Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2005:
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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 | 52,068 | 59,252 | 816,186 | 47,831,555 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 28,893 | 28,939 | 49,078 | 2,292,934 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 8,954 | 9,063 | 58,497 | 2,444,449 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 5,840 | 6,033 | 77,026 | 3,495,101 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 5,735 | 6,781 | 200,490 | 9,794,755 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,535 | 2,818 | 143,908 | 7,779,645 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 1,111 | 5,618 | 287,187 | 22,024,671 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 52,836 | 16.4% | 5.3% | 2.2% | 887,656 | 78.9% | 55.6% | 38.2% |
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2007 | 53,072 | 15.9% | 5.1% | 2.2% | 820,421 | 77.2% | 52.8% | 35.5% |
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2006 | 52,548 | 16.1% | 5.1% | 2.1% | 825,742 | 77.3% | 52.9% | 34.5% |
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2005 | 52,068 | 16.1% | 5.1% | 2.1% | 816,186 | 77.4% | 52.8% | 35.2% |
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2004 | 51,565 | 16.5% | 5.1% | 2.2% | 801,781 | 76.8% | 51.4% | 33.8% |
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2003 | 52,299 | 16.4% | 5.1% | 2.3% | 794,340 | 76.3% | 50.5% | 32.7% |
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2002 | 51,326 | 17.0% | 5.2% | 2.3% | 811,052 | 77.0% | 51.4% | 34.0% |
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2001 | 50,613 | 18.0% | 5.6% | 2.5% | 829,917 | 77.2% | 50.7% | 32.0% |
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2000 | 51,165 | 17.7% | 5.5% | 2.5% | 808,198 | 76.5% | 49.8% | 31.9% |
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1999 | 51,193 | 17.3% | 5.5% | 2.5% | 773,142 | 75.6% | 48.6% | 31.5% |
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1998 | 51,204 | 17.4% | 5.6% | 2.5% | 769,717 | 75.2% | 48.5% | 31.2% |
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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 | 52,068 | 16.1% | 5.1% | 2.1% | 816,186 | 77.4% | 52.8% | 35.2% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 27,067 | 19.2% | 6.4% | 2.9% | 471,816 | 78.7% | 53.5% | 36.5% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 18,448 | 16.3% | 5.1% | 2.1% | 303,483 | 78.4% | 54.0% | 34.3% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 6,704 | 4.8% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 40,887 | 54.8% | 36.4% | 27.2% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |