Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2003:
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| By detailed employment size | By year |
| Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
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| All firms | 173,308 | 181,534 | 1,182,581 | 73,925,965 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 17,130 | 17,148 | 0 | 1,371,398 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 109,580 | 109,651 | 215,732 | 8,004,108 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 25,951 | 26,171 | 167,793 | 7,425,976 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 11,945 | 12,664 | 158,395 | 8,594,791 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 7,460 | 10,193 | 274,993 | 18,447,506 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 988 | 3,343 | 179,187 | 13,669,173 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 254 | 2,364 | 186,481 | 16,413,013 |
| Firms with 500 to 749 employees | 73 | 478 | 41,826 | 3,483,810 |
| Firms with 750 to 999 employees | 40 | 377 | 29,894 | 2,554,782 |
| Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 48 | 358 | 50,551 | 4,826,844 |
| Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees | 36 | 345 | 45,878 | 4,419,879 |
| Firms with 2,500 employees or more | 57 | 806 | 18,332 | 1,127,698 |
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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 | 178,714 | 4.6% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 1,198,520 | 54.4% | 32.6% | 18.0% |
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2007 | 181,525 | 4.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 1,206,577 | 53.8% | 32.2% | 17.6% |
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2006 | 180,727 | 4.7% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 1,219,383 | 54.2% | 32.1% | 17.0% |
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2005 | 179,919 | 4.7% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 1,199,470 | 54.2% | 31.5% | 16.2% |
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2004 | 177,058 | 5.0% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 1,218,350 | 54.5% | 31.3% | 16.2% |
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2003 | 173,308 | 5.0% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 1,182,581 | 54.2% | 30.9% | 15.8% |
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2002 | 170,427 | 4.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 1,138,451 | 53.8% | 30.9% | 16.4% |
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2001 | 169,239 | 4.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1,110,187 | 53.2% | 30.1% | 15.9% |
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2000 | 169,204 | 4.8% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1,088,963 | 52.3% | 28.6% | 14.0% |
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1999 | 169,613 | 4.8% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1,082,253 | 51.9% | 27.9% | 13.0% |
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1998 | 170,467 | 4.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1,049,373 | 50.6% | 26.3% | 11.3% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 5411 |
Last modified: July 13, 2011
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