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 | 15,635 | 19,184 | 447,703 | 16,877,905 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 2,029 | 2,038 | 0 | 99,273 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 6,127 | 6,135 | 13,003 | 344,825 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,577 | 2,590 | 16,818 | 467,378 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,861 | 1,908 | 24,925 | 715,358 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,927 | 2,272 | 66,819 | 2,099,840 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 534 | 1,015 | 51,322 | 1,743,652 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 580 | 3,226 | 274,816 | 11,407,579 |
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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 | 17,578 | 17.2% | 6.7% | 3.6% | 468,916 | 87.1% | 73.7% | 63.4% |
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2006 | 16,939 | 17.6% | 6.7% | 3.6% | 453,208 | 87.3% | 73.0% | 62.5% |
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2005 | 16,351 | 18.1% | 6.8% | 3.7% | 448,607 | 87.7% | 73.3% | 63.1% |
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2004 | 15,815 | 19.1% | 7.0% | 3.8% | 448,081 | 87.9% | 73.1% | 62.6% |
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2003 | 15,635 | 19.4% | 7.1% | 3.7% | 447,703 | 87.8% | 72.8% | 61.4% |
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2002 | 15,188 | 17.5% | 4.8% | 2.1% | 402,896 | 86.5% | 69.7% | 59.5% |
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2001 | 14,760 | 18.2% | 4.9% | 2.1% | 421,195 | 87.3% | 70.4% | 59.0% |
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2000 | 14,564 | 18.5% | 5.0% | 2.2% | 418,990 | 87.4% | 70.2% | 59.0% |
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1999 | 14,018 | 19.3% | 5.1% | 2.3% | 397,230 | 87.0% | 68.7% | 57.8% |
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1998 | 13,959 | 18.9% | 5.2% | 2.1% | 386,096 | 86.7% | 68.9% | 56.8% |
| D = Withheld to avoid disclosure | |||||||||
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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 + | ||
| 48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | 15,635 | 19.4% | 7.1% | 3.7% | 447,703 | 87.8% | 72.8% | 61.4% |
| 481 | Air transportation | 366 | 36.6% | 22.1% | 11.2% | 60,460 | 98.5% | 95.7% | 90.9% |
| 483 | Water transportation | 97 | 37.1% | 21.6% | 13.4% | 5,475 | D | D | 62.6% |
| 484 | Truck transportation | 7,993 | 14.3% | 3.7% | 1.7% | 119,151 | 77.1% | 51.3% | 35.6% |
| 485 | Transit & ground passenger transportation | 1,234 | 20.7% | 4.9% | 1.9% | 38,536 | 87.9% | 67.1% | 53.4% |
| 486 | Pipeline transportation | 17 | 64.7% | 64.7% | 58.8% | 1,213 | D | D | D |
| 487 | Scenic & sightseeing transportation | 259 | 13.5% | 3.1% | 1.9% | 2,792 | 64.7% | D | D |
| 488 | Support activities for transportation | 3,855 | 19.7% | 6.4% | 3.3% | 79,476 | 81.3% | 62.2% | 50.6% |
| 492 | Couriers & messengers | 892 | 21.9% | 6.6% | 3.1% | 80,937 | 96.1% | 89.8% | 84.2% |
| 493 | Warehousing & storage | 1,066 | 57.2% | 41.8% | 27.6% | 59,663 | 95.7% | 88.1% | 72.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 48 |
Last modified: July 13, 2011
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