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 | 15,152 | 16,347 | 274,063 | 17,375,975 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 8,255 | 8,259 | 14,149 | 764,685 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,357 | 2,373 | 15,299 | 805,469 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,627 | 1,649 | 21,344 | 1,176,564 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,701 | 1,820 | 58,373 | 3,194,728 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 563 | 752 | 49,182 | 2,766,994 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 649 | 1,494 | 115,716 | 8,667,535 |
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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 | 14,422 | 20.5% | 8.6% | 4.5% | 270,479 | 81.9% | 60.3% | 41.4% |
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2007 | 14,766 | 19.8% | 8.3% | 4.3% | 269,317 | 81.5% | 60.0% | 41.2% |
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2006 | 14,817 | 19.9% | 8.4% | 4.4% | 271,190 | 81.5% | 60.0% | 41.1% |
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2005 | 15,152 | 19.2% | 8.0% | 4.3% | 274,063 | 81.5% | 60.2% | 42.2% |
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2004 | 15,396 | 18.8% | 7.8% | 4.2% | 272,818 | 80.7% | 59.1% | 42.0% |
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2003 | 15,649 | 19.0% | 7.8% | 4.2% | 272,243 | 80.4% | 58.2% | 41.1% |
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2002 | 15,465 | 19.9% | 7.9% | 4.5% | 264,787 | 80.4% | 57.3% | 40.2% |
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2001 | 15,642 | 20.3% | 8.3% | 4.8% | 281,004 | 81.3% | 58.3% | 40.9% |
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2000 | 16,047 | 20.1% | 8.3% | 4.7% | 279,140 | 80.7% | 57.3% | 39.5% |
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1999 | 16,345 | 19.8% | 8.3% | 4.6% | 275,609 | 80.4% | 57.2% | 39.8% |
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1998 | 16,647 | 19.5% | 8.2% | 4.6% | 275,728 | 79.5% | 56.9% | 39.4% |
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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 | 15,152 | 19.2% | 8.0% | 4.3% | 274,063 | 81.5% | 60.2% | 42.2% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 7,984 | 22.4% | 9.5% | 5.2% | 138,041 | 79.2% | 54.4% | 37.4% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 5,335 | 20.6% | 8.8% | 4.6% | 124,493 | 86.1% | 67.9% | 48.6% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 1,892 | 4.2% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 11,529 | 58.7% | 46.3% | 30.5% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |