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 | 76,913 | 112,382 | 1,651,973 | 43,416,017 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 45,460 | 45,636 | 78,338 | 1,993,745 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 15,147 | 15,514 | 99,195 | 2,207,844 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 8,303 | 9,090 | 109,066 | 2,705,939 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 6,102 | 9,203 | 231,536 | 7,151,077 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,235 | 4,820 | 159,465 | 5,909,341 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 666 | 28,119 | 974,373 | 23,448,071 |
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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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2005 | 76,913 | 10.4% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,651,973 | 82.7% | 68.6% | 59.0% |
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2004 | 75,465 | 11.0% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1,662,333 | 82.7% | 68.3% | 58.1% |
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2003 | 74,788 | 10.9% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1,592,087 | 82.0% | 67.4% | 57.0% |
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2002 | 74,868 | 11.1% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1,534,667 | 81.2% | 66.1% | 55.4% |
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2001 | 74,616 | 11.1% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,531,595 | 81.0% | 65.4% | 55.6% |
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2000 | 73,489 | 11.0% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,491,460 | 80.7% | 65.0% | 55.4% |
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1999 | 72,026 | 10.8% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1,421,434 | 80.1% | 64.4% | 55.3% |
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1998 | 71,858 | 10.6% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1,382,643 | 79.5% | 63.8% | 54.8% |
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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 | 76,913 | 10.4% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 1,651,973 | 82.7% | 68.6% | 59.0% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 8,744 | 21.5% | 6.0% | 0.8% | 219,811 | 86.4% | 57.2% | 24.8% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 5,502 | 10.3% | 2.5% | 1.1% | 67,251 | 69.6% | 47.9% | 37.8% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 3,822 | 7.8% | 1.6% | 0.7% | 67,441 | 80.4% | 69.4% | 63.0% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 5,561 | 14.8% | 2.9% | 1.0% | 130,036 | 80.3% | 61.9% | 53.0% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 13,396 | 10.1% | 1.8% | 0.5% | 331,648 | 86.3% | 73.9% | 66.4% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 5,057 | 8.5% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 110,072 | 81.2% | 71.3% | 67.5% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 5,362 | 9.8% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 62,946 | 56.9% | 33.6% | 22.3% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 9,000 | 8.2% | 3.3% | 2.0% | 197,488 | 84.8% | 77.7% | 72.9% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 4,721 | 9.7% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 76,408 | 75.9% | 61.6% | 54.6% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 1,206 | 6.2% | 2.6% | 2.2% | 244,960 | 98.6% | 98.0% | 97.9% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 10,593 | 6.6% | 1.8% | 0.7% | 92,572 | 59.8% | 43.3% | 35.2% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 4,335 | 11.3% | 3.1% | 1.7% | 51,340 | 70.2% | 45.3% | 31.6% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |