Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2002:
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| By detailed employment size | By year |
| Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
Receipts ($1,000) |
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| All firms | 40,755 | 41,630 | 724,197 | 33,220,280 | 259,927,734 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 4,168 | 4,168 | 0 | 259,744 | 2,472,598 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 13,384 | 13,384 | 30,318 | 1,138,800 | 9,799,669 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 8,201 | 8,206 | 55,102 | 2,074,087 | 14,591,648 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 7,163 | 7,178 | 97,235 | 3,894,469 | 26,509,639 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 6,770 | 6,850 | 256,539 | 11,402,995 | 83,694,014 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 842 | 1,011 | 132,855 | 6,498,452 | 54,250,710 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 227 | 833 | 152,148 | 7,951,733 | 68,609,456 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 67 | 130 | 23,001 | 1,194,279 | 11,240,355 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 29 | 141 | 14,100 | 730,076 | 6,508,655 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 28 | 85 | 12,706 | 728,027 | 7,553,847 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees | 23 | 220 | 20,863 | 1,139,696 | 12,088,006 |
| Firms with 2,500 employees or more | 80 | 257 | 81,478 | 4,159,655 | 31,218,593 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
|   | 2002 | 40,755 | 19.2% | 2.6% | 0.6% | 724,197 | 74.8% | 39.4% | 21.0% |
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2001 | 46,268 | 18.2% | 2.5% | 0.5% | 792,594 | 74.4% | 39.4% | 21.1% |
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2000 | 42,962 | 18.3% | 2.7% | 0.6% | 746,016 | 76.1% | 41.5% | 21.4% |
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1999 | 43,058 | 17.9% | 2.6% | 0.5% | 728,467 | 75.6% | 40.7% | 21.2% |
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1998 | 43,150 | 17.2% | 2.5% | 0.5% | 689,517 | 74.3% | 39.6% | 20.6% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading |
Last modified: July 13, 2011
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