Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2003:
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| By detailed employment size | By year | By industry |
| Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All firms | 10,857 | 17,503 | 280,048 | 6,321,275 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 1,368 | 1,368 | 0 | 51,865 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 4,570 | 4,582 | 10,309 | 184,802 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,124 | 2,170 | 13,957 | 270,639 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,219 | 1,380 | 15,946 | 328,478 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 870 | 1,462 | 30,302 | 769,840 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 254 | 964 | 27,583 | 894,641 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 452 | 5,577 | 181,951 | 3,821,010 |
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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 | 11,162 | 14.2% | 6.8% | 4.1% | 343,480 | 87.5% | 79.0% | 69.9% |
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2006 | 11,450 | 14.5% | 6.4% | 3.9% | 331,427 | 87.1% | 76.9% | 67.7% |
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2005 | 11,263 | 13.9% | 6.3% | 3.9% | 306,113 | 86.4% | 76.2% | 67.1% |
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2004 | 10,983 | 14.6% | 6.5% | 4.1% | 295,675 | 86.3% | 75.5% | 65.9% |
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2003 | 10,857 | 14.5% | 6.5% | 4.2% | 280,048 | 85.6% | 74.8% | 65.0% |
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2002 | 10,832 | 14.8% | 6.7% | 4.3% | 279,830 | 85.3% | 74.3% | 64.6% |
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2001 | 10,803 | 15.3% | 6.7% | 4.3% | 265,812 | 84.8% | 72.6% | 62.7% |
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2000 | 10,633 | 15.4% | 6.8% | 4.2% | 255,001 | 84.1% | 71.6% | 61.5% |
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1999 | 10,526 | 15.6% | 6.7% | 4.2% | 248,866 | 83.9% | 71.1% | 61.4% |
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1998 | 10,635 | 15.2% | 6.5% | 4.1% | 241,097 | 83.0% | 69.7% | 59.5% |
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NAICS code |
Industry title (with link to definition) |
Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
| 44-45 | Retail Trade | 10,857 | 14.5% | 6.5% | 4.2% | 280,048 | 85.6% | 74.8% | 65.0% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 1,471 | 21.1% | 7.5% | 2.3% | 42,189 | 86.9% | 65.7% | 34.5% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 884 | 15.6% | 7.5% | 5.3% | 10,673 | 70.2% | 49.1% | 30.7% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 513 | 13.1% | 6.0% | 5.1% | 11,746 | 85.6% | 76.9% | 73.5% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 959 | 18.0% | 6.0% | 3.3% | 19,817 | 79.6% | 60.8% | 51.1% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 1,128 | 10.9% | 3.8% | 2.5% | 53,091 | 93.0% | 87.3% | 84.6% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 488 | 15.0% | 8.8% | 6.6% | 15,734 | 89.5% | 83.5% | 73.9% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 716 | 17.5% | 7.0% | 3.4% | 17,677 | 77.9% | 64.6% | 48.0% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 1,202 | 20.0% | 15.2% | 12.1% | 23,245 | 83.6% | 78.0% | 74.5% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 710 | 14.2% | 6.3% | 4.8% | 10,415 | 73.6% | 56.7% | 51.3% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 199 | 16.6% | 10.6% | 10.6% | 49,369 | 98.9% | 98.1% | 98.1% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,857 | 9.3% | 4.0% | 2.5% | 17,789 | 61.8% | 44.5% | 34.7% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 823 | 12.4% | 5.6% | 3.8% | 8,303 | 68.8% | 50.8% | 37.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |
Last modified: July 13, 2011
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