Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2004:
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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 | 15,740 | 23,769 | 321,135 | 6,527,449 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 1,574 | 1,575 | 0 | 53,715 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 6,723 | 6,738 | 15,070 | 252,341 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 3,107 | 3,178 | 20,443 | 378,469 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,982 | 2,192 | 26,163 | 548,992 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,573 | 2,429 | 56,079 | 1,426,441 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 310 | 1,299 | 27,691 | 705,251 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 471 | 6,358 | 175,689 | 3,162,240 |
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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 | 14,311 | 14.7% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 319,127 | 82.4% | 67.6% | 59.6% |
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2006 | 15,208 | 14.6% | 5.0% | 3.0% | 326,498 | 81.7% | 65.6% | 57.6% |
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2005 | 15,549 | 14.4% | 4.9% | 3.0% | 321,615 | 81.2% | 64.7% | 56.3% |
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2004 | 15,740 | 15.0% | 5.0% | 3.0% | 321,135 | 80.8% | 63.3% | 54.7% |
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2003 | 15,823 | 15.0% | 5.0% | 3.0% | 316,214 | 80.7% | 63.0% | 54.0% |
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2002 | 15,889 | 14.8% | 5.1% | 3.2% | 312,562 | 80.3% | 63.1% | 54.6% |
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2001 | 16,050 | 14.8% | 5.2% | 3.2% | 317,459 | 80.2% | 62.9% | 53.9% |
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2000 | 16,188 | 14.9% | 5.1% | 3.2% | 317,839 | 80.2% | 62.7% | 53.5% |
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1999 | 16,322 | 14.8% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 308,065 | 79.8% | 62.2% | 52.7% |
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1998 | 16,435 | 14.7% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 304,013 | 79.3% | 61.5% | 52.1% |
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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 + | ||
| 44-45 | Retail Trade | 15,740 | 15.0% | 5.0% | 3.0% | 321,135 | 80.8% | 63.3% | 54.7% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 2,558 | 21.0% | 3.8% | 1.2% | 43,693 | 79.0% | 36.8% | 18.3% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 1,035 | 14.4% | 6.7% | 4.7% | 11,438 | 63.2% | 42.3% | 33.8% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 729 | 9.7% | 4.5% | 2.9% | 8,688 | 67.7% | 57.2% | 49.7% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 1,661 | 17.6% | 4.4% | 2.2% | 28,768 | 73.0% | 48.9% | 39.0% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 1,686 | 18.8% | 4.9% | 2.3% | 49,027 | 87.6% | 69.7% | 58.4% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 875 | 17.5% | 6.4% | 4.8% | 19,008 | 77.1% | 60.1% | 55.9% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 1,635 | 16.3% | 4.1% | 1.8% | 27,247 | 71.9% | 47.5% | 30.8% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 1,258 | 17.4% | 13.5% | 11.5% | 26,790 | 84.5% | 79.5% | 77.4% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 913 | 11.4% | 5.7% | 4.2% | 11,750 | 72.6% | 59.8% | 55.0% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 225 | 21.8% | 15.6% | 13.3% | 66,887 | 98.9% | 98.3% | 97.6% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 2,307 | 8.3% | 3.5% | 2.0% | 17,332 | 53.6% | 33.0% | 25.4% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 994 | 11.7% | 4.7% | 2.9% | 10,507 | 66.9% | 48.4% | 36.0% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |