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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1999:
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 35,752 43,566 540,045 16,089,022
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 4,918 4,932 0 287,931
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 16,886 16,922 34,256 731,282
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 6,125 6,202 40,072 964,200
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 3,811 4,023 49,600 1,298,062
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 3,000 3,960 97,176 2,733,845
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 630 1,601 73,516 2,106,653
Firms with 500 employees or more 382 5,926 245,425 7,967,049
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 35,752 11.2% 2.8% 1.1% 540,045 77.1% 59.1% 45.4%
Alabama 420 17.6% 6.7% 5.5% 5,599 74.4% 46.2% 35.3%
Alaska 121 21.5% 9.1% 7.4% 1,106 D D 20.1%
Arizona 629 13.7% 7.2% 4.9% 7,743 75.0% 58.2% 46.0%
Arkansas 273 17.2% 9.5% 6.6% 3,526 73.4% 56.1% 36.8%
California 3,404 12.6% 3.8% 1.8% 41,091 73.1% 47.6% 32.3%
Colorado 698 13.5% 7.0% 4.3% 8,355 75.9% 59.0% 41.0%
Connecticut 731 16.3% 5.7% 3.8% 13,155 76.5% 57.5% 45.7%
Delaware 129 22.5% 10.9% 7.0% 1,385 73.2% 35.1% 21.9%
District of Columbia 53 13.2% 7.5% 7.5% 311 50.5% D D
Florida 2,280 9.1% 3.6% 2.2% 29,020 76.8% 62.1% 54.4%
Georgia 921 15.0% 6.1% 4.2% 13,591 77.4% 57.8% 49.2%
Hawaii 98 14.3% 10.2% 8.2% 713 66.9% D 26.4%
Idaho 209 14.8% 8.1% 6.7% 2,164 72.0% D 49.0%
Illinois 1,483 14.6% 5.9% 3.7% 23,448 80.3% 61.5% 45.7%
Indiana 767 18.4% 6.9% 3.8% 14,252 81.8% 65.4% 52.2%
Iowa 548 15.7% 6.9% 4.6% 5,424 66.7% 46.6% 32.4%
Kansas 483 11.6% 6.2% 3.7% 4,634 68.1% 55.3% 42.7%
Kentucky 431 15.5% 7.4% 5.8% 5,054 70.5% 48.1% 31.9%
Louisiana 344 16.6% 9.0% 6.1% 4,438 74.3% 59.7% 43.1%
Maine 347 15.9% 6.9% 4.0% 6,052 76.3% 58.2% 45.7%
Maryland 722 14.1% 6.6% 3.9% 7,621 67.2% 46.7% 28.6%
Massachusetts 1,248 14.1% 5.1% 3.0% 17,813 72.3% 52.6% 36.2%
Michigan 1,107 14.8% 5.1% 3.0% 13,310 71.8% 47.1% 38.4%
Minnesota 872 17.0% 8.3% 4.5% 15,888 83.9% 69.6% 51.8%
Mississippi 277 20.2% 7.9% 5.4% 3,318 70.7% 41.4% 22.2%
Missouri 912 11.5% 5.4% 3.4% 11,318 75.4% 62.5% 48.9%
Montana 146 13.0% 6.8% 5.5% 1,184 52.5% D D
Nebraska 273 16.8% 8.4% 5.5% 4,806 83.5% 68.9% 57.1%
Nevada 284 20.8% 12.0% 8.1% 4,422 83.3% 63.5% 56.9%
New Hampshire 322 18.9% 10.2% 5.6% 6,514 81.1% 67.5% 42.8%
New Jersey 1,312 12.7% 4.6% 2.8% 21,362 78.1% 60.8% 45.2%
New Mexico 225 17.8% 8.9% 6.7% 3,257 79.5% 65.6% 59.2%
New York 2,833 11.5% 3.4% 2.4% 33,155 69.8% 47.5% 39.2%
North Carolina 1,052 15.9% 5.6% 3.3% 14,516 74.6% 53.0% 40.0%
North Dakota 159 20.1% 7.5% 5.7% 1,502 D D 27.1%
Ohio 1,313 18.4% 6.8% 4.0% 30,654 85.6% 69.0% 56.1%
Oklahoma 452 10.6% 5.3% 4.2% 3,303 55.6% 36.4% 22.7%
Oregon 513 13.6% 6.8% 4.5% 4,831 68.4% 44.2% 26.0%
Pennsylvania 1,836 16.8% 5.9% 3.1% 32,968 79.3% 59.9% 45.3%
Rhode Island 213 18.3% 9.4% 8.5% 2,720 72.7% D 38.4%
South Carolina 461 15.8% 7.6% 5.4% 4,924 67.7% 46.8% 23.2%
South Dakota 185 16.2% 8.6% 7.0% 2,458 D D 53.3%
Tennessee 682 14.4% 7.0% 5.0% 7,663 72.6% 55.7% 30.4%
Texas 2,009 11.0% 4.4% 2.6% 28,548 75.9% 61.9% 51.1%
Utah 310 20.0% 12.6% 7.4% 5,700 83.9% 70.1% 35.5%
Vermont 205 20.0% 11.7% 6.8% 3,271 74.4% 58.0% 13.3%
Virginia 957 16.5% 6.8% 4.5% 17,358 80.8% 65.9% 52.2%
Washington 853 12.9% 5.2% 3.3% 19,880 87.6% 78.7% 73.2%
West Virginia 161 23.0% 14.9% 11.2% 1,825 73.2% 56.9% 43.1%
Wisconsin 797 17.8% 8.3% 4.1% 21,850 88.0% 78.3% 65.4%
Wyoming 83 27.7% 18.1% 10.8% 1,045 81.9% 68.5% 22.5%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?