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 | 170,651 | 198,531 | 4,000,075 | 49,674,450 | 148,212,500 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 22,780 | 22,836 | 0 | 1,253,863 | 4,279,151 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 38,325 | 38,348 | 96,708 | 1,190,538 | 5,603,984 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 33,562 | 33,609 | 226,163 | 2,408,255 | 9,719,326 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 32,820 | 32,967 | 453,209 | 4,975,572 | 16,380,041 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 39,791 | 41,869 | 1,509,540 | 18,701,273 | 49,973,387 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 2,721 | 6,768 | 420,866 | 5,293,807 | 14,484,571 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 652 | 22,134 | 1,293,589 | 15,851,142 | 47,772,040 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 187 | 1,568 | 81,219 | 952,895 | 2,883,717 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 86 | 1,147 | 50,310 | 596,952 | 1,825,424 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 119 | 1,747 | 95,515 | 1,115,498 | 3,400,180 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees | 87 | 1,935 | 93,942 | 1,068,044 | 3,635,580 |
| Firms with 2,500 employees or more | 173 | 15,737 | 972,603 | 12,117,753 | 36,027,139 |
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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 + | ||
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2008 | 189,918 | 25.5% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 4,707,921 | 81.1% | 45.5% | 35.6% |
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2007 | 188,961 | 25.2% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 4,579,941 | 80.9% | 44.9% | 35.0% |
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2006 | 184,736 | 25.1% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 4,518,780 | 81.2% | 45.1% | 34.5% |
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2005 | 182,480 | 24.7% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 4,340,155 | 80.8% | 44.3% | 33.8% |
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2004 | 179,242 | 25.1% | 2.1% | 0.3% | 4,263,277 | 80.9% | 43.9% | 32.7% |
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2003 | 173,788 | 25.1% | 2.1% | 0.3% | 4,091,133 | 80.5% | 43.2% | 32.0% |
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2002 | 170,651 | 25.3% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 4,000,075 | 80.6% | 42.9% | 32.3% |
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2001 | 165,621 | 25.3% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 3,963,258 | 81.3% | 44.2% | 33.4% |
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2000 | 165,128 | 25.3% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 3,897,123 | 80.8% | 43.3% | 32.6% |
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1999 | 163,897 | 25.1% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 3,788,062 | 80.1% | 42.4% | 32.0% |
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1998 | 166,666 | 24.6% | 1.9% | 0.4% | 3,703,453 | 79.6% | 41.4% | 30.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading |
Last modified: July 13, 2011
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