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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2000:
Retail Trade
Massachusetts
By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
Massachusetts - 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 18,248 25,813 353,157 7,729,068
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 1,830 1,849 0 62,676
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 8,150 8,178 18,397 390,030
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 3,811 3,895 24,903 523,595
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 2,120 2,327 27,619 631,982
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 1,552 2,209 56,043 1,770,612
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 323 1,121 29,790 868,959
Firms with 500 employees or more 462 6,234 196,405 3,481,214
    Firms with 500 to 999 employees 82 652 9,187 202,427
    Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 54 309 5,353 95,250
    Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 64 323 5,549 130,593
    Firms with 2,500 employees or more 262 4,950 176,316 3,052,944
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

Massachusetts - 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 2005 detail 2005 18,219 12.2% 4.0% 2.4% 369,290 81.3% 66.7% 58.8%
link to 2004 detail 2004 18,286 12.6% 4.2% 2.4% 369,537 81.1% 66.2% 57.3%
link to 2003 detail 2003 18,144 12.8% 4.2% 2.4% 364,682 81.1% 65.9% 57.3%
link to 2002 detail 2002 18,275 13.0% 4.1% 2.5% 361,177 80.5% 64.7% 57.4%
link to 2001 detail 2001 18,090 12.9% 4.1% 2.5% 352,124 79.9% 63.3% 55.7%
link to 2000 detail 2000 18,248 12.8% 4.3% 2.5% 353,157 79.9% 64.0% 55.6%
link to 1999 detail 1999 18,172 12.8% 4.2% 2.5% 349,741 79.9% 64.3% 56.2%
link to 1998 detail 1998 18,337 12.6% 4.2% 2.5% 340,552 79.3% 63.6% 55.7%

 

 

Massachusetts - Retail Trade by Subsector
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.
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 18,248 12.8% 4.3% 2.5% 353,157 79.9% 64.0% 55.6%
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers 1,890 28.0% 4.2% 1.2% 37,065 82.3% 29.9% 10.5%
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores 1,085 15.2% 6.1% 3.7% 14,859 71.4% 52.4% 35.8%
443 Electronics & appliance stores 734 11.7% 4.6% 2.6% 9,933 72.7% 55.4% 45.8%
444 Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers 1,473 19.1% 4.8% 2.2% 25,639 74.1% 45.3% 34.0%
445 Food & beverage stores 3,617 8.8% 2.0% 1.0% 86,646 83.0% 73.0% 67.5%
446 Health & personal care stores 821 14.5% 6.3% 5.1% 25,601 86.7% 78.4% 76.7%
447 Gasoline stations 1,736 5.6% 2.0% 0.9% 15,329 47.1% 35.9% 23.2%
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores 1,853 16.7% 11.9% 8.4% 40,166 85.2% 79.1% 71.5%
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores 1,115 11.7% 5.7% 3.6% 18,273 77.9% 65.7% 58.1%
452 General merchandise stores 302 13.9% 8.9% 7.6% 41,935 97.6% 96.4% 95.4%
453 Miscellaneous store retailers 2,469 7.0% 2.9% 1.8% 19,217 55.9% 38.7% 31.8%
454 Nonstore retailers 1,255 13.8% 4.6% 2.8% 18,494 72.8% 53.0% 36.6%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: December 15 2003   Questions?