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 | 12,651 | 15,545 | 237,889 | 11,276,311 |
| Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) | 5,884 | 5,896 | 10,253 | 441,467 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 2,193 | 2,219 | 14,423 | 577,107 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 1,550 | 1,648 | 20,469 | 866,531 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,715 | 2,205 | 57,509 | 2,562,528 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 629 | 1,144 | 40,571 | 1,843,548 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 680 | 2,433 | 94,664 | 4,985,130 |
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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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2006 | 12,516 | 24.2% | 10.6% | 5.4% | 238,386 | 81.1% | 57.1% | 39.2% |
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2005 | 12,651 | 23.9% | 10.3% | 5.4% | 237,889 | 81.0% | 56.8% | 39.8% |
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2004 | 12,721 | 23.9% | 10.3% | 5.3% | 235,090 | 80.5% | 56.2% | 38.2% |
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2003 | 12,907 | 23.9% | 10.1% | 5.4% | 237,375 | 80.4% | 56.0% | 39.2% |
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2002 | 13,390 | 23.7% | 10.0% | 5.3% | 244,950 | 80.0% | 55.6% | 38.7% |
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2001 | 13,609 | 24.3% | 10.2% | 5.7% | 262,986 | 80.5% | 56.0% | 39.3% |
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2000 | 13,818 | 24.4% | 10.2% | 5.6% | 261,121 | 80.2% | 55.1% | 38.1% |
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1999 | 14,120 | 23.9% | 9.8% | 5.5% | 255,669 | 79.5% | 53.8% | 37.4% |
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1998 | 14,413 | 23.7% | 9.9% | 5.4% | 255,022 | 78.9% | 53.2% | 35.7% |
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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 | 12,651 | 23.9% | 10.3% | 5.4% | 237,889 | 81.0% | 56.8% | 39.8% |
| 423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 7,676 | 27.0% | 11.7% | 6.0% | 137,659 | 78.8% | 51.1% | 32.6% |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 3,130 | 29.6% | 14.3% | 8.0% | 88,714 | 87.8% | 68.3% | 52.5% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 1,937 | 5.4% | 1.8% | 1.3% | 11,516 | 55.4% | 37.1% | 27.3% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |