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 | 74,788 | 110,506 | 1,592,087 | 39,384,726 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 9,192 | 9,221 | 0 | 359,345 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 34,022 | 34,126 | 75,576 | 1,392,596 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 14,778 | 15,097 | 97,020 | 1,983,967 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 8,618 | 9,524 | 113,656 | 2,546,746 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 6,250 | 9,743 | 232,171 | 6,652,259 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,260 | 4,772 | 166,185 | 5,708,625 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 668 | 28,023 | 907,479 | 20,741,188 |
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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 | 73,147 | 10.1% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,668,747 | 83.0% | 70.4% | 61.5% |
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2006 | 76,669 | 10.6% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,700,802 | 83.0% | 69.2% | 59.3% |
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2005 | 76,913 | 10.4% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,651,973 | 82.7% | 68.6% | 59.0% |
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2004 | 75,465 | 11.0% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1,662,333 | 82.7% | 68.3% | 58.1% |
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2003 | 74,788 | 10.9% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1,592,087 | 82.0% | 67.4% | 57.0% |
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2002 | 74,868 | 11.1% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1,534,667 | 81.2% | 66.1% | 55.4% |
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2001 | 74,616 | 11.1% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,531,595 | 81.0% | 65.4% | 55.6% |
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2000 | 73,489 | 11.0% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,491,460 | 80.7% | 65.0% | 55.4% |
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1999 | 72,026 | 10.8% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1,421,434 | 80.1% | 64.4% | 55.3% |
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1998 | 71,858 | 10.6% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1,382,643 | 79.5% | 63.8% | 54.8% |
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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 | 74,788 | 10.9% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1,592,087 | 82.0% | 67.4% | 57.0% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 8,458 | 21.9% | 6.3% | 0.7% | 213,827 | 86.1% | 56.9% | 21.6% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 5,215 | 10.7% | 2.6% | 1.2% | 66,701 | 68.9% | 47.7% | 38.8% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 3,572 | 8.4% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 57,024 | 77.5% | 64.9% | 57.8% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 5,369 | 15.7% | 3.0% | 1.1% | 122,476 | 79.5% | 60.1% | 50.9% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 13,038 | 10.3% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 323,166 | 86.4% | 73.9% | 65.8% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 4,806 | 9.1% | 2.1% | 1.1% | 105,543 | 80.7% | 70.4% | 65.9% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 5,523 | 11.0% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 66,445 | 57.2% | 31.3% | 22.9% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 8,560 | 8.3% | 3.5% | 2.2% | 179,530 | 83.6% | 76.7% | 71.7% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 4,621 | 10.8% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 79,232 | 77.1% | 62.1% | 54.4% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 963 | 7.8% | 3.7% | 2.8% | 230,619 | 98.7% | 98.2% | 97.8% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 10,228 | 7.0% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 90,698 | 58.7% | 41.5% | 31.8% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 4,862 | 12.3% | 3.3% | 1.6% | 56,826 | 70.0% | 43.4% | 28.9% |
| 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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