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 | 46,774 | 46,918 | 262,569 | 7,809,913 | 28,846,419 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 8,596 | 8,596 | 0 | 256,097 | 1,582,254 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 26,029 | 26,030 | 53,371 | 1,231,737 | 6,300,497 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 7,119 | 7,120 | 45,735 | 1,163,602 | 4,071,758 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,011 | 3,015 | 39,740 | 1,134,747 | 3,664,538 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,716 | 1,743 | 61,418 | 2,065,306 | 6,909,535 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 265 | 294 | 44,258 | 1,420,329 | 4,413,352 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 38 | 120 | 18,047 | 538,095 | 1,904,485 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 12 | 15 | 3,888 | 133,940 | 479,088 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 5 | 6 | 1,106 | 29,231 | 91,235 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 5 | 9 | 3,656 | 122,761 | 342,043 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees | 6 | 34 | 5,533 | 178,725 | 646,385 |
| Firms with 2,500 employees or more | 10 | 56 | 3,864 | 73,438 | 345,734 |
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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 | 46,774 | 4.3% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 262,569 | 47.1% | 23.7% | 6.9% |
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2001 | 44,239 | 4.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 262,936 | 48.8% | 25.4% | 6.8% |
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2000 | 44,857 | 4.9% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 269,786 | 47.9% | 22.5% | 5.8% |
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1999 | 44,282 | 4.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 256,279 | 45.8% | 20.8% | 4.5% |
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1998 | 44,088 | 4.3% | 0.5% | 0.0 | 237,285 | 43.1% | 18.1% | 3.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading |
Last modified: July 13, 2011
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