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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2005:
NAICS 42 - Wholesale trade
Pennsylvania

By detailed employment size By year By industry
 
Pennsylvania - Wholesale trade - by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 13,458 15,890 238,710 11,945,383
Firms with 0 to 4 employees (as of March 12) 6,540 6,551 11,486 513,835
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 2,274 2,295 15,006 657,834
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 1,641 1,698 21,295 948,860
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 1,686 2,006 56,590 2,562,982
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 610 1,010 43,095 2,018,563
Firms with 500 employees or more 707 2,330 91,238 5,243,309

 
 
Pennsylvania - Wholesale 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 2008 detail 2008 12,965 24.0% 10.7% 5.4% 247,957 81.4% 58.3% 38.9%
link to 2007 detail 2007 13,268 23.0% 10.0% 5.2% 236,913 80.1% 55.7% 37.1%
link to 2006 detail 2006 13,335 22.6% 10.1% 5.2% 241,755 80.1% 56.6% 37.3%
link to 2005 detail 2005 13,458 22.3% 9.8% 5.3% 238,710 80.0% 56.3% 38.2%
link to 2004 detail 2004 13,502 22.8% 9.8% 5.2% 245,044 80.5% 56.9% 38.6%
link to 2003 detail 2003 13,658 22.5% 9.6% 5.2% 242,422 79.7% 56.3% 38.7%
link to 2002 detail 2002 14,169 22.5% 9.3% 5.2% 239,897 78.4% 53.0% 37.3%
link to 2001 detail 2001 14,245 23.2% 9.6% 5.7% 244,395 78.1% 52.1% 35.9%
link to 2000 detail 2000 14,640 22.6% 9.2% 5.4% 243,026 77.5% 50.6% 34.9%
link to 1999 detail 1999 14,781 22.2% 8.9% 5.2% 237,240 76.7% 49.8% 33.3%
link to 1998 detail 1998 15,014 22.1% 8.9% 5.1% 234,941 76.2% 48.7% 32.9%

 
 
Pennsylvania - Wholesale trade - by Subsector
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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
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
42 Wholesale trade 13,458 22.3% 9.8% 5.3% 238,710 80.0% 56.3% 38.2%
423 Durable goods merchant wholesalers 7,609 26.4% 11.7% 6.4% 131,959 78.3% 50.4% 31.8%
424 Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 3,705 25.9% 12.0% 6.5% 91,894 85.5% 66.1% 47.7%
425 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers 2,216 4.8% 1.6% 1.1% 14,857 61.3% 47.2% 36.5%

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses Questions?