% 62.5% 54.7%
link to 2001 detail 2001 13,211 12.6% 4.8% 3.3% 227,367 77.7% 62.0% 54.3%
link to 2000 detail 2000 13,325 13.0% 4.8% 3.2% 229,599 77.9% 61.5% 53.8%
link to 1999 detail 1999 13,564 12.7% 4.8% 3.1% 224,493 77.1% 60.7% 52.3%
link to 1998 detail 1998 13,755 12.6% 4.7% 3.2% 226,505 77.1% 60.7% 52.6%

 

 

Alabama - Retail Trade by Subsector
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
44-45 Retail Trade 13,755 12.6% 4.7% 3.2% 226,505 77.1% 60.7% 52.6%
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers 2,271 15.8% 3.2% 1.4% 29,850 71.5% 33.3% 16.1%
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores 1,017 11.9% 5.5% 4.2% 8,668 52.3% 30.7% 23.6%
443 Electronics & appliance stores 532 10.2% 4.7% 3.9% 4,413 55.7% 39.0% 35.7%
444 Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers 1,326 15.5% 5.2% 3.1% 18,057 66.9% 44.0% 36.1%
445 Food & beverage stores 1,420 17.3% 3.6% 1.5% 43,672 89.8% 73.4% 64.2%
446 Health & personal care stores 965 10.1% 4.6% 4.1% 13,215 63.9% D 53.4%
447 Gasoline stations 1,870 11.2% 3.3% 1.1% 19,816 65.2% 40.3% 19.2%
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores 1,318 16.7% 12.3% 10.3% 17,982 74.8% 66.7% 62.2%
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores 710 12.3% 7.3% 5.5% 6,856 65.5% D 46.4%
452 General merchandise stores 193 17.6% 12.4% 12.4% 48,018 98.7% 98.2% 98.2%
453 Miscellaneous store retailers 1,809 5.5% 2.6% 1.6% 10,649 42.3% 28.0% 21.8%
454 Nonstore retailers 415 18.8% 7.7% 6.3% 5,309 72.4% 42.5% 30.0%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: December 16 2003   Questions?