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 | 4,204 | 4,671 | 80,024 | 4,873,666 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 1,984 | 1,986 | 3,473 | 222,271 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 663 | 667 | 4,331 | 236,816 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 514 | 523 | 6,590 | 374,485 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 503 | 551 | 16,524 | 955,322 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 215 | 277 | 14,301 | 768,688 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 325 | 667 | 34,805 | 2,316,084 |
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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 | 4,204 | 24.8% | 12.8% | 7.7% | 80,024 | 82.0% | 61.4% | 43.5% |
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2004 | 4,248 | 24.5% | 12.4% | 7.5% | 78,892 | 81.5% | 60.0% | 43.8% |
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2003 | 4,294 | 24.9% | 12.5% | 7.8% | 73,306 | 80.3% | 56.5% | 39.8% |
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2002 | 4,411 | 24.6% | 12.2% | 7.7% | 74,597 | 79.8% | 57.0% | 40.9% |
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2001 | 4,560 | 25.0% | 12.8% | 8.3% | 78,670 | 80.0% | 57.2% | 40.7% |
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2000 | 4,685 | 24.2% | 12.6% | 8.3% | 76,997 | 79.0% | 56.3% | 40.6% |
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1999 | 4,791 | 23.9% | 12.4% | 8.2% | 75,745 | 78.2% | 55.0% | 40.3% |
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1998 | 4,880 | 23.6% | 12.3% | 7.8% | 73,085 | 77.2% | 53.6% | 37.2% |
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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 | 4,204 | 24.8% | 12.8% | 7.7% | 80,024 | 82.0% | 61.4% | 43.5% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 2,429 | 27.5% | 14.8% | 8.6% | 45,551 | 80.2% | 58.3% | 39.9% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 1,266 | 28.0% | 14.1% | 9.3% | 29,466 | 86.4% | 66.6% | 48.8% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 534 | 7.9% | 3.9% | 2.8% | 5,007 | 72.8% | 58.7% | 44.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |