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 | 46,488 | 70,306 | 919,700 | 19,663,247 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 6,772 | 6,814 | 0 | 197,148 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 24,072 | 24,122 | 52,402 | 952,190 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 8,104 | 8,248 | 52,315 | 1,014,615 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,750 | 4,159 | 48,731 | 1,034,689 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,549 | 4,039 | 93,102 | 2,517,463 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 623 | 2,379 | 66,917 | 2,205,508 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 618 | 20,545 | 606,233 | 11,741,634 |
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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 | 45,764 | 7.7% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 995,711 | 84.7% | 76.1% | 69.8% |
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2006 | 47,994 | 8.1% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 1,056,865 | 85.0% | 75.9% | 68.9% |
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2005 | 48,111 | 7.9% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 987,307 | 84.0% | 74.6% | 67.4% |
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2004 | 47,384 | 8.2% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 960,282 | 83.4% | 73.2% | 65.9% |
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2003 | 46,488 | 8.2% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 919,700 | 83.3% | 73.2% | 65.9% |
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2002 | 46,459 | 8.1% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 908,648 | 83.2% | 73.4% | 66.6% |
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2001 | 45,510 | 8.2% | 2.7% | 1.5% | 915,111 | 83.3% | 73.3% | 66.9% |
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2000 | 44,046 | 8.7% | 2.9% | 1.5% | 902,523 | 83.3% | 73.0% | 66.4% |
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1999 | 43,887 | 8.6% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 888,690 | 83.0% | 72.8% | 66.3% |
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1998 | 44,233 | 8.6% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 872,452 | 82.4% | 71.9% | 65.3% |
| 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 + | ||
| 44-45 | Retail Trade | 46,488 | 8.2% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 919,700 | 83.3% | 73.2% | 65.9% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 5,934 | 16.0% | 4.6% | 0.9% | 121,575 | 85.5% | 59.6% | 31.9% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 3,697 | 7.8% | 2.9% | 1.9% | 36,977 | 64.4% | 49.1% | 41.1% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 2,124 | 6.0% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 24,970 | 74.5% | 64.1% | 59.9% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 3,515 | 11.9% | 3.0% | 1.3% | 66,889 | 78.8% | 63.2% | 56.5% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 6,310 | 5.9% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 202,413 | 91.1% | 86.1% | 82.5% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 3,151 | 7.8% | 2.6% | 1.9% | 63,672 | 82.1% | 74.0% | 71.6% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 3,103 | 6.0% | 2.1% | 1.0% | 45,217 | 74.5% | 66.2% | 58.0% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 5,744 | 8.6% | 4.6% | 3.2% | 99,975 | 81.4% | 74.7% | 71.3% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 2,588 | 6.8% | 2.6% | 1.8% | 29,727 | 69.9% | D | 54.6% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 606 | 6.1% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 147,450 | 98.9% | D | 98.6% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 6,682 | 6.1% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 49,986 | 54.9% | 38.6% | 30.2% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 3,212 | 7.3% | 2.6% | 1.7% | 30,849 | 69.1% | 52.3% | 41.7% |
| 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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