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 | 14,935 | 21,312 | 321,178 | 6,532,504 |
| Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 1,555 | 1,560 | 0 | 47,403 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 5,679 | 5,695 | 12,771 | 223,164 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 3,149 | 3,207 | 20,919 | 381,578 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,176 | 2,391 | 28,821 | 587,311 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,634 | 2,372 | 60,006 | 1,394,217 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 346 | 1,314 | 38,196 | 889,314 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 396 | 4,773 | 160,465 | 3,009,517 |
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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 | 13,724 | 15.8% | 5.3% | 3.0% | 319,348 | 82.2% | 65.6% | 55.0% |
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2006 | 14,576 | 15.7% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 321,788 | 81.4% | 63.3% | 52.1% |
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2005 | 14,851 | 15.5% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 317,423 | 80.7% | 62.5% | 50.7% |
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2004 | 14,935 | 15.9% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 321,178 | 80.5% | 61.9% | 50.0% |
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2003 | 14,990 | 15.9% | 4.9% | 2.6% | 312,483 | 80.2% | 61.0% | 48.2% |
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2002 | 14,984 | 16.0% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 309,173 | 79.9% | 60.4% | 47.7% |
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2001 | 15,000 | 16.5% | 5.1% | 2.8% | 315,694 | 80.3% | 60.4% | 48.1% |
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2000 | 14,888 | 17.0% | 5.2% | 2.9% | 322,117 | 80.9% | 60.7% | 48.5% |
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1999 | 15,049 | 16.8% | 5.3% | 2.9% | 316,102 | 80.4% | 60.4% | 48.0% |
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1998 | 15,222 | 16.4% | 5.2% | 2.8% | 309,204 | 79.7% | 59.8% | 46.6% |
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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 | 14,935 | 15.9% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 321,178 | 80.5% | 61.9% | 50.0% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 2,276 | 22.4% | 4.0% | 1.1% | 41,399 | 76.6% | 35.8% | 16.5% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 1,049 | 13.3% | 5.2% | 3.8% | 10,643 | 57.0% | 33.7% | 19.7% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 642 | 9.7% | 4.4% | 3.0% | 8,602 | 68.9% | 58.0% | 49.3% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 1,624 | 19.5% | 5.0% | 2.0% | 29,438 | 74.0% | 48.3% | 35.6% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 1,794 | 22.7% | 6.4% | 1.9% | 57,536 | 89.2% | 66.8% | 45.4% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 635 | 23.9% | 9.1% | 6.3% | 18,255 | 84.3% | 68.1% | 64.3% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 1,630 | 16.3% | 4.2% | 1.2% | 25,146 | 66.0% | 41.4% | 25.3% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 1,151 | 16.5% | 11.6% | 10.2% | 21,494 | 79.9% | 72.5% | 69.7% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 1,033 | 10.5% | 4.9% | 3.0% | 13,028 | 69.4% | 54.8% | 46.2% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 226 | 28.3% | 16.8% | 11.1% | 58,439 | 98.6% | 96.9% | 93.9% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 2,148 | 8.3% | 3.0% | 1.6% | 17,168 | 53.3% | 34.7% | 26.7% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 928 | 16.5% | 6.6% | 3.1% | 20,030 | 84.6% | 72.1% | 60.7% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |