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 | 10,625 | 12,507 | 174,197 | 8,559,369 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 892 | 892 | 0 | 36,307 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 4,452 | 4,458 | 9,305 | 372,914 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,709 | 1,736 | 11,326 | 443,413 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,239 | 1,289 | 16,250 | 679,306 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,288 | 1,638 | 42,302 | 1,855,807 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 421 | 808 | 28,893 | 1,286,897 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 624 | 1,686 | 66,121 | 3,884,725 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 9,811 | 22.7% | 10.7% | 6.0% | 170,557 | 80.7% | 58.7% | 40.4% |
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2007 | 9,941 | 22.4% | 10.4% | 5.9% | 167,498 | 79.9% | 56.9% | 39.2% |
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2006 | 9,877 | 23.1% | 10.6% | 6.1% | 173,601 | 80.9% | 57.8% | 39.8% |
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2005 | 10,126 | 22.2% | 10.3% | 5.9% | 172,853 | 80.3% | 57.7% | 39.3% |
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2004 | 10,353 | 22.3% | 10.0% | 5.9% | 172,962 | 79.2% | 55.2% | 39.3% |
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2003 | 10,625 | 22.0% | 9.8% | 5.9% | 174,197 | 78.8% | 54.5% | 38.0% |
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2002 | 11,156 | 21.5% | 9.5% | 5.7% | 175,176 | 77.4% | 52.3% | 36.5% |
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2001 | 11,247 | 22.5% | 9.9% | 6.0% | 188,551 | 78.8% | 54.4% | 37.5% |
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2000 | 11,636 | 22.2% | 9.8% | 5.9% | 190,692 | 78.3% | 53.2% | 36.5% |
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1999 | 11,770 | 22.0% | 9.8% | 6.0% | 189,534 | 78.1% | 53.3% | 36.5% |
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1998 | 11,848 | 22.3% | 10.0% | 6.0% | 191,476 | 77.8% | 53.0% | 36.3% |
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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 | 10,625 | 22.0% | 9.8% | 5.9% | 174,197 | 78.8% | 54.5% | 38.0% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 6,498 | 24.9% | 11.2% | 6.7% | 108,968 | 78.5% | 51.9% | 35.4% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 2,774 | 24.4% | 12.0% | 7.4% | 55,304 | 82.8% | 61.9% | 44.7% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 1,414 | 6.4% | 2.1% | 1.2% | 9,925 | 60.2% | 43.3% | 28.1% |
| 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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