U.S. Census Bureau home page
Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1998:
Book, periodical, & newspaper whsle
United States
By detailed employment size By year
 
U.S. - Book, periodical, & newspaper whsle 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 3,237 4,202 88,779 2,835,261
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 274 274 0 11,762
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 1,509 1,509 3,103 94,863
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 501 501 3,270 100,341
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 298 307 3,903 137,224
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 380 469 13,574 399,888
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 169 392 15,731 426,469
Firms with 500 employees or more 106 750 49,198 1,664,714
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Book, periodical, & newspaper whsle - by Year
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.
More
data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
  2002 2,854 18.9% 7.6% 3.3% 80,385 88.7% 73.9% 58.4%
link to 2001 detail 2001 2,885 19.6% 8.4% 3.6% 95,795 90.2% 77.6% 62.6%
link to 2000 detail 2000 3,007 20.1% 8.4% 3.6% 96,303 90.0% 76.4% 61.3%
link to 1999 detail 1999 3,124 20.1% 8.6% 3.6% 92,201 89.2% 74.7% 58.8%
link to 1998 detail 1998 3,237 20.2% 8.5% 3.3% 88,779 88.4% 73.1% 55.4%


All-sector table By detailed employment size By year Data in formats for downloading

Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?