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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1999:
Retail Trade
South Carolina
By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
South Carolina - 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 12,108 18,511 217,761 3,769,860
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 1,101 1,116 0 41,226
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 5,724 5,737 12,613 194,963
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 2,469 2,560 16,073 269,045
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 1,301 1,465 16,479 318,508
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 892 1,480 29,826 741,554
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 186 803 13,868 296,578
Firms with 500 employees or more 435 5,350 128,902 1,907,986
    Firms with 500 to 999 employees 69 435 5,694 87,108
    Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 46 193 2,291 35,779
    Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 47 174 2,963 63,222
    Firms with 2,500 employees or more 273 4,548 117,954 1,721,877
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

South Carolina - 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 2008 detail 2008 11,423 12.1% 5.2% 3.6% 236,741 81.7% 70.1% 64.2%
link to 2006 detail 2006 11,778 12.0% 5.0% 3.4% 228,874 80.8% 68.3% 61.8%
link to 2005 detail 2005 11,988 11.6% 4.9% 3.4% 220,737 80.1% 67.4% 60.7%
link to 2004 detail 2004 12,008 12.1% 5.0% 3.4% 222,629 80.0% 67.0% 60.0%
link to 2003 detail 2003 11,982 12.2% 5.1% 3.4% 215,143 79.5% 66.1% 59.4%
link to 2002 detail 2002 11,998 12.0% 5.1% 3.6% 213,238 79.1% 66.4% 60.2%
link to 2001 detail 2001 12,118 12.2% 5.3% 3.6% 218,946 79.4% 66.3% 59.6%
link to 2000 detail 2000 12,120 12.5% 5.2% 3.6% 223,955 79.7% 66.2% 59.8%
link to 1999 detail 1999 12,108 12.5% 5.1% 3.6% 217,761 79.3% 65.6% 59.2%
link to 1998 detail 1998 12,301 12.3% 4.9% 3.5% 213,807 78.8% 65.1% 58.6%

 

 

South Carolina - Retail Trade by Subsector
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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 12,108 12.5% 5.1% 3.6% 217,761 79.3% 65.6% 59.2%
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers 1,817 18.7% 3.2% 1.5% 26,516 75.5% 33.1% 18.4%
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores 961 11.6% 5.7% 4.2% 8,401 50.3% 35.6% 32.3%
443 Electronics & appliance stores 505 8.5% 4.2% 3.0% 4,586 55.7% D 43.7%
444 Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers 1,179 15.7% 4.8% 3.1% 17,963 71.2% 49.2% 43.3%
445 Food & beverage stores 1,451 9.2% 3.0% 2.2% 49,473 91.0% 84.8% 81.9%
446 Health & personal care stores 677 9.5% 5.0% 4.6% 11,164 73.1% D 64.8%
447 Gasoline stations 1,122 15.4% 5.5% 2.6% 18,088 74.2% 53.7% 33.7%
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores 1,376 17.7% 13.2% 10.5% 21,301 78.7% 72.2% 68.2%
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores 681 12.3% 6.9% 4.6% 6,060 62.6% 45.9% 42.3%
452 General merchandise stores 168 19.6% 15.5% 14.3% 37,114 98.6% D 97.7%
453 Miscellaneous store retailers 1,810 6.3% 3.0% 2.3% 12,171 48.6% 35.0% 26.2%
454 Nonstore retailers 461 15.8% 7.6% 5.4% 4,924 67.7% 46.8% 23.2%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?