U.S. Census Bureau

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2005:
NAICS 44 - Retail Trade
Massachusetts

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By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
Massachusetts - Retail Trade - by Employment Size of Enterprise
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Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 18,219 25,839 369,290 8,908,761
Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) 10,343 10,375 19,073 507,841
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 3,654 3,749 23,837 582,507
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 1,999 2,149 26,162 687,348
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 1,487 2,081 53,746 1,878,445
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 303 1,052 29,481 998,717
Firms with 500 employees or more 433 6,433 216,991 4,253,903

 
 
Massachusetts - Retail Trade - by Year
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2005 detail 2005 18,219 12.2% 4.0% 2.4% 369,290 81.3% 66.7% 58.8%
link to 2004 detail 2004 18,286 12.6% 4.2% 2.4% 369,537 81.1% 66.2% 57.3%
link to 2003 detail 2003 18,144 12.8% 4.2% 2.4% 364,682 81.1% 65.9% 57.3%
link to 2002 detail 2002 18,275 13.0% 4.1% 2.5% 361,177 80.5% 64.7% 57.4%
link to 2001 detail 2001 18,090 12.9% 4.1% 2.5% 352,124 79.9% 63.3% 55.7%
link to 2000 detail 2000 18,248 12.8% 4.3% 2.5% 353,157 79.9% 64.0% 55.6%
link to 1999 detail 1999 18,172 12.8% 4.2% 2.5% 349,741 79.9% 64.3% 56.2%
link to 1998 detail 1998 18,337 12.6% 4.2% 2.5% 340,552 79.3% 63.6% 55.7%

 
 
Massachusetts - Retail Trade - by Subsector
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D = Withheld to avoid disclosure
NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
44-45 Retail Trade 18,219 12.2% 4.0% 2.4% 369,290 81.3% 66.7% 58.8%
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers 1,953 27.2% 4.6% 1.3% 39,917 84.3% 35.9% 14.6%
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores 1,130 12.9% 5.2% 3.3% 15,784 71.9% 57.6% 47.5%
443 Electronics & appliance stores 700 9.4% 3.3% 2.6% 11,025 75.6% 61.5% 58.6%
444 Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers 1,390 18.3% 4.5% 1.8% 27,675 77.7% 53.8% 39.0%
445 Food & beverage stores 4,034 7.9% 1.8% 0.9% 94,031 83.2% 74.4% 69.0%
446 Health & personal care stores 744 14.5% 6.6% 5.4% 31,716 90.4% 84.2% 82.8%
447 Gasoline stations 1,616 5.1% 1.7% 0.9% 13,575 47.4% D 25.5%
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores 1,778 16.3% 11.4% 8.4% 44,565 87.9% 82.7% 77.3%
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores 1,036 11.1% 5.2% 3.4% 16,514 76.8% 66.1% 58.0%
452 General merchandise stores 236 15.7% 10.2% 8.9% 39,560 97.9% D 96.1%
453 Miscellaneous store retailers 2,370 6.9% 3.1% 1.8% 18,372 57.4% 42.3% 36.5%
454 Nonstore retailers 1,326 14.2% 4.4% 2.8% 16,556 66.0% 37.5% 18.1%

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