U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2002:
Retail Trade
Massachusetts

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
Massachusetts - Retail Trade - by Employment Size of Enterprise
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Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Receipts
($1,000)
All firms 18,275 25,932 361,177 8,454,771 75,183,807
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 1,949 1,950 0 61,675 633,431
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 8,154 8,173 18,902 419,790 4,253,333
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 3,666 3,748 23,913 541,642 4,313,476
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 2,132 2,346 27,731 675,625 4,573,810
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 1,616 2,312 57,092 1,932,039 16,735,625
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 299 1,112 26,333 836,463 7,832,818
Firms with 500 employees or more 459 6,291 207,206 3,987,537 36,841,314

 
 
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 2008 detail 2008 16,893 12.1% 4.5% 2.6% 360,885 82.2% 69.6% 62.2%
link to 2006 detail 2006 17,902 12.3% 4.1% 2.4% 368,028 81.3% 67.2% 59.6%
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
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D = Withheld to avoid disclosure
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 18,275 13.0% 4.1% 2.5% 361,177 80.5% 64.7% 57.4%
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers 1,893 28.1% 4.0% 1.3% 38,294 83.4% 30.6% 12.9%
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores 1,164 13.1% 5.2% 3.3% 14,569 68.1% 52.0% 39.4%
443 Electronics & appliance stores 728 12.4% 3.6% 2.5% 9,618 73.7% 53.8% 51.1%
444 Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers 1,513 19.1% 4.8% 2.1% 28,023 76.1% 49.8% 38.1%
445 Food & beverage stores 3,827 8.2% 1.9% 0.9% 89,453 82.5% 73.4% 67.8%
446 Health & personal care stores 757 15.1% 7.1% 5.8% 32,227 90.2% D 83.3%
447 Gasoline stations 1,592 6.4% 2.0% 0.9% 14,825 49.7% 36.8% 24.2%
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores 1,820 17.7% 11.6% 8.5% 41,795 86.3% 79.3% 73.7%
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores 1,097 12.4% 5.2% 3.6% 16,855 75.6% 61.3% 53.6%
452 General merchandise stores 220 16.8% 10.5% 9.1% 39,715 98.1% D 95.7%
453 Miscellaneous store retailers 2,495 7.6% 2.8% 1.6% 18,490 54.8% 35.5% 29.5%
454 Nonstore retailers 1,263 14.2% 4.9% 3.5% 17,313 70.5% 48.0% 37.5%

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13, 2011   Questions?