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 | 28,155 | 31,820 | 305,108 | 12,369,943 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 3,862 | 3,870 | 0 | 166,601 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 14,530 | 14,543 | 28,808 | 902,663 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 4,080 | 4,124 | 26,312 | 888,998 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,237 | 2,331 | 29,360 | 1,017,903 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,005 | 2,402 | 63,437 | 2,397,901 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 681 | 1,359 | 46,389 | 1,834,035 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 760 | 3,191 | 110,802 | 5,161,842 |
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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 | 27,504 | 12.6% | 5.3% | 2.7% | 317,717 | 74.1% | 53.8% | 37.8% |
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2007 | 28,082 | 12.7% | 5.3% | 2.7% | 319,577 | 73.8% | 53.2% | 38.0% |
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2006 | 27,626 | 12.7% | 5.4% | 2.8% | 319,971 | 74.1% | 53.3% | 36.7% |
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2005 | 27,790 | 12.2% | 5.2% | 2.7% | 311,270 | 73.2% | 52.4% | 37.1% |
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2004 | 27,641 | 12.5% | 5.2% | 2.7% | 307,833 | 72.7% | 51.3% | 36.4% |
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2003 | 28,155 | 12.2% | 5.1% | 2.7% | 305,108 | 72.3% | 51.5% | 36.3% |
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2002 | 27,311 | 12.4% | 5.3% | 2.8% | 300,242 | 72.4% | 51.9% | 36.6% |
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2001 | 26,466 | 13.4% | 5.7% | 3.2% | 311,391 | 73.0% | 51.6% | 35.3% |
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2000 | 27,233 | 13.3% | 5.7% | 3.1% | 314,935 | 72.8% | 51.3% | 35.2% |
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1999 | 27,421 | 13.4% | 5.6% | 3.1% | 302,210 | 71.4% | 48.1% | 32.9% |
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1998 | 27,602 | 13.5% | 5.5% | 3.1% | 298,562 | 70.6% | 46.6% | 31.6% |
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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 + | ||
| 42 | Wholesale trade | 28,155 | 12.2% | 5.1% | 2.7% | 305,108 | 72.3% | 51.5% | 36.3% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 16,311 | 13.2% | 5.8% | 3.2% | 167,255 | 70.1% | 47.8% | 34.7% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 9,111 | 13.8% | 5.8% | 3.0% | 121,039 | 76.7% | 56.6% | 38.1% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 2,815 | 3.6% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 16,814 | 63.1% | 52.5% | 39.9% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |
Last modified: July 13, 2011
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