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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1998:
Nonstore retailers
United States
By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Nonstore retailers 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 35,625 43,348 515,431 14,227,959
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 3,862 3,867 0 116,374
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 17,598 17,623 35,788 726,881
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 6,211 6,286 40,652 918,585
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 3,914 4,179 50,943 1,271,356
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 3,041 4,076 97,634 2,555,190
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 620 1,591 72,440 2,006,990
Firms with 500 employees or more 379 5,726 217,974 6,632,583
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Nonstore retailers - 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.
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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 2008 detail 2008 50,385 8.9% 2.4% 1.0% 591,653 71.0% 52.4% 38.6%
link to 2007 detail 2007 40,168 10.1% 2.6% 1.0% 511,558 73.1% 53.0% 39.5%
link to 2006 detail 2006 41,324 10.1% 2.5% 1.0% 521,738 72.2% 51.6% 38.0%
link to 2005 detail 2005 42,611 9.9% 2.4% 1.0% 521,491 71.7% 51.2% 37.7%
link to 2004 detail 2004 43,902 10.1% 2.5% 1.0% 535,762 71.1% 50.6% 37.0%
link to 2003 detail 2003 46,374 10.2% 2.5% 1.0% 571,837 71.7% 51.5% 38.1%
link to 2002 detail 2002 37,115 10.5% 2.7% 1.1% 523,873 76.1% 58.0% 44.8%
link to 2001 detail 2001 35,070 11.7% 3.0% 1.2% 566,279 78.0% 60.1% 46.3%
link to 2000 detail 2000 36,840 11.3% 2.9% 1.1% 566,531 77.5% 59.1% 45.2%
link to 1999 detail 1999 35,752 11.2% 2.8% 1.1% 540,045 77.1% 59.1% 45.4%
link to 1998 detail 1998 35,625 11.3% 2.8% 1.1% 515,431 75.3% 56.3% 42.3%

 

 

Nonstore retailers by State
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.
State Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
United States 35,625 11.3% 2.8% 1.1% 515,431 75.3% 56.3% 42.3%
Alabama 415 18.8% 7.7% 6.3% 5,309 72.4% 42.5% 30.0%
Alaska 128 18.0% 7.8% 7.0% 1,043 51.0% D 18.7%
Arizona 628 13.5% 7.2% 4.8% 7,825 75.8% 59.3% 44.4%
Arkansas 283 17.7% 8.1% 5.7% 3,384 70.0% 44.0% 31.2%
California 3,196 12.8% 3.8% 1.7% 38,292 70.4% 44.9% 31.1%
Colorado 690 13.3% 6.8% 4.5% 9,041 76.8% 60.9% 46.7%
Connecticut 738 16.0% 5.7% 4.1% 13,015 75.2% 56.6% 46.8%
Delaware 127 23.6% 12.6% 7.9% 1,271 D D 20.0%
District of Columbia 49 16.3% 8.2% 6.1% 373 55.0% D D
Florida 2,249 9.7% 3.5% 2.3% 28,114 75.9% 60.8% 49.2%
Georgia 931 13.6% 5.3% 3.7% 13,034 74.1% 54.7% 41.6%
Hawaii 104 10.6% 7.7% 5.8% 724 57.9% D D
Idaho 204 14.7% 6.4% 5.4% 2,201 D D 49.8%
Illinois 1,468 14.8% 5.9% 3.5% 22,459 78.7% 58.3% 42.6%
Indiana 812 18.1% 7.3% 3.7% 14,288 81.1% 64.7% 50.9%
Iowa 552 16.1% 6.5% 4.2% 5,043 64.1% 40.8% 26.5%
Kansas 482 12.7% 5.8% 3.7% 5,126 70.8% 52.7% 44.6%
Kentucky 433 14.8% 6.9% 5.3% 4,840 70.0% 49.2% 31.4%
Louisiana 371 15.9% 8.6% 5.4% 4,129 68.9% 51.3% 33.7%
Maine 346 17.3% 6.9% 4.3% 6,064 78.4% D D
Maryland 722 14.4% 6.8% 3.7% 7,449 65.0% 43.5% 24.5%
Massachusetts 1,243 14.5% 5.0% 3.0% 16,995 71.3% 49.4% 33.4%
Michigan 1,120 15.1% 4.9% 3.0% 12,859 70.4% 44.4% 32.9%
Minnesota 877 15.8% 7.4% 4.2% 15,059 83.2% 68.5% 52.9%
Mississippi 288 18.1% 6.9% 4.2% 3,098 67.9% 37.7% 17.8%
Missouri 889 13.3% 5.8% 3.7% 11,036 74.5% 59.8% 44.9%
Montana 161 11.8% 6.2% 4.3% 1,445 D D D
Nebraska 274 17.2% 8.4% 5.1% 6,591 87.3% 76.8% 67.5%
Nevada 250 19.6% 12.0% 6.8% 4,220 83.1% 69.1% 58.4%
New Hampshire 321 18.7% 9.3% 5.3% 5,552 77.4% 57.5% 36.3%
New Jersey 1,335 12.6% 4.7% 2.9% 21,258 76.9% 59.5% 44.0%
New Mexico 227 16.3% 8.4% 6.6% 3,651 78.9% 67.1% 60.7%
New York 2,826 10.9% 3.3% 2.2% 31,580 67.9% 46.5% 36.8%
North Carolina 1,069 16.3% 6.1% 3.5% 15,027 74.2% 54.3% 37.6%
North Dakota 157 17.2% 5.1% 4.5% 1,295 D D 16.5%
Ohio 1,345 17.5% 6.1% 3.5% 30,870 84.9% 68.5% 57.4%
Oklahoma 456 10.3% 5.3% 4.2% 3,331 55.8% 35.9% 19.7%
Oregon 504 13.3% 6.3% 4.0% 4,124 65.2% 38.5% 18.8%
Pennsylvania 1,794 16.7% 5.5% 3.0% 31,253 77.3% 56.5% 42.8%
Rhode Island 228 17.1% 8.8% 7.5% 2,834 73.6% 53.2% 38.6%
South Carolina 470 14.3% 7.2% 5.3% 4,652 63.5% 45.7% 22.9%
South Dakota 198 15.2% 7.6% 5.6% 2,542 76.8% 60.9% 53.9%
Tennessee 682 15.8% 7.3% 4.8% 9,903 78.7% 61.9% 43.0%
Texas 1,985 11.1% 4.4% 2.6% 26,412 73.0% 57.1% 44.7%
Utah 307 19.5% 9.1% 6.5% 5,024 81.7% 56.9% 38.7%
Vermont 215 19.1% 12.1% 7.0% 3,216 71.8% 56.0% 13.6%
Virginia 959 17.6% 7.1% 4.1% 16,314 79.3% 62.3% 44.3%
Washington 805 13.4% 5.1% 3.1% 9,192 72.2% 51.9% 42.7%
West Virginia 160 20.6% 14.4% 10.6% 1,524 65.2% 49.9% 36.5%
Wisconsin 813 18.1% 8.4% 3.9% 20,471 87.2% 77.0% 61.6%
Wyoming 91 24.2% 14.3% 8.8% 1,079 D D 18.8%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?