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 | 7,860 | 8,818 | 149,283 | 9,591,832 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 3,725 | 3,729 | 6,645 | 372,264 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,307 | 1,313 | 8,548 | 456,538 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 903 | 917 | 11,770 | 643,547 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,020 | 1,141 | 34,328 | 1,963,295 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 384 | 516 | 26,478 | 1,553,839 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 521 | 1,202 | 61,514 | 4,602,349 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 7,620 | 25.5% | 11.9% | 6.8% | 142,838 | 82.0% | 57.3% | 39.9% |
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2007 | 7,679 | 24.9% | 11.5% | 6.5% | 143,053 | 81.3% | 57.2% | 40.3% |
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2006 | 7,640 | 25.1% | 11.6% | 6.6% | 144,638 | 81.7% | 57.8% | 40.5% |
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2005 | 7,860 | 24.5% | 11.5% | 6.6% | 149,283 | 81.9% | 58.9% | 41.2% |
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2004 | 7,974 | 24.1% | 11.0% | 6.5% | 143,292 | 80.6% | 56.6% | 39.9% |
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2003 | 8,199 | 23.7% | 11.0% | 6.5% | 145,788 | 80.1% | 56.6% | 39.3% |
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2002 | 8,573 | 23.0% | 10.5% | 6.2% | 149,414 | 79.3% | 55.3% | 38.9% |
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2001 | 8,755 | 23.8% | 11.0% | 6.8% | 161,794 | 80.3% | 56.7% | 38.9% |
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2000 | 8,966 | 23.3% | 11.0% | 6.8% | 156,242 | 79.0% | 55.2% | 36.9% |
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1999 | 9,150 | 22.5% | 10.6% | 6.6% | 148,348 | 77.7% | 53.2% | 36.0% |
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1998 | 9,216 | 22.6% | 10.4% | 6.5% | 147,663 | 77.5% | 52.6% | 36.1% |
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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 | 7,860 | 24.5% | 11.5% | 6.6% | 149,283 | 81.9% | 58.9% | 41.2% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 4,468 | 27.6% | 13.2% | 7.8% | 82,682 | 81.0% | 55.3% | 38.7% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 2,399 | 26.6% | 12.9% | 7.5% | 56,181 | 85.8% | 65.1% | 45.1% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 1,030 | 8.9% | 3.9% | 2.3% | 10,420 | 68.6% | 54.5% | 39.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |