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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1998:
Direct selling establishments
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By detailed employment size By year
 
U.S. - Direct selling establishments 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 20,908 27,167 219,147 5,532,209
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 2,205 2,208 0 53,684
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 10,089 10,112 20,769 417,870
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 3,913 3,977 25,580 575,695
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 2,448 2,680 31,485 795,222
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 1,808 2,671 52,614 1,379,665
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 297 1,059 24,259 682,159
Firms with 500 employees or more 148 4,460 64,440 1,627,914
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Direct selling establishments - 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 25,107 7.9% 1.6% 0.5% 212,054 57.9% 35.0% 25.0%
link to 2007 detail 2007 20,059 9.5% 1.9% 0.6% 193,784 62.2% 37.8% 27.3%
link to 2006 detail 2006 21,460 9.3% 1.8% 0.5% 206,114 61.5% 36.8% 26.6%
link to 2005 detail 2005 22,782 9.1% 1.7% 0.5% 214,259 61.6% 36.9% 27.4%
link to 2004 detail 2004 24,293 9.0% 1.7% 0.5% 219,268 59.8% 34.5% 25.1%
link to 2003 detail 2003 26,257 9.5% 1.8% 0.6% 244,062 61.2% 36.3% 26.7%
link to 2002 detail 2002 21,068 10.1% 2.0% 0.7% 215,930 65.8% 42.0% 30.6%
link to 2001 detail 2001 19,805 10.9% 2.1% 0.7% 221,101 67.1% 42.8% 30.6%
link to 2000 detail 2000 20,691 10.6% 2.1% 0.7% 223,176 66.7% 42.5% 31.9%
link to 1999 detail 1999 20,485 10.9% 2.1% 0.7% 218,135 65.6% 41.3% 30.1%
link to 1998 detail 1998 20,908 10.8% 2.1% 0.7% 219,147 64.5% 40.5% 29.4%


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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?