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 | 12,798 | 19,461 | 286,954 | 6,597,387 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 1,535 | 1,542 | 0 | 55,323 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 5,230 | 5,236 | 11,998 | 237,777 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,593 | 2,640 | 17,051 | 340,627 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,582 | 1,703 | 20,502 | 454,506 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,108 | 1,665 | 38,720 | 1,106,009 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 292 | 795 | 27,442 | 944,567 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 458 | 5,880 | 171,241 | 3,458,578 |
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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 | 12,305 | 13.8% | 6.0% | 3.6% | 294,131 | 83.5% | 72.1% | 62.6% |
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2006 | 12,871 | 14.1% | 5.7% | 3.5% | 307,080 | 83.5% | 70.9% | 61.1% |
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2005 | 13,003 | 14.0% | 5.7% | 3.4% | 299,658 | 83.2% | 70.2% | 60.4% |
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2004 | 12,922 | 14.6% | 5.7% | 3.6% | 299,177 | 83.0% | 69.6% | 60.3% |
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2003 | 12,798 | 14.5% | 5.9% | 3.6% | 286,954 | 82.7% | 69.2% | 59.7% |
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2002 | 12,905 | 14.8% | 6.1% | 3.7% | 288,780 | 82.6% | 69.2% | 60.3% |
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2001 | 12,907 | 15.2% | 6.2% | 3.8% | 284,759 | 82.3% | 68.1% | 58.4% |
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2000 | 12,742 | 15.3% | 6.2% | 3.9% | 284,601 | 82.1% | 67.9% | 58.3% |
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1999 | 12,830 | 15.0% | 6.0% | 3.8% | 279,135 | 81.6% | 67.6% | 58.7% |
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1998 | 13,068 | 15.2% | 5.9% | 3.7% | 273,036 | 80.7% | 65.9% | 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 + | ||
| 44-45 | Retail Trade | 12,798 | 14.5% | 5.9% | 3.6% | 286,954 | 82.7% | 69.2% | 59.7% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 1,239 | 29.3% | 8.7% | 2.3% | 38,430 | 88.6% | 59.4% | 28.6% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 831 | 18.2% | 8.1% | 4.8% | 10,821 | 70.5% | 49.0% | 34.1% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 476 | 10.3% | 5.0% | 4.2% | 8,079 | 79.5% | D | 68.4% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 881 | 22.9% | 7.2% | 3.9% | 22,217 | 84.1% | 63.4% | 53.1% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 2,647 | 9.1% | 2.2% | 1.4% | 59,793 | 83.4% | 71.9% | 66.5% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 766 | 14.2% | 6.5% | 5.4% | 18,172 | 83.0% | 73.5% | 70.7% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 1,336 | 8.9% | 2.2% | 1.2% | 14,960 | 52.2% | 34.7% | 27.3% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 1,215 | 21.2% | 16.0% | 12.7% | 30,986 | 86.9% | 81.1% | 75.8% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 783 | 14.9% | 7.7% | 5.0% | 12,897 | 76.5% | 64.5% | 59.0% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 174 | 19.5% | 15.5% | 14.4% | 42,921 | 98.8% | D | 97.9% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,655 | 10.4% | 4.4% | 2.4% | 16,694 | 63.9% | 46.5% | 33.5% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 894 | 14.7% | 7.4% | 4.3% | 10,984 | 72.9% | 54.3% | 35.2% |
| 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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