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 | 54,321 | 71,340 | 747,944 | 32,379,308 | 316,382,558 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 4,342 | 4,357 | 0 | 342,933 | 3,437,526 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 23,118 | 23,201 | 50,448 | 1,833,329 | 22,115,335 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 10,792 | 11,087 | 71,622 | 2,726,782 | 24,213,500 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 7,851 | 8,737 | 105,412 | 4,197,108 | 33,195,288 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 6,513 | 10,803 | 226,509 | 9,554,278 | 71,114,353 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,087 | 4,781 | 120,428 | 5,378,131 | 42,835,791 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 618 | 8,374 | 173,525 | 8,346,747 | 119,470,765 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 140 | 1,170 | 29,564 | 1,316,316 | 13,311,283 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 65 | 579 | 15,288 | 756,075 | 6,833,236 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 87 | 1,022 | 23,715 | 1,071,509 | 10,842,363 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees | 71 | 352 | 8,757 | 418,615 | 4,663,864 |
| Firms with 2,500 employees or more | 255 | 5,251 | 96,201 | 4,784,232 | 83,820,019 |
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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 | 54,321 | 15.1% | 3.1% | 1.1% | 747,944 | 69.6% | 39.3% | 23.2% |
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2001 | 55,235 | 15.8% | 3.3% | 1.2% | 797,004 | 70.5% | 40.0% | 22.8% |
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2000 | 57,121 | 15.5% | 3.2% | 1.1% | 796,213 | 69.6% | 38.8% | 21.7% |
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1999 | 58,621 | 15.2% | 3.2% | 1.1% | 803,332 | 69.1% | 38.5% | 21.3% |
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1998 | 59,803 | 15.2% | 3.2% | 1.1% | 798,378 | 68.3% | 37.3% | 19.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading |
Last modified: July 13, 2011
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