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 | 6,991 | 8,276 | 130,004 | 5,291,381 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 3,237 | 3,244 | 5,658 | 231,193 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 1,127 | 1,141 | 7,276 | 280,763 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 879 | 915 | 11,445 | 451,832 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 887 | 1,100 | 28,537 | 1,231,056 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 370 | 612 | 19,802 | 893,925 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 491 | 1,264 | 57,286 | 2,202,612 |
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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 | 6,843 | 27.2% | 13.2% | 7.4% | 130,530 | 82.6% | 60.3% | 42.7% |
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2007 | 6,919 | 25.8% | 12.5% | 7.1% | 125,767 | 81.4% | 58.8% | 42.7% |
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2006 | 6,935 | 25.6% | 12.7% | 7.1% | 127,755 | 81.6% | 59.2% | 42.6% |
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2005 | 6,991 | 25.0% | 12.3% | 7.0% | 130,004 | 81.2% | 59.3% | 44.1% |
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2004 | 7,091 | 25.5% | 12.5% | 7.0% | 131,159 | 81.4% | 59.3% | 43.6% |
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2003 | 7,239 | 25.4% | 12.1% | 7.0% | 126,473 | 80.5% | 57.0% | 40.9% |
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2002 | 7,436 | 25.4% | 11.9% | 6.8% | 132,945 | 80.3% | 57.2% | 41.8% |
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2001 | 7,550 | 25.7% | 12.3% | 7.4% | 141,344 | 80.8% | 57.8% | 43.6% |
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2000 | 7,790 | 25.0% | 12.0% | 7.3% | 145,528 | 80.3% | 58.1% | 43.9% |
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1999 | 8,052 | 24.5% | 11.6% | 7.2% | 134,329 | 78.4% | 54.3% | 39.5% |
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1998 | 8,213 | 24.5% | 11.2% | 6.9% | 126,722 | 77.1% | 50.6% | 35.6% |
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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 | 6,991 | 25.0% | 12.3% | 7.0% | 130,004 | 81.2% | 59.3% | 44.1% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 3,884 | 29.0% | 14.8% | 8.4% | 62,149 | 76.8% | 48.4% | 28.3% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 2,043 | 29.3% | 14.5% | 8.7% | 61,431 | 88.5% | 72.2% | 60.6% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 1,108 | 5.9% | 2.2% | 1.5% | 6,424 | 55.0% | 41.7% | 38.9% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |