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 | 25,875 | 36,579 | 512,242 | 30,186,473 | 355,758,834 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 2,474 | 2,483 | 0 | 134,916 | 1,544,016 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 11,001 | 11,053 | 24,005 | 981,572 | 15,112,210 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 5,139 | 5,373 | 33,860 | 1,474,809 | 22,116,371 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,361 | 3,787 | 44,695 | 2,104,354 | 25,639,471 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,946 | 4,524 | 105,370 | 5,198,720 | 52,735,999 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 586 | 2,036 | 68,058 | 3,466,721 | 38,490,132 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 368 | 7,323 | 236,254 | 16,825,381 | 200,120,635 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 65 | 476 | 12,116 | 687,194 | 10,012,957 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 36 | 301 | 6,844 | 408,680 | 6,865,816 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 50 | 376 | 12,029 | 805,670 | 15,293,068 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees | 47 | 578 | 12,713 | 961,802 | 12,729,916 |
| Firms with 2,500 employees or more | 170 | 5,592 | 192,552 | 13,962,035 | 155,218,878 |
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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 | 25,875 | 15.1% | 3.7% | 1.4% | 512,242 | 80.0% | 59.4% | 46.1% |
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2001 | 26,079 | 16.1% | 4.0% | 1.6% | 559,234 | 80.9% | 60.5% | 46.4% |
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2000 | 26,673 | 15.3% | 3.8% | 1.5% | 534,804 | 79.5% | 58.7% | 45.4% |
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1999 | 27,093 | 14.6% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 507,297 | 78.1% | 57.2% | 44.7% |
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1998 | 27,611 | 14.5% | 3.7% | 1.5% | 499,826 | 77.6% | 56.4% | 43.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading |
Last modified: July 13, 2011
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