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 | 25,381 | 31,460 | 430,799 | 19,568,190 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 2,213 | 2,215 | 0 | 115,654 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 10,635 | 10,655 | 22,684 | 786,175 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 4,455 | 4,541 | 29,248 | 1,074,423 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,131 | 3,406 | 40,152 | 1,530,863 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,863 | 3,784 | 90,139 | 3,600,936 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,032 | 2,157 | 70,830 | 2,887,421 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 1,052 | 4,702 | 177,746 | 9,572,718 |
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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 | 24,734 | 19.4% | 8.2% | 4.1% | 450,206 | 80.0% | 60.1% | 44.7% |
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2004 | 24,875 | 19.7% | 8.1% | 4.0% | 437,778 | 79.5% | 58.4% | 43.1% |
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2003 | 25,381 | 19.5% | 8.2% | 4.1% | 430,799 | 78.6% | 57.7% | 41.3% |
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2002 | 25,721 | 19.9% | 8.1% | 4.1% | 432,811 | 78.2% | 56.2% | 39.8% |
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2001 | 25,748 | 20.3% | 8.4% | 4.4% | 456,666 | 78.8% | 57.0% | 41.4% |
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2000 | 26,387 | 19.9% | 8.3% | 4.4% | 457,527 | 78.3% | 56.3% | 41.5% |
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1999 | 26,740 | 19.7% | 8.2% | 4.4% | 442,635 | 77.5% | 55.0% | 39.8% |
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1998 | 27,147 | 19.7% | 8.0% | 4.3% | 436,053 | 76.8% | 53.4% | 38.5% |
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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 | 25,381 | 19.5% | 8.2% | 4.1% | 430,799 | 78.6% | 57.7% | 41.3% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 15,485 | 21.2% | 9.2% | 4.8% | 257,119 | 77.4% | 55.5% | 40.0% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 7,483 | 21.2% | 9.4% | 4.7% | 149,736 | 82.2% | 62.5% | 43.7% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 2,537 | 7.2% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 23,944 | 68.9% | 51.6% | 39.7% |
| 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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