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 | 59,031 | 76,777 | 862,872 | 19,294,985 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 6,953 | 6,963 | 0 | 185,857 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 32,380 | 32,409 | 69,753 | 1,345,836 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 9,888 | 10,007 | 63,915 | 1,412,255 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 5,018 | 5,285 | 65,802 | 1,606,201 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 3,676 | 4,956 | 133,450 | 4,016,365 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 554 | 2,341 | 60,534 | 1,833,591 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 562 | 14,816 | 469,418 | 8,894,880 |
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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 | 57,108 | 8.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 892,335 | 78.5% | 64.8% | 57.8% |
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2006 | 58,656 | 8.0% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 901,418 | 78.2% | 63.9% | 56.9% |
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2005 | 60,111 | 7.9% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 877,803 | 77.6% | 62.7% | 55.6% |
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2004 | 59,767 | 8.1% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 887,747 | 77.5% | 62.3% | 55.5% |
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2003 | 59,031 | 8.1% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 862,872 | 76.9% | 61.4% | 54.4% |
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2002 | 59,336 | 8.1% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 848,464 | 76.3% | 60.7% | 54.3% |
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2001 | 58,029 | 8.3% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 841,493 | 76.3% | 60.7% | 54.2% |
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2000 | 57,698 | 8.3% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 843,837 | 76.5% | 61.4% | 54.5% |
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1999 | 57,070 | 8.2% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 813,025 | 76.0% | 60.5% | 54.0% |
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1998 | 57,484 | 8.1% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 800,626 | 75.5% | 60.0% | 53.6% |
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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 + | ||
| 44-45 | Retail Trade | 59,031 | 8.1% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 862,872 | 76.9% | 61.4% | 54.4% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 4,666 | 22.3% | 2.9% | 0.7% | 80,470 | 80.0% | 30.8% | 10.7% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 3,279 | 8.5% | 3.0% | 1.7% | 31,191 | 61.8% | 43.4% | 34.8% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 2,460 | 4.5% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 24,406 | 69.5% | 59.2% | 57.9% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 4,064 | 12.1% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 62,230 | 72.1% | 49.4% | 40.2% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 14,041 | 6.1% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 197,185 | 78.1% | 64.9% | 59.0% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 4,173 | 7.9% | 1.8% | 1.3% | 77,126 | 78.1% | 67.3% | 65.1% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 3,557 | 5.0% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 34,136 | 57.7% | 45.7% | 35.6% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 7,747 | 7.6% | 3.5% | 2.2% | 127,234 | 80.7% | 73.3% | 67.5% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 3,183 | 7.0% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 37,651 | 75.1% | 63.0% | 57.7% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 1,249 | 9.5% | 3.3% | 2.2% | 107,861 | 96.2% | 93.9% | 91.9% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 7,258 | 5.2% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 46,317 | 53.0% | 36.6% | 29.7% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 3,573 | 10.7% | 3.0% | 1.8% | 37,065 | 66.4% | 42.6% | 31.4% |
| 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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