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 | 48,111 | 72,469 | 987,307 | 23,452,267 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 32,268 | 32,340 | 55,031 | 1,311,314 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 8,190 | 8,304 | 52,838 | 1,128,353 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 3,855 | 4,244 | 49,897 | 1,205,877 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,528 | 3,908 | 93,004 | 2,903,036 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 654 | 2,352 | 70,920 | 2,561,790 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 616 | 21,321 | 665,617 | 14,341,897 |
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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 | 45,764 | 7.7% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 995,711 | 84.7% | 76.1% | 69.8% |
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2006 | 47,994 | 8.1% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 1,056,865 | 85.0% | 75.9% | 68.9% |
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2005 | 48,111 | 7.9% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 987,307 | 84.0% | 74.6% | 67.4% |
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2004 | 47,384 | 8.2% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 960,282 | 83.4% | 73.2% | 65.9% |
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2003 | 46,488 | 8.2% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 919,700 | 83.3% | 73.2% | 65.9% |
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2002 | 46,459 | 8.1% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 908,648 | 83.2% | 73.4% | 66.6% |
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2001 | 45,510 | 8.2% | 2.7% | 1.5% | 915,111 | 83.3% | 73.3% | 66.9% |
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2000 | 44,046 | 8.7% | 2.9% | 1.5% | 902,523 | 83.3% | 73.0% | 66.4% |
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1999 | 43,887 | 8.6% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 888,690 | 83.0% | 72.8% | 66.3% |
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1998 | 44,233 | 8.6% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 872,452 | 82.4% | 71.9% | 65.3% |
| D = Withheld to avoid disclosure | |||||||||
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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 | 48,111 | 7.9% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 987,307 | 84.0% | 74.6% | 67.4% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | 6,287 | 15.5% | 4.8% | 1.0% | 130,880 | 86.0% | 61.6% | 34.2% |
| 442 | Furniture & home furnishings stores | 3,823 | 7.8% | 2.9% | 1.8% | 41,205 | 66.6% | 51.8% | 44.2% |
| 443 | Electronics & appliance stores | 2,347 | 5.9% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 29,814 | 75.4% | 64.8% | 61.3% |
| 444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 3,718 | 11.8% | 2.9% | 1.3% | 76,664 | 80.5% | 65.7% | 59.3% |
| 445 | Food & beverage stores | 6,534 | 6.1% | 1.6% | 0.7% | 204,277 | 90.8% | 85.7% | 81.8% |
| 446 | Health & personal care stores | 3,278 | 7.6% | 2.6% | 2.0% | 74,733 | 84.2% | 77.2% | 75.3% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 3,099 | 5.6% | 2.2% | 1.0% | 43,395 | 73.9% | 66.4% | 56.1% |
| 448 | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | 5,869 | 7.8% | 4.4% | 2.9% | 107,619 | 82.4% | 77.3% | 73.5% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores | 2,716 | 6.4% | 2.4% | 1.5% | 30,223 | 69.1% | D | 55.7% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 653 | 5.2% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 166,244 | 99.0% | D | 98.5% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 7,012 | 5.5% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 51,842 | 55.5% | 41.1% | 34.0% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 2,944 | 7.6% | 2.6% | 1.7% | 30,411 | 72.7% | 55.8% | 45.2% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |