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 | 11,934 | 13,973 | 200,693 | 10,510,976 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 6,146 | 6,152 | 9,917 | 463,653 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,812 | 1,831 | 11,699 | 489,593 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,249 | 1,279 | 15,994 | 687,551 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,304 | 1,518 | 38,383 | 1,724,400 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 655 | 915 | 33,916 | 1,630,547 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 768 | 2,278 | 90,784 | 5,515,232 |
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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 | 11,716 | 23.8% | 12.5% | 6.6% | 205,130 | 81.9% | 63.2% | 45.2% |
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2007 | 12,058 | 23.0% | 11.8% | 6.3% | 206,089 | 81.3% | 62.5% | 45.3% |
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2006 | 11,978 | 23.0% | 12.1% | 6.5% | 207,204 | 81.6% | 63.0% | 45.5% |
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2005 | 11,934 | 22.9% | 11.9% | 6.4% | 200,693 | 81.3% | 62.1% | 45.2% |
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2004 | 11,862 | 23.0% | 11.7% | 6.5% | 199,327 | 80.9% | 61.0% | 45.2% |
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2003 | 11,824 | 23.2% | 12.0% | 6.9% | 197,951 | 80.9% | 61.2% | 46.6% |
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2002 | 11,780 | 23.4% | 12.1% | 7.0% | 195,861 | 80.6% | 60.8% | 46.1% |
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2001 | 11,733 | 24.2% | 12.4% | 7.5% | 201,981 | 81.0% | 60.3% | 45.3% |
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2000 | 12,025 | 23.8% | 12.4% | 7.4% | 198,709 | 80.0% | 59.7% | 44.0% |
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1999 | 12,235 | 23.5% | 12.3% | 7.5% | 197,503 | 79.7% | 59.5% | 44.7% |
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1998 | 12,393 | 23.5% | 12.2% | 7.6% | 193,117 | 79.2% | 58.4% | 44.1% |
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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 | 11,934 | 22.9% | 11.9% | 6.4% | 200,693 | 81.3% | 62.1% | 45.2% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 6,367 | 28.2% | 15.4% | 8.4% | 118,589 | 81.6% | 61.9% | 44.7% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 3,100 | 28.3% | 15.2% | 8.7% | 68,981 | 85.2% | 67.2% | 50.0% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 2,532 | 4.6% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 13,123 | 57.2% | 37.6% | 25.2% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |