Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2004:
|
| By detailed employment size | By year | By industry |
| Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All firms | 75,465 | 110,875 | 1,662,333 | 41,732,086 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 9,256 | 9,268 | 0 | 347,978 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 34,383 | 34,500 | 76,800 | 1,477,263 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 14,912 | 15,257 | 98,037 | 2,069,288 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 8,583 | 9,429 | 113,115 | 2,616,497 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 6,396 | 9,645 | 239,247 | 6,980,067 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,275 | 4,874 | 169,613 | 5,979,590 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 660 | 27,902 | 965,521 | 22,261,403 |
| More data |
Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
![]() |
2008 | 73,147 | 10.1% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,668,747 | 83.0% | 70.4% | 61.5% |
![]() |
2006 | 76,669 | 10.6% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,700,802 | 83.0% | 69.2% | 59.3% |
![]() |
2005 | 76,913 | 10.4% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,651,973 | 82.7% | 68.6% | 59.0% |
![]() |
2004 | 75,465 | 11.0% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1,662,333 | 82.7% | 68.3% | 58.1% |
![]() |
2003 | 74,788 | 10.9% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1,592,087 | 82.0% | 67.4% | 57.0% |
![]() |
2002 | 74,868 | 11.1% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1,534,667 | 81.2% | 66.1% | 55.4% |
![]() |
2001 | 74,616 | 11.1% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,531,595 | 81.0% | 65.4% | 55.6% |
![]() |
2000 | 73,489 | 11.0% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,491,460 | 80.7% | 65.0% | 55.4% |
![]() |
1999 | 72,026 | 10.8% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1,421,434 | 80.1% | 64.4% | 55.3% |
![]() |
1998 | 71,858 | 10.6% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1,382,643 | 79.5% | 63.8% | 54.8% |
|
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 | 75,465 | 11.0% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1,662,333 | 82.7% | 68.3% | 58.1% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 8,612 | 22.1% | 6.2% | 0.8% | 218,281 | 86.4% | 56.7% | 22.1% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 5,276 | 10.8% | 2.5% | 1.2% | 67,286 | 69.7% | 47.3% | 38.1% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 3,671 | 8.3% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 67,420 | 80.9% | 69.7% | 63.9% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 5,399 | 16.0% | 3.0% | 1.1% | 125,779 | 80.1% | 60.6% | 50.9% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 13,196 | 10.7% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 339,304 | 86.7% | 74.1% | 66.3% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 4,931 | 9.5% | 2.1% | 1.1% | 109,820 | 81.1% | 70.4% | 66.0% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 5,397 | 11.3% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 66,642 | 58.3% | 32.7% | 21.5% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 8,711 | 8.2% | 3.4% | 2.0% | 196,026 | 84.7% | 78.0% | 72.8% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 4,712 | 10.5% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 79,598 | 77.0% | 62.0% | 54.7% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 1,039 | 7.8% | 3.5% | 2.8% | 249,310 | 98.6% | 98.0% | 97.7% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 10,488 | 6.8% | 1.8% | 0.6% | 90,664 | 57.4% | 40.4% | 31.5% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 4,431 | 12.0% | 3.2% | 1.7% | 52,203 | 69.4% | 42.9% | 27.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |