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 | 17,260 | 20,001 | 322,342 | 17,770,519 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 8,715 | 8,726 | 14,334 | 735,552 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,793 | 2,833 | 18,225 | 852,160 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,906 | 1,988 | 24,805 | 1,193,548 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 2,174 | 2,614 | 71,351 | 3,585,229 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 806 | 1,285 | 50,083 | 2,603,480 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 866 | 2,555 | 143,544 | 8,800,550 |
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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 | 17,260 | 22.3% | 9.7% | 5.0% | 322,342 | 82.2% | 60.1% | 44.5% |
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2004 | 17,341 | 22.6% | 9.7% | 5.1% | 323,273 | 81.9% | 59.6% | 44.6% |
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2003 | 17,659 | 22.5% | 9.6% | 5.1% | 325,903 | 81.6% | 59.2% | 44.7% |
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2002 | 17,861 | 23.0% | 9.7% | 5.2% | 322,579 | 81.4% | 58.1% | 43.4% |
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2001 | 18,083 | 23.4% | 10.2% | 5.6% | 343,491 | 82.0% | 59.1% | 44.1% |
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2000 | 18,633 | 23.2% | 10.0% | 5.5% | 344,027 | 81.5% | 58.0% | 42.9% |
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1999 | 18,911 | 23.0% | 10.0% | 5.5% | 338,196 | 80.7% | 57.1% | 42.4% |
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1998 | 19,024 | 23.1% | 10.2% | 5.5% | 330,809 | 79.9% | 56.2% | 40.2% |
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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 | 17,260 | 22.3% | 9.7% | 5.0% | 322,342 | 82.2% | 60.1% | 44.5% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 9,747 | 26.0% | 11.4% | 6.1% | 185,928 | 82.3% | 57.9% | 42.0% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 5,143 | 24.8% | 11.4% | 6.0% | 122,928 | 85.4% | 66.0% | 50.1% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 2,452 | 4.7% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 13,486 | 51.5% | 35.8% | 28.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |