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 | 6,121 | 7,439 | 118,391 | 5,055,058 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 443 | 448 | 0 | 40,051 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 2,240 | 2,244 | 4,965 | 175,779 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,006 | 1,019 | 6,583 | 234,831 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 764 | 799 | 9,821 | 370,784 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 804 | 974 | 23,670 | 967,304 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 332 | 563 | 18,473 | 829,977 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 532 | 1,392 | 54,879 | 2,436,332 |
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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 | 5,855 | 29.4% | 15.0% | 8.8% | 127,140 | 84.3% | 63.9% | 48.0% |
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2007 | 6,064 | 28.3% | 14.3% | 8.4% | 123,146 | 83.0% | 62.0% | 45.6% |
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2006 | 6,004 | 28.0% | 14.4% | 8.6% | 120,649 | 82.9% | 61.9% | 46.4% |
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2005 | 5,991 | 27.4% | 14.0% | 8.4% | 116,259 | 82.1% | 60.9% | 44.8% |
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2004 | 6,073 | 27.5% | 13.8% | 8.3% | 117,856 | 82.4% | 61.3% | 45.2% |
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2003 | 6,121 | 27.3% | 14.1% | 8.7% | 118,391 | 82.0% | 62.0% | 46.4% |
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2002 | 6,317 | 26.8% | 13.5% | 8.4% | 122,645 | 81.6% | 61.4% | 45.8% |
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2001 | 6,458 | 27.4% | 14.3% | 9.2% | 130,439 | 82.2% | 62.8% | 46.9% |
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2000 | 6,654 | 27.2% | 13.9% | 9.0% | 126,597 | 81.3% | 59.9% | 43.8% |
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1999 | 6,805 | 26.5% | 13.5% | 8.8% | 129,426 | 81.1% | 60.2% | 45.6% |
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1998 | 6,975 | 26.2% | 13.1% | 8.3% | 125,210 | 80.2% | 58.4% | 42.1% |
| 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 + | ||
| 42 | Wholesale trade | 6,121 | 27.3% | 14.1% | 8.7% | 118,391 | 82.0% | 62.0% | 46.4% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 3,802 | 28.9% | 14.8% | 9.1% | 66,559 | 79.6% | 56.8% | 39.9% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 1,753 | 31.1% | 18.0% | 11.4% | 47,063 | D | D | 56.7% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 600 | 8.8% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 4,769 | D | D | 33.4% |
| 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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