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 | 7,599 | 8,743 | 141,320 | 8,262,854 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 3,829 | 3,835 | 6,226 | 304,437 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,104 | 1,119 | 7,228 | 327,598 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 860 | 892 | 11,302 | 544,580 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 971 | 1,149 | 31,688 | 1,625,200 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 335 | 548 | 20,370 | 1,031,061 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 500 | 1,200 | 64,506 | 4,429,978 |
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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 | 7,208 | 24.8% | 12.0% | 7.0% | 138,175 | 83.2% | 61.1% | 44.6% |
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2007 | 7,376 | 24.3% | 11.5% | 6.8% | 137,229 | 82.3% | 59.6% | 44.7% |
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2006 | 7,454 | 24.4% | 11.3% | 6.8% | 136,824 | 82.2% | 58.6% | 44.1% |
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2005 | 7,599 | 23.8% | 11.0% | 6.6% | 141,320 | 82.5% | 60.1% | 45.6% |
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2004 | 7,693 | 23.7% | 11.1% | 6.7% | 136,382 | 81.6% | 58.5% | 42.9% |
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2003 | 7,711 | 23.5% | 10.9% | 6.6% | 131,455 | 80.8% | 56.7% | 41.0% |
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2002 | 7,970 | 23.3% | 10.4% | 6.3% | 131,012 | 79.6% | 54.4% | 38.1% |
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2001 | 8,003 | 24.2% | 11.1% | 6.8% | 140,178 | 80.7% | 56.1% | 38.2% |
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2000 | 8,204 | 23.5% | 10.9% | 6.7% | 137,145 | 79.7% | 54.3% | 37.3% |
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1999 | 8,299 | 23.4% | 10.7% | 6.7% | 137,891 | 79.7% | 54.6% | 38.1% |
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1998 | 8,362 | 23.0% | 10.7% | 6.5% | 133,597 | 78.4% | 53.6% | 36.4% |
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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 | 7,599 | 23.8% | 11.0% | 6.6% | 141,320 | 82.5% | 60.1% | 45.6% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 4,110 | 28.6% | 13.4% | 8.0% | 85,578 | 84.3% | 60.2% | 46.7% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 2,110 | 29.1% | 14.6% | 9.0% | 48,071 | 85.5% | 64.9% | 47.1% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 1,432 | 4.6% | 1.6% | 1.2% | 7,671 | 43.7% | 27.7% | 24.6% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |