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 | 12,907 | 15,629 | 237,375 | 9,926,732 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 981 | 982 | 0 | 43,498 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 4,957 | 4,968 | 10,474 | 367,979 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,282 | 2,309 | 14,911 | 535,865 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,604 | 1,708 | 21,026 | 800,866 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,775 | 2,330 | 57,945 | 2,305,830 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 614 | 1,073 | 40,073 | 1,652,975 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 694 | 2,259 | 92,946 | 4,219,719 |
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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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2005 | 12,651 | 23.9% | 10.3% | 5.4% | 237,889 | 81.0% | 56.8% | 39.8% |
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2004 | 12,721 | 23.9% | 10.3% | 5.3% | 235,090 | 80.5% | 56.2% | 38.2% |
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2003 | 12,907 | 23.9% | 10.1% | 5.4% | 237,375 | 80.4% | 56.0% | 39.2% |
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2002 | 13,390 | 23.7% | 10.0% | 5.3% | 244,950 | 80.0% | 55.6% | 38.7% |
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2001 | 13,609 | 24.3% | 10.2% | 5.7% | 262,986 | 80.5% | 56.0% | 39.3% |
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2000 | 13,818 | 24.4% | 10.2% | 5.6% | 261,121 | 80.2% | 55.1% | 38.1% |
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1999 | 14,120 | 23.9% | 9.8% | 5.5% | 255,669 | 79.5% | 53.8% | 37.4% |
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1998 | 14,413 | 23.7% | 9.9% | 5.4% | 255,022 | 78.9% | 53.2% | 35.7% |
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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 | 12,907 | 23.9% | 10.1% | 5.4% | 237,375 | 80.4% | 56.0% | 39.2% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 8,024 | 26.4% | 11.3% | 5.8% | 138,667 | 78.2% | 50.7% | 31.6% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 3,295 | 28.5% | 13.0% | 7.6% | 88,359 | 87.1% | 66.8% | 52.2% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 1,671 | 5.8% | 1.6% | 1.2% | 10,349 | 53.4% | 35.0% | 29.3% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |
Last modified: May 08, 2006
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