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 | 33,681 | 35,966 | 406,537 | 20,894,567 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 3,603 | 3,604 | 0 | 177,192 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 17,045 | 17,063 | 34,953 | 1,293,217 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 5,241 | 5,282 | 34,040 | 1,440,543 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,275 | 3,370 | 43,002 | 1,929,230 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,027 | 3,428 | 103,407 | 5,108,004 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 807 | 1,280 | 70,419 | 3,675,876 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 683 | 1,939 | 120,716 | 7,270,505 |
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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 | 31,547 | 14.2% | 4.6% | 2.1% | 394,390 | 74.1% | 48.2% | 29.3% |
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2007 | 31,959 | 13.7% | 4.6% | 2.1% | 390,422 | 73.2% | 48.2% | 29.6% |
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2006 | 32,368 | 13.7% | 4.5% | 2.0% | 405,236 | 73.8% | 48.2% | 30.4% |
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2005 | 32,948 | 13.4% | 4.5% | 2.0% | 409,023 | 73.5% | 48.4% | 30.4% |
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2004 | 33,216 | 13.4% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 407,036 | 73.0% | 47.6% | 29.9% |
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2003 | 33,681 | 13.4% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 406,537 | 72.5% | 47.0% | 29.7% |
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2002 | 33,380 | 13.6% | 4.3% | 2.0% | 392,641 | 71.6% | 45.2% | 29.1% |
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2001 | 33,732 | 14.2% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 426,983 | 72.8% | 46.4% | 30.3% |
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2000 | 34,267 | 14.2% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 422,403 | 72.2% | 45.8% | 29.2% |
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1999 | 34,512 | 14.0% | 4.7% | 2.3% | 416,351 | 71.5% | 45.5% | 29.5% |
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1998 | 35,121 | 13.9% | 4.7% | 2.3% | 410,910 | 70.8% | 44.5% | 28.0% |
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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 | 33,681 | 13.4% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 406,537 | 72.5% | 47.0% | 29.7% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 16,759 | 14.6% | 4.9% | 2.5% | 198,181 | 70.5% | 43.1% | 26.6% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 14,179 | 14.3% | 4.8% | 2.1% | 188,780 | 75.7% | 50.8% | 31.7% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 2,825 | 4.0% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 19,576 | 61.1% | 50.0% | 41.7% |
| 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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